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ANNALS 


OF 


The  New  Church 


COMPILED  BY 

C.  TH.  ODHNER 


ACADEM^'G^r^VTHE  NEW  OH^RCH 


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PREFACE 


The  Science  of  History,  like  Clio  among  the  Muses,  is  chief 
among  the  handmaids  that  serve  the  knowledge  and  worship  of 
God.  It  is  chief  among  those  instrumental  which  may  render 
man  rational,  for  it  affords  the  **  ratio  "  or  comparative  relation  of 
present  things  with  all  things  of  the  past,  which  is  most  essential 
to  the  rational  faculty.  History,  in  a  supreme  sense,  is  the  record 
of  the  Divine  Providence  among  men;  it  is  the  summary  of  the 
collective  experience  of  mankind  under  the  overruling  govern- 
ment of  the  Lord,  and  through  this  science  men  may  see  con- 
firmed, by  objective  illustration,  the  lessons  of  wisdom  which  are 
taught,  subjectively,  in  the  written  Word  of  God. 

But  in  order  to  serve  this  purpose.  History,  like  every  exact 
science,  must  be  founded,  ultimately,  upon  the  solid  rocks  of 
actual  facts.  Without  these  facts  there  maj^  be  theory,  indeed, 
but  not  Science.  Hence  we  find  that  chronicles  lie  at  the  basis  of 
all  History. 

The  History  of  the  Lord's  New  Church,  the  Church  of  the 
New  Jerusalem,  has  not  yet  been  written,  nor  can  it  be  written 
until  the  facts  of  her  past  experiences  have  been  collected.  These 
facts  lie  hidden,  at  present,  in  several  thousand  different  volumes, 
published  in  many  different  tongues,  distributed  in  widely  distant 
libraries,  and  thus  inaccessible  to  the  general  student.  Before  a 
philosophical  and  yet  exact  History  of  the  New  Church  can  be 
written,  these  scattered  and  imprisoned  facts  must  be  brought  to- 
gether, in  order  that  the  historian  or  historians  of  the  Church  may 
have  the  necessary  materials  at  hand.  The  stones  must  be  pro- 
cured before  the  building  can  be  erected. 

An  attempt  to  supply  this  want  of  proper  materials  for  New 
Church  History  has  been  made  by  the  compilation  of  the  present 
"  Annals"  or  chronicles  of  the  New  Church.  Let  it  be  well  un- 
derstood, that  the  "  Annals"  do  not  pretend  to  be  a  History  of 
this  Church.  It  is  simply  a  work  of  reference,  ''rudis  indigestaque 
moles;''  amass  of  materials,  roughly  arranged  in  chronological 


4  PREFACE. 

order,  and  drawn  only  from  the  public  and  printed  records  of  the 
Church.  They  present  merely  the  corporeal  part  of  New  Church 
History.  The  ' '  spirit ' '  within  the  bare  facts  will  be  found  in  the 
private,  unpublished  letters,  which  are  or  will  be  preserved  in  the 
archives  of  the  Church. 

The  "  Annals,"  though  the  fruit  of  long-continued  and  exten- 
sive researches,  and  favored  by  exceptional  advantages  and  oppor- 
tunities, do  not  claim  any  absolute  exhaustiveness  or  perfection. 
Still  we  feel  confident  that  little  if  anything  of  general  import- 
ance has  been  omitted. 

The  plan  of  the  compiler  has  been  to  collect  authentic,  referable 
and  impartial  information  as  to  the  following  general  subjects: 

1.  The  facts  connected  with  the  life  and  work  of  Emanuel 
Swedenborg. 

2.  Historically, — notices  of  all  important  events  in  the  general 
history  of  the  New  Church,  throughout  the  world,  such  as  general 
meetings  (with  summaries  of  proceedings),  new  movements  and 
changes,  accounts  of  the  successive  states  of  the  Church  in  various 
countries  and  localities,  etc. 

3.  Biographically, — notices  of  the  leading  events  in  the  lives  of 
noted  members  of  the  Church,  the  time  of  their  departure  into 
the  spiritual  world,  references  to  obituaries  and  biographies,  etc. 

4.  Theologically, — records  of  important  articles  (controversial 
or  didactic),  in  the  periodical  literature  of  the  Church,  presenting 
an  historical  view  of  the  progress  of  doctrinal  thought. 

5.  Bibliographically, — a  full,  but  simple,  bibliography  of  the 
whole  lyiterature  of  the  New  Church,  arranged  chronologically 
and  alphabetically,  including  all  editions  of  Swedenborg' s  Writ- 
ings and  of  collateral  w^orks  in  all  languages,  with  references  to 
notices  or  reviews,  and  to  the  libraries  where  copies  of  these  works 
may  be  found,  the  library  of  the  Academy  of  the  New  Church 
being  taken  as  the  basis. 

6.  Summaries  of  the  most  important  contemporary  events  in 
the  religious,  political  and  intellectual  life  of  the  Christian  world 
at  large. 

7.  An  extensive  alphabetical  index  to  the  entire  work. 

The  Compiler. 


INTRODUCTION 

SWKDHNBORG'S  PREPARATION  FOR  HIS  MISSION 

1688 — 1742. 

jAQQ  January  29th,*    Emanuel    Swedberg  is  born    in 

Stockholm,  where  his  father,  the  Rev.  Jesper  Swed- 
berg, is  regimental  chaplain  and  preacher  to  the  court. 

Emanuel  Swedberg,  on  the  side  of  his  father,  descended  from 
an  ancient  family  of  opulent  miners,  near  the  city  of  Fahlun, 
in  the  province  of  Dalecarlia.  The  hero  Engelbrecht,  who 
liberated  Sweden  from  Danish  rule,  in  1434,  is  said  to  have 
been  one  of  his  ancestors.  On  the  side  of  his  mother,  Sarah 
Behm,  he  descended  from  king  Gustavus  Wasa,  who  reigned 
in  Sweden  from  1523  to  1560.  The  name  "Swedberg"  and 
subsequently  Swedenborg,  was  derived,  not  from  the  name  of 
the  kingdom  of  Sweden,  or  "Sverige,"  but  from  the  old  home- 
stead of  the  family,  "Sveden,"  which  means  a  place  cleared 
in  the  forest  by  means  of  fire. 

The  spiritual  character  of  the  Swedish  nation  is  described 
in  6*.  D.^  5034-5721,  and  the  well  known,  upright  character 
of  the  Dalecarlians,  in  the  same  work,  n.,  5042.  A  biography 
of  Jesper  Swedberg  is  given  in  English,  in  i^.  1 :  96,  and  the 
genealogy  of  the  Swedenborg  family  in  Z^.  1 :   82. 

*This  date  is  according  to  Swedenborg's  own  statement  to  the  House  of  Nobles,  and 
according  to  the  Registry  of  the  Swedish  Nobility.  But  in  his  autobiographical  letter  to 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Hartley,  vSwedenborg  gives  the  year  16S9  as  the  year  of  his  birth,  and 
this,  according  to  a  statement  reported  by  his  friend,  General  Tuxen,  on  account  of  a 
spiritual,  correspondential  reason.  (Z?.  II:  436.)  Tuxen's  report,  however,  comes  to  us 
through  a  questionable  medium.  It  seems  more  probable  that  the  year  1689  is  a  slip  of 
the  pen.  Another  chronological  discrepancy  occurs  in  the  same  letter  to  Hartley,  where 
Swedenborg  states  that  he  returned  to  Sweden  in  the  year  1714,  whereas,  in  fact,  he  did 
not  return  until  after  April,  1715.  The  question  of  the  correct  date  of  Swedenborg's  birth 
has  been  discussed,  and  various  explanations  offered,  in  /.  1833:  497,  and  M.  n.  s.  XII. 
303,365;  XIII.:  4S. 


5  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  tyranny  of  James  II.  of  England,  culminates  at  this  time.  Arch- 
bishop Bancroft  and  six  other  bishops  are  arrested  for  petitioning  against 
the  hypocritical  "Declaration  of  Indulgence"  for  Catholics  and  Noncon- 
formists. The  English  Revolution  breaks  out.  William  of  Orange,  invited 
by  the  English  malcontents,  lands  with  an  army  in  England.  Flight  of 
James  II.  to  France. 

Death  of  John  Bunyan,  "  the  immortal  tinker,"  and  author  of  "Pilgrim's 
Progress." 

Contemporary  Events. 

zTQ  William   (III.)  and  Mary  are  proclaimed  joint  monarchs  of 

lUO(-^.  England.  The  "Toleration  Act"  is  passed  in  favor  of  the 
Nonconformists,  but  to  the  exclusion  of  the  Catholics.  Great  revival  of 
Presbyterianism  in  England;  vain  efforts  of  the  L,atitudinarians  to  reconcile 
the  Episcopalian  and  Presbyterian  parties.  Risings  in  Ireland  and  Scotland 
in  favor  of  James  II.     England  declares  war  against  France. 

The  French  devastate  the  Palatinate.  William  III.  forms  the  Grand 
Alliance  against  Louis  XIV. 

Czar  Peter  assumes  the  active  government  of  Russia,  having  baffled  the 
conspiracy  of  the  Strelitzes. 

Pope  Alexander  VIII.  succeeds  Innocent  XI. 

Governor  Andros  is  overthrown  in  New  England.  Beginning  of  King 
William's  war  in  America.  Jacob  Leister  instigates  a  revolution  in  New 
York. 

Contemporary  Events. 

/T  Presbyterianism  is  re-established  as  the  national  Church  of 

L\j\^\J,  Scotland.  Publication  of  Locke's  "Essay  on  the  Human 
Understanding."  Death  of  Robert  Barclay,  the  apologist  of  the  Quakers. 
The  Irish  are  defeated  by  the  Orangemen  at  the  Boyne. 

The  French,  under  Luxembourg,  defeat  the  Grand  Alliance  at  Fleurus. 


Contemporary  Events. 

■j(\f^^  Death   of  Richard   Baxter,   celebrated   Nonconformist  writer 

±VJv^X,      ^^^  preacher. 

The  Jacobites  are  subdued  in  Scotland  and  Ireland.  The  Irish  are  defeated 
at  Aghrim.  Surrender  of  Limerick,  the  last  stronghold  of  James  11.  in  Ire- 
land. 

Pope  Innocent  XII.  succeeds  Alexander  VIII. 

Victory  of  Louis  of  Baden  over  the  Turks  at  Salankamen. 

The  revolution  in  New  York  is  put  down,  and  Jacob  Leister  executed. 

1602  J^^^ — Jesper  Swedberg,  with  his  family,  removes 

■^  from  Stockholm  to  take  pastoral  charge  of  the  parish 


1 688 — i6g4,  7 

of  Vingaker,  but  remains  here  only  a  few  months,  when  he  is 
called  to  the  chair  of  Theology  in  the  University  of  Upsala. 

Of  this  period  of  liis  childhood  Swedenborg  states:  "From 
my  fourth  to  my  tenth  year  I  was  constantly  engaged  in 
thoughts  about  God,  salvation  and  the  spiritual  ills  of  men; 
and  several  times  I  revealed  things  at  which  my  father  and 
mother  wondered,  saying  that  angels  must  be  speaking  through 
me." — D.  II:  279. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Victory  of  the  Dutch  and  English  fleets  over  the  French,  off  La  Hague. 

Marshal  I/Uxembourg  defeats  William  III.  at  Steenkirk. 

The  dominions  of  the  Duke  of  Brunswick-Iviineburg  are  formed  into  the 
Electorate  of  Hanover. 

The  Mas.sachusetts  and  Plymouth  colonies  are  united.  The  witchcraft 
delusion  is  rampant  at  Salem. 

Contemporary  Events. 
Tf\r\n  Death  of  Christian  Scriver,  the  leader  of  the  pietists  in  Ger- 

The  English  fleet  is  defeated  by  the  French  admiral  Tourville,  off  Cape 
St.  Vincent. 

Victory  of  Marshal  Luxembourg  over  William  III.  at  Neerwinden. 
Catinat  defeats  the  army  of  Savoy  at  Marsaglia. 

l6ozL  ^^  ^^^  period  of  his  life  now  beginning  Sweden- 

^^  borg  says:  "From  my  sixth  to  my  twelfth  year  I 
used  to  delight  in  conversing  with  clergymen  about  faith,  say- 
ing that  the  life  of  faith  is  love,  and  that  the  love  which  im- 
parts life  is  love  to  the  neighbor ;  also  that  God  gives  faith  to 
everyone,  but  that  those  only  receive  it,  who  practice  that 
love.     I  knew  no  other  faith  at  that  time." — £>.  II:  279. 

About  this  time  he  begins  to  experience  peculiar  states  of 
respiration,  being  gifted  with  a  species  of  internal  breathing, 
especially  while  attending  the  family  worship,  mornings  and 
evenings. — ►S.  £>.  3320,  3464. 

A  tradition  relates  that  angels  appeared  to  him,  while  a 
child,  in  the  shape  of  little  boys, — invisible  to  others, — who 
played  with  him  in  the  garden  of  his  father. — Mess.  1853  • 
287. 


g  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  Queen  Mary.     The  liberty  of  the  press  is  established  in  England 
by  the  abolition  of  the  censorship.     Establishment  of  the  Bank  of  England. 
Death  of  Malpighi,  the  Italian  anatomist  and  physiologist. 

Contemporary  Events. 

zT       ^  Campaign  of  the  French,  under  Villeroi,  against  William  III. 

VO*  ill  the  Netherlands.  Death  of  Halifax.  Jacobite  plots  against 
William.     Resignation  of  Godolphin. 

Death  of  I,a  Fontaine,  the  French  fabulist,  and  of  Huygens,  the  Dutch 
physicist  and  mathematician. 


1696. 


Jesper  Swedberg  is  appointed  "Rector"  or  Chan- 
cellor of  the  University  of  Upsala,  and  Bishop  over 


Jesper  vSwedberg. 


i6g4 — i6gg.  9 

the  Swedish  churches  in  London,  Pennsylvania,  Delaware  and 
New  Jersey. — Tottie  II :  264. 

Death  of  Emanuel's  mother,  Sarah  Behm  Swedberg. 

Contemporary  Event. 

Death  of  Sebastian  Schmidius,  the  Bible  translator:  according  to  Sweden- 
borg's  testimony,  in  1747,  the  most  trustworthy  and  literal  of  all  the  trans- 
lators of  the  Scriptures. — D.  II:  970. 

ifinV  November  30. — Marriage  of  Jesper  Swedberg  to 

^  ^  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Sarah  Bergia,  a  pious  and 
wealthy  lady,  who  became  a  true  mother  to  her  stepson, 
Kmanuel. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Charles  XII.  succeeds  his  father,  Charles  XI.,  as  king  of  Sweden,  April 
5th. 

The  peace  of  Ryswick,  between  France  and  the  Grand  Alliance:  England, 
Holland,  Germany  and  Spain. 

Frederick  Augustus  of  Saxony  is  elected  King  of  Poland  (Augustus  II.). 

The  Austrian  arm}',  under  Prince  Eugene  of  Savoy,  annihilates  the  Turk- 
ish army  at  Zenta. 


1698. 


Jesper  S  wed  berg's  house  in  Upsala  is  destroyed  by 
fire.  A  new  residence  is  built ;  at  its  dedication  all 
the  poor  in  the  hospital  are  invited  to  a  meal.  Swedberg 
writes  of  this  occasion:  "I,  my  wife  and  children  waited  upon 
them  and  treated  them.  All  was  done  decorously,  and  was 
finished  with  singing,  prayer,  thanksgiving  and  mutual  bless- 
ing."—  Tottie  11:  213. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Organization  of  the  "  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Christian  Knowledge  " 
in  London. 

Peace  between  Russia  and  Turkey,  signed  at  Carlowitz. 

Contemporary  Events. 

'Tf\r\r\  '^^^  peace  of  Carlowitz,  between  Turkey  and  Austria,  Poland 

^V  V*     and  Venice.     The  Sultan  gives  up  Hungary  and  Transylvania  to 
Austria.     Poland  secures  Ukraine,  and  Venice  Morea. 

The  French  begin  to  colonize  in  Louisiana. 

Death  of  Racine,  the  French  poet,  and  of  Leusden,  the  Dutch  orientalist. 

Publication  of  Teleniaque^  by  Fenelon. 


lO  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


1700. 


A  Greek-Latin  lexicon,  bearing  the  signature, 
Emanuel  Swedberg,  1700,"  was  exhibited  at  the 
General  Conference  of  the  New  Church  in  England,  in  1877. 
— /.  1877:  44. 


Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  Charles  II.,  the  last  of  the  Hapsburg  dynasty  in  Spain.  Philip 
of  Anjou,  grandson  of  Louis  XIV.,  inherits  the  Spanish  throne,  and,  as 
Philip  v.,  inaugurates  the  Bourbon  dynasty  in  Spain.  The  throne  is 
claimed  by  the  Archduke  Charles  of  Austria. 

Russia,  Poland  and  Denmark  declare  war  against  Sweden.  The  young 
king,  Charles  XII.,  overwhelms  the  Danes  at  Copenhagen,  and  the  Russians 
at  Narva. 

Pope  Clement  XI.  succeeds  Innocent  XII.  Death  of  Dryden,  the  English 
poet. 

Establishment  of  a  college  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut  (afterwards  called 
Yale  College). 

Contemporary  Events. 

Continuous  victories  of  Charles  XII.  over  the  Poles  and  Saxons. 
J-/^-^*  Beginning  of  the  war  of  the  Spanish  Succession.  Victories  of 
the  Austrians,  under  Prince  Eugene,  over  the  French  in  Italy.  England 
joins  the  alliance  against  France  and  Spain. 

Frederick  III.,  Elector  of  Brandenburg,  crowns  himself  King  of  Prussia, 
as  Frederick  I. 

Death  of  James  II.  His  son,  James  Edward  (the  first  Pretender),  is 
recognized  as  King  of  England,  by  Louis  XIV. 

Contemporary  Events. 

y^^-  Death  of  William  III.     He  is  succeeded  on  the  throne  of  Eng- 

-*-  /  ^^*     land  by  Queen  Anne,  daughter  of  James  II. 

The  grand  pensionary  Heinsius  conducts  the  affairs  of  the  Netherlands. 

The  succession  to  the  possessions  of  the  House  of  Orange  is  disputed. 

The  French  and  Spanish  are  defeated  by  Prince  Eugene  at  Cremona,  and 
by  Marlborough  in  the  Netherlands. 

Battle  of  Friedlingen  between  Villars  and  Louis  of  Baden. 

Naval  triumph  of  the  English  and  Dutch  over  the  French  and  Spanish  at 
Vigo. 

Insurrection  of  the  Camisards,  or  Protestant  inhabitants  of  the  Cevenues. 

Charles  XII.  captures  Warsaw  and  Cracow,  having  defeated  the  army  of 
Augustus  II  at  Kliszow. 

Beginning  of  Queen  Anne's  war  in  America  against  the  French. 


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^^^^  July.— Jesper   Swedberg   is  appointed    Bishop   of 

'  ^'  the  diocese  of  Skara,  in  Westgothland.  Emanuel, 
then  fifteen  years  old,  is 
left  behind  in  Upsala  to 
finish  his  education  under 
the  charge  of  his  brother- 
in-law,  Eric  Benzelius, 
then  Librarian  of  the  Uni- 
versity (afterwards  Bishop 
of  Linkoping,  and  finally 
Archbishop  of  Upsala). 

Benzelius  was  to  Eman- 
uel "a  second  father"  and 
his  most  intimate  friend. 
For  his  biography,  and 
Swedenborg's  estimate  ol 
him,  see  D,  I:  607,  and  Tottie  II:  16. 


Eric  Benzelius. 


Contemporary  Events. 

Birth  of  John  Wesley,  the  founder  of  Methodism. 

Victories  of  the  French  and  Bavarians  in  Germany  and  the  Tyrol. 

Charles  XII.  defeats  Augustus  II.  at  Pultusk. 

Peter  the  Great  lays  the  foundation  of  St.  Petersburg. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  John  Locke.  The  English  capture  Gibraltar.  Marl- 
ly  OZJ..  borough  and  Prince  Eugene  defeat  the  French  at  Blenheim. 
The  Camisard  insurrection  is  put  down.  Death  of  Bossuet,  the  great  de- 
fender of  the  "liberties  of  the  Galilean  Church"  against  papal  encroach- 
ments. 

Charles  XII.  deprives  Augustus  II.  of  the  crown  of  Poland,  and  gives  it  to 
Stanislas  Ivcszczynski. 


Contemporary  Events. 


^  Pantheism  is  systematized  by  the  English  deist,  Toland. 

17^5*         The  EngHsh  invade  Spain  and  capture  Barcelona.     Battle  of 
Cassano  between  Prince  Eugene  and  Vendome. 

Joseph  I.  ascends  the  throne  of  Austria  and  Germany. 

Death  of  Speuer,  the  leader  of  the  German  pietists. 


J 2  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Contemporary  Events. 

/T  Barcelonia   is   unsuccessfully   besieged  by   the   French   and 

lyOO.     Spanish. 

Continued  victories  of  Marlborough  over  the  French  in  the  Netherlands. 

The  Archduke  Charles  proclaims  himself  King  of  Spain,  at  Madrid,  but  is 
soon  forced  to  withdraw. 

The  Austrians  occupy  Madrid  and  Milan,  temporarily. 

Charles  XII.  occupies  Saxony  and  dictates  the  peace  of  Altranstadt. 

-j-^^^         An   early    autograph   of 
'      '       Emanuel    Swedberg,    pre- 
served in  the  University  Library  at 
Upsala,  is  here  reproduced.  \ ^I/JV 

Contemporary  Events. 

Legislative  union  between  England  and  Scotland  is  eflfected. 
The  French  successfully  resist  the  allies  at  Almanza  and  Toulon. 
The  imperialists  conquer  the  Kingdom  of  Naples.     Death  of  Vauban. 

Contemporary  Events. 

y^  „  O  Prince  Eugene  and  Marlborough  defeat  the  French  at  Oude- 

17  UO.     narde. 

Sir  John  Leake  takes  possession  of  Sardinia. 

The  city  of  Lille  is  gallantly  defended  by  Bouflers,  but  is  finally  taken  by 
the  allies. 

Charles  XII.  renews  the  war  against  Russia  and  enters  Ukraine. 

Rise  of  the  sect  called  "  Bunkers"  (German  Baptists). 


1 7 00  J^^^  ^' — Emanuel  Swedberg,  on  finishing  his  col- 

-^^  legiate  studies,  reads  his  graduating  thesis  in  the 
grand  hall  of  the  University,  in  the  presence  of  the  Faculty  and 
the  students.  He  then  rejoins  his  father  at  Brunsbo,  the  epis- 
copal residence  near  Skara,  and  begins  to  make  preparations 
for  a  foreign  journey. — D.  II :  884. 

July  13,  Brunsbo. — Letter  of  Emanuel  Swedberg  to  Eric 
Benzelius :  asks  for  letters  of  introduction  to  learned  men  in 
England ;  proposes  to  collect  materials  for  a  work  on  the  his- 
tory of  mathematics  ;  describes  his  acquisition  of  the  art  of 
book-bindino^. — D.  1 :  200. 


lyod — 77/(9.  13 

Publications. 
Swedberg,  Emanuel  :  L.  A7iniBi  SeneccB  et  Pub.  Syri  Mimi, 
forsan  et  aliorum  Selectee  Sente7iticB,  cu7n  aniiotatioyiibus 
Erasmi  et  Grceca  versione  Jos.  Scaligeri,  qiias  cum  con- 
sensu Ampl.  Fac.  Philos.  notis  illustratis  publico  examiyii 
modeste  submittit  Emanuel  Swedberg.  (Select  sentences 
of  Seneca  and  Syrus  Mimus,  perhaps  also  of  others,  with 
the  annotations  of  Erasmus  and  the  Greek  version  of 
Scaliger,  which,  with  the  consent  of  the  philosophical 
faculty,  and  furnished  with  notes,  are  submitted  with 
difiidence  to  public  examination  by  Emanuel  Swedberg). 
— Upsala,  Werner,  pp.  62,  small  8vo.  This,  the  first 
of  Swedenborg's  published  w^orks,  constituted  his  grad- 
uation thesis.  It  has  been  described  and  reviewed  in  D. 
II:  884,  and  M.  n.  s.  VIII:  598.  A  second  Latin 
edition  was  published  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel,  at  Tiibingen,  in 
1841.— A.  E. 
Jesperi  Swedbergii  Doct.  et  Episcopi  Scarensis,  Parentis 
Opti^ni,  Ca7iticum  Stiecicum  '  U7igdoms  Regel  och  Alder- 
doTns  Spegel  'ex  Eccl.  XII.,  Lati7io  car77iine  exhibitu7n  ab 
Em.  Swedbergio,  filio.  (The  Swedish  poem  '  Rule  of 
Youth  and  Mirror  of  Old  Age,'  from  Ecclesiastes  XII, 
by  Dr.  Jesper  Swedberg,  Bishop  of  Skara,  and  the  best 
of  parents,  translated  into  Eatin  verse  by  Emanuel 
Swedberg,  the  son. )  Skara.  Kjelberg.  This  is  the 
second  of  Swedenborg's  publications. — D.  II:  885,  and 
/.  1844 :  296. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  Jansenistic  stronghold  at  the  Convent  of  Port  Royal  des  Champs  is 
suppressed  by  the  Pope,  at  the  instigation  of  the  Jesuits. 

The  army  of  Charles  XII.  is  annihilated  by  the  Russians  at  Poltava. 
Charles  takes  refuge  in  Turkey.  Augustus  II.  recovers  Poland.  The  Danes 
invade  Sweden. 

The  English  and  Austrians  defeat  the  French,  under  Villars,  at  Mal- 
plaquet. 

-r>yyQ  Of  the  period  of  his  life  which  now  begins,  Swed- 

'  enborg  states:  "I  was  introduced  by  the  Lord  into 

the  natural  sciences,  and  thus  prepared,  and,  indeed,  from  the 
year  17 10  to  1744,  when  Heaven  was  opened  to  me." — D.  II: 
139. 


J  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

March  6,  Brunsbo. — Swedenborg's  second  letter  to  Ben- 
zelius  :  describes  his  progress  in  the  study  of  music ;  mentions 
a  riot  in  the  neighborhood,  and  the  discovery,  far  inland,  of 
the  skeleton  of  a  "whale"  or  huge  submarine,  antediluvian 
animal,  which  he  sent  as  a  present  to  Upsala. — D.  1 :  202. 

This  skeleton,  which  is  still  preserved  in  the  University 
Museum  under  the  name  of  "Swedenborg's  whale,"  is  de- 
scribed in  M.  n.  s.  XII:  627. 

June. — Emanuel  Swedberg  visits  the  famous  constructor  and 
engineer,  Christofifer  Polheim,  and  spends  some  months  with 
him  at  Stjernesund,  in  Dalekarlia,  assisting  in  various  scien- 
tific experiments. — D.  1 :  206. 

September. — He  enters  upon  his  first  foreign  journey,  travel- 
ling by  sea  from  Gottenburg  to  London,  where  he  remains 
until  the  autumn  of  17 12.  On  the  way  he  is  in  danger  of  his 
life  four  times. — D.  II :  3. 

October  13,  London. — Third  letter  to  Benzelius:  describes 
his  scientific  studies  and  pursuits;  speaks  of  the  dissensions 
between  the  Anglican  and  Presbyterian  parties  in  London; 
dedicates  some  Latin  verses  to  the  Swedish  poetess,  Mrs. 
Brenner. — D.  1 :  206. 

PUBI.1CAT10N. 

Swedberg,  Emanuel  :  Ad  Sopkmm  Elisabeth  Brenneriam^  uni- 
cavi  cBtatis  7iostr<s  canie7ia7n  cum  camiiTia  sua  de  novo 
caneret.  (To  Sophia  Brenner,  the  onl}^  muse  of  our  age, 
when  she  sang  her  songs  anew.)  2  pp.,  4to.  This 
poem,  which  is  dated  "London,  October,  1710,"  was 
published  as  an  appendix  to  the  second  edition  of  Mrs. 
Brenner's  poems,  in  1713. — See  D.  II:   885. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Fall  of  Godolphin  and  the  Whig  ministry.  Harley  and  Bolingbroke  suc- 
ceed to  power.     Bishop  Berkeley  begins  to  publish  his  idealistic  philosophy. 

The  Austrians,  under  Starhemberg,  defeat  the  French  and  Spanish  at 
Saragossa.  Archduke  Charles  enters  Madrid,  but  is  again  forced  to  abandon 
the  city,  which  is  reentered  by  Philip. 

General  Stenbock  drives  the  Danes  out  of  Sweden. 


lyio — ijii,  15 

j>^yy  April,  London. — Emanuel  Swedberg's  fourth  letter 

'  '  to  Benzelius:  relates  a  variety  of  news  of  scientific 
and  literary  interest;  speaks  of  learning  different  practical 
trades  from  mechanics  with  whom  he  has  lodged  in  London ; 
makes  some  observations  on  astronomical  subjects. — D.  1 :  209. 
August. — Receives  letter  from  Professor  Elvius,  of  Upsala, 
with  a  request  for  information  on  certain  astronomical  ques- 
tions, on  behalf  of  the  "Literary  Society"  at  the  University. 
This  society,  of  which  young  Swedberg  appears  to  have  been 
a  member,  was  the  forerunner  of  the  Swedish  Royal  Academy 
of  Sciences. — D.  I:  212. 

Publication. 

Swedberg,  Emanuel  :  Festivus  Applausus  i7i  insigne')n  vidoriam 
quam.  .  .  .  Dii  Mag7uis  Stejibock  .  .  .  de  Danis  ad  Helsmg- 
burgum  reportavit.  (An  Ode  in  celebration  of  the  de- 
cisive victor}^  which  Magnus  Stenbock  has  won  over  the 
Danes  at  Helsingborg. )  Skara.  Kjelberg.  4  pp. 
Large  folio.     No  date. 

This  poem  appears  to  have  been  written  by  Em.  Swed- 
berg in  London,  during  the  j^ear  1711;  and  to  have  been 
sent  over  to  Sweden  for  publication.  The  originial  edi- 
tion, of  which  a  unique  copy  is  preserved  in  the  library 
of  the  Academy  of  the  New  Church,  seems  to  have 
been  unknown  to  Dr.  R.  L.  Tafel,  as  it  is  not  mentioned 
in  his  Documents ,  but  the  poem  itself  was  republished  by 
the  author  in  the  Liidiis  Heliconius,  17 16. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Marlborough,  after  continuous  successes  in  the  Netherlands,  is  removed 
from  the  command.     Addison  begins  to  publish  the  "Spectator." 

Archduke  Charles  succeeds  his  brother,  Joseph  I.,  on  the  throne  of  Ger- 
many and  Austria.  This  virtually  ends  the  "war  of  the  Spanish  Succes- 
sion." 

Charles  XII.  succeeds  in  inducing  the  Turks  to  make  war  on  Peter  the 
Great,  who  is  nearly  ruined,  but  makes  a  costly  peace  with  Turke}'. 

The  English  and  the  New  England  forces  make  an  unsuccessful  expedi- 
tion against  Canada. 


J 5  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

-r^-r^  January,  London. — Em.  Swedberg's  fifth  letter  to 

'  *  Benzelius :  describes  his  progress  in  the  art  of  engrav- 
ing and  of  making  scientific  instruments  of  brass,  and  in  the 
studies  of  astronomy,  algebra  and  the  higher  geometry ;  states 
his  discovery  of  a  new  method  of  finding  the  longitudes  by 
means  of  the  moon;  complains  of  inconveniences  resulting 
from  the  very  short  allowance  on  which  he  is  kept  by  his 
father.— Z?.  I:  216. 

August  15,  London. — Sixth  letter  to  Benzelius:  discourses 
on  scientific  and  literary  topics;  has  made  the  acquaintance 
of  many  learned  men,  but  his  new  discoveries  have  not  met 
with  much  encouragement  in  England ;  exhausted  by  too  close 
an  application  to  scientific  studies,  he  seeks  recreation  in  the 
cultivation  of  poetry. — D.  I:  221. 

After  a  visit  to  the  University  of  Oxford,  he  leaves  England 
some  time  in  the  autumn,  and  travels  to  Holland,  where  he 
visits  the  principal  towns. — D.  II :  4. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Armistice  is  declared  between  France  and  England.  Prince  Eugene  con- 
tinues the  campaign  in  French  Flanders. 

A  vigorous  revival  of  Arianism  takes  place  among  the  Nonconformists  in 
England.  Dr.  Samuel  Clarke,  with  Waterland  and  Hallet,  are  the  leaders 
of  the  movement. 

Religious  war  in  Switzerland,  between  the  Catholic  and  the  Reformed 
cantons  (the  second  "  Toggenburg  war  " ). 

-r^-r^  January-June. — While  in  Holland,  Em.  Swedberg 

'  ^  learns  the  art  of  glass  grinding  in  Leyden.  He 
afterwards  visits  Utrecht,  where  he  attends  the  International 
Congress,  which  is  settling  the  war  of  the  Spanish  Succession. 
—D.  II :  4. 

July. — Arriving  in  Paris  he  falls  ill,  but  recovers  after  six 
weeks. 

August  9,  Paris. — Seventh  letter  to  Benzelius:  mentions  his 
illness ;  describes  his  meeting  with  many  famous  men,  such  as 
Abbe  Bignon,  De  la  Hire,  Warrignon,  and  others. — D.  I: 
225. 


Contemporary  Events. 

The  treaty  of  Utrecht  terminates  the  war  of  the  Spanish  Succession 
Phihp  V.  IS  recognized  as  King  of  Spain. 

Frederick  William  I.  succeeds  his  father,  Frederick  L,  as  King  of  Prussia 
General  Stenbock  is  overpowered  at  Tonningen  by  the  combined  forces  of 
Demark,  Saxony  aud  Russia.     Charles  XII.  is  imprisoned  at  Bender  by  the 
Turks.  /    )  •' 

Pope  Clement  XL  publishes  the  bull  -  Unigenitus  "  against  the  Jansen- 


ists 


1714.  ^^^^^  ^  sojourn  in   Paris  of  nearly  a  year,  Km. 

Swedberg  travels  to  Hamburg,  and  thence  to  Pom- 
merania,  where  he  remains  a  whole  year. 

September  8,  Rostock—Kighth  letter  to  Benzelius:  states 
that  he  is  busy  in  collecting  his  various  scientific  discoveries, 
and  communicates  a  long  list  of  new  mechanical  inventions 
made  by  him;  he  is  also  arranging  his  poetical  efforts;  sug- 
gests the  establishment  of  a  "Society  for  Earning  and 
Science"  in  Sweden,  and  makes  some  observations  on  the  dis- 
turbed political  situation. — D.  I:  229. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  Queen  Anne.     George  I.,  elector  of  Hanover,  ascends  the  throne 
of  Great  Britain. 
Austria  makes  peace  with  France.     Barcelona  is  recovered  by  Spain. 
Charles  XII ,  after  a  desperate  struggle,  escapes  from  Turkey. 

I715.  ^P^^^  4,  Greifswalde.— Ninth  letter  to  Benzelius: 

describes  an  air  pump  and  some  other  machines 
which  he  has  invented ;  describes  the  University  of  Greifs- 
walde as  "quite  paltry." — D.  I:  233. 

At  this  time  Charles  XII.,  with  a  few  followers,  arrives  in 
the  city  of  Stralsund,  which  then  belonged  to  Sweden,  and  is 
immediately  besieged  by  the  united  armies  of  Russia,  Saxony 
and  Prussia.  Escaping  from  the  immediate  scene  of  the  war, 
Em.  Swedberg  obtains  passage  home  in  a  yacht,  and  arrives  in 
Sweden  after  an  absence  of  more  than  four  years. D.  II :  4. 

August  9,  Brunsbo.— Tenth  letter  to  Benzelius:  describes 
various  new  and  important  inventions,  and  a  plan  foranastro^ 


jg  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

nomical  observatory  of  his  own,  on  the  mountain  of  Kinne- 
kuUe.— Z^.  1 :  236. 

November  21,  Stockhohn. — Eleventh  letter  to  Benzelius: 
the  writer  has  been  on  a  visit  to  Upsala ;  finds  the  capital 
greatly  excited  over  the  uncertain  whereabouts  of  king 
Charles.— /:>.  I:  238. 

December,  Stockholm. — Twelfth  letter  to  Benzelius:  de- 
scribes his  work  on  the  first  number  of  a  scientific  magazine, 
(the  Doedahcs  Hyperbore2Ls)\  communicates  the  latest  news 
from  Stralsund,  whence  the  king  is  supposed  to  have  escaped. 
—D.  I:  239. 

December  7. — Letter  of  Polheim  to  Emanuel  Swedberg,  ex- 
pressing gratification  at  the  intended  scientific  magazine,  and 
promising  his  co-operation. — D.  1 :  243. 

December  10. — Letter  of  Polheim  to  Benzelius,  praising  the 
talents  of  young  Swedberg,  and  expressing  interest  in  his  un- 
dertakings.— D.  1 :  243. 

December  19. — Letter  of  Polheim  to  Em.  Swedberg,  inviting 
him  to  Stjernesund  for  a  conference  on  mechanical  subjects. — 
D,  I:  245- 

PUBI^ICATION. 

Swedberg,  Emanuel  :  Camena  Boj^ea  cum  Heroum  et  Heroidum 
factis  ludens;  sive  Fabellce  Ovidianis  similes  cum  variis 
7iomi7iibus.  (The  Northern  Muse,  sporting  with  the  deeds 
of  Heroes  and  Heroines;  or  Fables  like  those  of  Ovid, 
under  various  names).  Greifswalde.  112  pp.  i6mo. 
Noticed  in  the  Acta  Liter  aria  SuecicB  for  1724,  p.  588. 
A  second  edition  was  published  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel,  in 
Tiibingen,  1845.— Z?.  H  :  886. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Harley  and  Bolingbroke  are  impeached;  formation  of  the  Walpole  minis- 
try; unsuccessful  rising  of  the  Jacobites  in  Scotland  and  the  North  of  Eng- 
land; death  of  Bishop  Burnet,  the  ecclesiastical  leader  of  the  English  Revo- 
lution. 

Ivouis  XV.  succeeds  his  great-grandfather,  Louis  XIV.,  on  the  throne  of 
France,  with  the  Duke  of  Orleans  as  regent.  Death  of  Fenelon,  and  of 
Malebranche,  the  Cartesian  philosopher. 

Charles  XII.,  after  an  unsuccessful  defense  of  Stralsund,  escapes  to  his 
own,  now  rviined  kingdom. 


17  IS— 1 71^'  19 

jyjf\  January,  Upsala. — Publication  of  the  first  number 

'  of  the  Dcedalus. 

February  14,  Skalwicke. — Thirteenth  letter  to  Benzelius: 
deals  mostly  with  matters  connected  with  the  scientific  maga- 
zine ;  suggests  the  establishment  of  a  professorship  in  Mechanics 
at  Upsala. — D.  1 :  247. 

March  4,  Brunsbo. — Fourteenth  letter  to  Benzelius :  contains 
further  suggestions  anent  the  proposed  chair  in  Mechanics. — 
D.  I:  249. 

March  20,  Brunsbo. — Fifteenth  letter  to  Benzelius:  speaks  of 
the  proposed  professorship  as  a  joke,  but  thinks  it  highly  desir- 
able, even  though  impossible  at  the  present  time. — D.  1 :  253. 

April,  Brunsbo. — Sixteenth  letter  to  Benzelius :  describes  a 
plan  for  the  establishment  of  an  astronomical  observatory  at 
Upsala.— Z).  I:  258. 

June  12,  Brunsbo. — Seventeenth  letter  to  Benzelius:  speaks 
of  Sweden  as  being  now  in  the  last  agonies  of  death. — D.  I : 
261. 

June  26,  Brunsbo. — Eighteenth  letter  to  Benzelius :  contains 
various  literary  and  political  observations. — D.  1 :  264. 

September  4,  Brunsbo. — Nineteenth  letter  to  Benzelius: 
treats  of  the  further  publication  of  the  Doedahts^  and  relates 
some  current  gossip  about  the  king. — D.  1 :  266. 

December  6,  Ivund. — Letter  of  Polheim  to  the  king,  recom- 
mending Emanuel  Swedberg  for  the  office  of  assessor  in  the 
Royal  College  of  Mines. — L.  1896:  151. 

December  10,  Lund. — Royal  warrant  appointing  Em.  Swed- 
berg to  be  assessor  extraordinary  in  the  College  of  Mines,  and 
at  the  same  time  assistant  to  Councillor  Polheim. — Z.  1896: 
152. 

December  t8,  Lund. — Letter  of  Charles  XII.  to  the  College 
of  Mines,  announcing  the  appointment  of  Em.  Swedberg. — D. 
I:  401. 

December,  Carlskrona. — Twentieth  letter  to  Benzelius:  de- 
scribes the  favor  shown  by  the  king  to  the  writer,  and  his  ap- 
pointment to  office,  the  vain  efforts  of  an  enemy  to  injure  him, 
the  interest  of  the  king  in  the  Doedalus  and  in  a  plan  to  build 


20 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


sluices  and  locks  at  the  falls  of  Trollhattan,  in  order  to  connect 
the  Baltic  with  the  North  Sea  by  means  of  a  canal. — D.  1 :  273. 


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Publications. 

Swedberg,  Emanuel :  Daedalus  Hyperboreus,  eller  nagra  7iya 
Mathetnatiska  och  Physikaliska  Fdrs'dk  eller  anmarknijigar  ^ 
som  wdl borne  Herr  Assessor  Palheimer  och  andre  Sinrike 
i  Swerige  hafwa  gjordt  och  nu  tid  efter  a^man  til  allme7i 
nytio  lemna,  (The  Northern  Doedalus,  or  some  new 
mathematical  and  physical  experiments  and  observa- 
tions made  by  the  well-born  Assessor  Polheim  and  other 
ingenious  men  in  Sweden,  and  now  from  time  to  time  to 


iyi6—-ijij.  21 

be  made  public  for  the  general  benefit.)     Upsala,  1716- 
17 1 8.     Six  numbers,  4to,  making  in  all  154  pp. 

This  scientific  serial  magazine  is  further  described  in 
D.  II:  888.— A.  L. 

Ludus  Helico7iUis,  sive  Cannina  Miscellanea,  qucB  variis  in 
locis  cecinit  Em.  Szvedberg.  (The  Heliconian  Sport,  or 
Miscellaneous  Poems,  composed  in  various  places). 
Skara,  16  pp.,  6,\o.~D.  II:  886.— R.  I^. 

A  second  I^atin  edition  was  published  by  Carl  Deleen, 
in  Stockholm,  1826,  and  a  third  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel,  at 
Tubingen,  1841. 

Ca?itus  Sapphicus  in  Carissi?ni  Pareiitis,  Dod.  Jesperi  Swed- 
bergii,  episcopi  Scarensis  reverendissimi.  Diem  natalem. 
(A  Sapphic  Poem  in  celebration  of  the  birthday  of  Bishop 
Jesper  Swedberg).     Skara,  4  pp.,  4to. 

A  poem  of  ten  verses,  reprinted  in  the  third  edition  of 
Ludus  Heliconius.  Selections  from  these  works  of  poetry 
have  been  translated  into  English  verse  by  Mr.  S.  Stock- 
well,  and  published  in  /.  1844:   147,  195. 

Contemporary  Events. 
Death  of  Leibnitz,  Nov.  14. 
John  Ivaw  estabhshes  his  bank  in  Paris. 

Austria  declares  war  against  Turkey;  victory  of  Prince  Eugene  at  Peter- 
wardein. 

The  first  Presbyterian  Synod  in  America  is  organized  at  Philadelphia. 

I717.  January   23,   Gottenburg.— Twenty-first  letter   to 

Benzeiius:  treats  chiefly  of  the  Dcedaliis,  and  of  the 
proposed  observatory  at  Upsala. — D.  1 :  276. 

February  23,  Stjernesund. — Twenty-second  letter  to  Benze- 
iius :  the  writer  is  visiting  the  home  of  Polheim  ;  encloses  MS. 
of  Doedalus,  No.  V. ;  reports  some  scientific  anecdotes  related 
to  him  by  the  king ;  mentions  a  visit  to  Uddevalla,  to  study  a 
process  of  manufacturing  salt,  in  which  the  king  is  interested. 
— D.  I:  277. 

March  24,  Stockholm. — Twenty-third  letter  to  Benzeiius: 
the  writer  is  visiting  the  capital;  sends  particulars  respecting 
the  publication  of  the  Dcedalus. — D.  1 :  280. 

March  27.— While  in  Stockholm,  Bm.  Swedberg  meets  the 


22  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

daugfhters  of  Polheim,  ^laria  and  Emerentia,  on  their  visit  to 
this  city. — D.  I:  281. 

April  3. — Receives  a  letter  from  Polheim,  who  reports  that 
the  king  is  desiring  their  return  to  the  royal  headquarters  in 
Lund.— Z^.  I:  282. 

April  4,  Stockholm. — Twenty-fourth  letter  to  Benzelius: 
states  his  intention  of  leaving  for  Lund  in  a  fortnight. — D.  I : 
282. 

April  6,  Stockholm. — Em.  Swedberg  takes  the  oath  of  office 
at  the  College  of  iVlines. — D.  1 :  402. 

x\pril  17. — He  is  granted  leave  of  absence,  sine  die^  from  the 
College  of  Mines,  in  order  to  accompany  Polheim  to  Carlskrona, 
and  thence   to  Lund,  where  they  are  to  join  the  king. — D.  I : 

403- 

June  26,  Lund. — Twenty-fifth  letter  to  Benzelius:  states  that 

he  arrived  in  Lund  at  the  end  of  May ;  has  presented  Dcedalus^ 

No.   v.,  to  the  king,  who  is  much  pleased;  the  prospects  of 

establishing  salt  works  and  of  completing    the  canal  appear 

good ;  speaks  of  the  great  penetration  of  the  king,  who  has 

invented  a  new  duodecimal  system  of  counting;  expects  to 

leave  Lund  in  eight  days. — D.  1 :  284. 

December,  Brunsbo.  —  Twenty-sixth  letter  to  Benzelius : 
mentions  visits  to  Uddevalla  and  Stromstad,  where  he  has  been 
selecting  suitable  places  for  the  proposed  salt  works. — D.  1 :  286. 

During  this  year  he  writes  the  following  six  papers,  which 
have  not  yet  been  published  : 

Om  Nyttaii  af  ett  Astronomiskt  obsei^vatoriiivi  i  Sverige. 
(On  the  use  of  instituting  an  astronomical  observatory  in 
Sweden;  with  a  plan  by  which  this  may  be  carried  out.) — 
MS.  4  pp. 

De  CaiLsis  Rertwi.     (On  the  causes  of  things.) — MS.  4  pp. 

Eft  Ny  Theorie  om  joj^dens  afstannande.  (A  new  theory 
concerning  the  decreasing  motion  of  the  earth.) — MS.  38  pp. 

Om  Sdttet  for  Handehis  och  Mamifacturernas  uphjelpaiide. 
(On  the  mode  of  assisting  the  recovery  of  commerce  and 
manufactures.) — MS.  6  pp. 

Memorial  om  Salisjiideriens  inrattiiiiig  i  Sverige.     (x\  me- 


77/7 — IJIS'  23 

morial  on  the  establishment  of  salt  works  in  Sweden.) — MS, 

4  PP- 

Om  Eldens  och  fdrgornas  Naiur.     (On  the  nature  of  fire 

and  colors.) — MS.  6  pp. 

For  particulars  concerning  these  papers,  see  D.  Hi:   890-892. 

Publication. 

[Swedberg,  Em.]:  Underrattelse  om  thet fdrtenta  Stjernesu7ids 
arbete,  thess  bruk  och  fdrtenhig.  (Information  concern- 
ing the  tin-ware  of  Stjernesund,  its  use,  and  the  method 
of  tinning).  Stockholm.  Werner.  4  pp.  \\.o.—D.\\\ 
889.— A.  I,. 

Published  anonymously. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Fall  of  Walpole.  Triple  alliance  between  France,  Great  Britain  and 
Holland. 

The  Spanish  take  possession  of  Sardinia. 

The  Turks  are  defeated  at  Belgrade  by  Prince  Eugene. 

-TMj^  January    7,   Brunsbo. — Twenty-seventh    letter   to 

'  *  Benzelius:  encloses  a  paper  in  which  he  has  de- 
veloped the  king's  new  system  of  calculation.— Z^.  1 :  288. 

January  14,  Brunsbo. — Twenty-eighth  letter  to  Benzelius: 
sends  the  MS.  of  an  Algebra,  in  the  Swedish  language,  and 
arranges  for  its  publication;  discusses  salt  and  hot  springs; 
describes  his  father's  successful  audience  with  the  king. — D. 
I:  290. 

January  21,  Brunsbo. — Twenty-ninth  letter  to  Benzelius: 
declines,  with  thanks,  a  suggestion  that  he  become  a  professor 
at  the  University  of  Upsala ;  thinks  he  can  be  of  more  practical 
usefulness  to  his  country  in  his  present  position ;  intends  to 
devote  himself  to  mechanics  and  chemistry,  of  which  the  mem- 
bers of  the  College  of  Mines  have  but  little  knowledge  ;  desires 
to  leave  the  old,  beaten  track,  and  to  develop  something  new 
in  science ;  explains  his  reasons  for  pushing  the  establishment 
of  salt  works;  states  that  his  father  had  told  the  king  "a  num- 
ber of  wholesome  truths;"  will  proceed  to  Orebro  and  Starbo, 
next  day. — D.  1 :  293. 


2  .  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

January  30,  Starbo. — Thirtieth  letter  to  Benzelius  :  describes 
a  paper,  in  which  he  has  proved  the  round  form  of  the  par- 
ticles of  air  and  water;  gives  further  reasons  for  declining  a 
professorship  in  Upsala ;  criticises  the  innovations  in  the  cur- 
rency, and  the  new  and  unjust  taxes  imposed  by  the  king. — 
D.  1 :  296. 

February,  Starbo. — Thirty-first  letter  to  Benzelius:  expects 
to  join  Polheim  at  Wenersborg  in  two  weeks,  in  order  to  pro- 
ceed with  the  work  on  the  canal,  after  which  he  will  visit 
Upsala;  describes  the  king's  dissatisfaction  at  the  discontinu- 
ance of  the  D(jedalus\  suggests  the  establishment  of  a  professor- 
ship for  the  Swedish  language  at  Upsala. — D.  1 :  299. 

March — At  Upsala,  where  he  publishes  his  work  on  Algebra. 

As  a  continuation  of  this  work,  he  writes,  soon  afterwards,  a 
manuscript  of  169  pages  on  subjects  of  higher  mathematics, 
entitled  Geornetrica  et  Algebraica. — D.  II:  893. 

June  (end),  Wenersborg. — Thirty-second  letter  to  Benzelius : 
is  daily  occupied  in  building  locks  at  Trollhattan ;  complains 
of  the  small  interest  generally  taken  in  the  cause  of  science,  the 
prevailing  lack  of  funds,  and  the  tendency  of  the  country  to- 
wards barbarism ;  has  met  Baron  Gortz,  (the  king's  unworthy 
favorite  and  financial  adviser,  whose  measures  brought  unspeak- 
able misery  upon  Sweden ;  he  was  afterwards  beheaded). — D, 
I:  300. 

July  I. — Emanuel  Swedberg  at  Stromstad,  superintending 
the,  then,  stupendous  work  of  transporting  a  number  of  war- 
ships seventeen  miles  overland,  thereby  circumventing  the 
Danish-English  fleet,  and  making  possible  the  campaign  of 
Charles  XII.  against  Norway.  Swedenborg  himself  makes  no 
mention  of  this  feat,  which,  however,  is  a  well-established  his- 
torical fact. — D.  1 :  554. 

September  14,  Wenersborg. — Thirty-third  letter  to  Benzelius: 
has  been  twice  to  Wenersborg  with  the  king,  who  has  shown 
marked  favor  and  grace ;  looks  forward  to  command  of  his  own 
in  the  building  of  the  canal ;  mentions  that  Polheim's  eldest 
daughter  has  become  engaged  to  Chamberlain  Manderstrom, 
and  wonders  what  people  will  think,  as  she  had  been  engaged 


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to  him,  Emanuel ;  thinks  that  the  second  daughter,  Emerentia, 
is  much  prettier. — D.  I:  302. 

The  story  of  his  engagement  to  Emerentia  Polheim  is  related 
and  discussed  \n  D.  I:  634;  II:  437. 

October  2,  Brunsbo. — Thirty-fourth  letter  to  Benzelius  :  has 
been  here  three  weeks,  and  has  seen  Daedalus^  part  vi,  through 
the  press  ;  is  experiencing  persecution  from  the  members  of 
his  family ;  none  of  his  relations  have  shown  him  any  kind- 
ness, except  Eric  Benzelius;  even  his  father  and  stepmother 
have  become  estranged  from  him  through  the  influence  of  a 
brother-in-law ;  hopes  to  be  able  to  follow  the  king  in  the  cam- 
paign against  Norway. — D.  1 :  303;  compare  I:   162. 

November  30. — King  Charles  XII.  is  killed,  while  besieging 
the  fortress  of  Frederikshall,  in  Norway.  He  is  succeeded  on 
the  throne  by  his  sister,  Ulrica  Eleonora.  The  constitution  of 
Sweden  is  soon  afterward  changed  from  an  absolute  monarchy 
to  one  exceedingly  limited.  For  biographies  of  these  mon- 
archs,  see  D.  1 :  602. 

December  8,  Brunsbo. — Thirty-fifth  letter  to  Benzelius,  (the 
writer  has  not  heard  of  the  king's  death) :  thanks  God  that  he 
has  escaped  the  Norwegian  campaign ;  will  visit  Stockholm  in 
a  few  days;  relates  the  latest  news  from  Norway;  will  wait 
with  the  further  publication  of  the  Doedalus^  until  the  king 
shall  provide  the  means. — D.  1 :  305. 

Publications. 

Swedberg,  Em.:  Reg elko7iste7i,  forfattad  i  Ho  Backer .  (An  Al- 
gebra written  in  ten  parts).  Upsala.  Werner.  135  pp. 
i6mo. — D.  II:  892.  The  first  work  on  Algebra  in  the 
Swedish  tongue.  It  was  favorably  reviewed  in  Sweden 
and  abroad. — A.  L. 
Fbrsbk  attfi7ina  Ostra  och  Westra  Lmigden  igenom  Mdnan. 
(An  attempt  to  find  the  Longitudes  by  means  of  the 
Moon).  Upsala.  Werner.  38  pp.  8vo. — D.  II:  894. 
This  tract  was  originally  published  in  Dcedalus,  No. 
IV. ;  it  was  afterwards  published  in  Latin  by  the  author, 
in  Amsterdam,  1721.      Highly  favorable  reviews  of  this 


25  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

work  appeared  in  the  learned  journals  of  Sweden  and 
Germany. — A.  L. 
Om  Jordens  och  Planeternas  Gd7ig  och  Stand.  (On  the 
motion  and  station  of  the  earth  and  the  planets:  that  is, 
some  arguments  showing  that  the  earth  is  diminishing  in 
its  course,  and  now  revolves  more  slowl}^  than  formerly, 
causing  winter  and  summer,  days  and  nights,  to  be 
longer,  as  to  time,  than  in  past  ages).  Skara.  Kjelberg. 
40  pp.  i6mo. — D.  II:  895.  In  this  little  w^ork  the 
author  publishes  an  original  theory  of  the  peopling  of 
America.     See  Z.  1884:  174. — A.  I^. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Sicily  is  invaded  by  the  Spanish,    Austria  joins  the  alliance  against  Spain; 
the  Spanish  fleet  is  defeated  off  Cape  Passaro. 
Turkey  makes  peace  with  Austria  and  Venice. 
New  Orleans  is  settled  by  the  French.     Death  of  William  Penn. 

T7Tn  February   13. — Emanual  Swedberg  is  present  at 

'     -^       the  College  of  Mines  in  Stockholm. 

March  17. — In  Upsala,  where,  on  the  coronation  day  of 
Queen  Ulrica,  he  publishes  a  treatise  On  the  Depth  of 
Waters.— D.  II:  895. 

April  18. — Letter  from  Polheim  to  Benzelius,  from  which  it 
appears  that  Emanuel  is  still  in  Upsala,  and  that  he  feels 
estranged  from  Polheim  (perhaps  on  account  of  the  breaking 
of  the  engagement  between  Emanuel  and  Emerentia  Polheim). 
The  work  on  the  canal  has  been  suspended,  owing  to  the 
universal  poverty  in  the  kingdom. — D.  I:  306,  635. 

May  23. — Bishop  Swedberg's  wife  and  children  are  elevated 
by  the  Queen  to  the  rank  of  nobility ;  they  assume  the  name 
*' Swedenborg;"  Emanuel  as  the  eldest  son,  takes  his  seat  in 
the  House  of  Nobles  as  a  member  of  the  Swedish  Diet. — 
Toitie  II:  273  \  D.\\  469,  and  especially  Ad.  27:  45. 

During  this  month  there  appeared  a  second  and  enlarged 
edition  of  his  work  on  the  Depth  of  Waters.  This  edition 
is  signed  by  "Emanuel  Swedenborg,"  the  former  by  "Emanuel 
Swedberg." 

June-October. —  Swedenborg  writes  the  two  following 
treatises,  which  have  not  yet  been  published: 


///p.  27 

(i)  Anatomi  af  var  allra  Jinaste  natiir  (iVnatomy  of  our 
purest  substances,  showing  that  moving  and  living  force  con- 
sists of  tremulations),  48  pp. 

(2)  Nya  Aiiledningar  til  Grufvors  igenfiniiande  (New 
directions  for  discovering  metallic  veins,  14  pp. — D.  II:  898. 

November  2. — In  Stockholm  :  submits  to  the  College  of 
Mines  a  paper  on  Swedish  iron  furnaces  and  their  working. 
— D.  1 :  404. 

November  3,  Stockholm. — Thirty-sixth  letter  to  Benzelius : 
speaks  of  some  new  discoveries  concerning  the  earth's  approach 
toward  the  sun ;  describes  the  various  new  treatises  which  he 
has  written  ;  deplores  the  lack  of  interest  in  scientific  things  in 
the  present  state  of  the  country. — D.  1 :  307. 

November  14. — The  Queen  instructs  the  College  of  Mines 
to  report  upon  a  memorial  from  Swedenborg,  in  which  he 
proposes  the  establishment  of  a  factory  for  extricating  vitriol 
at  the  copper  mines  of  Fahlun. — D.  1 :  405. 

November  26,  Stockholm. — Thirty-seventh  letter  to  Benze- 
lius :  contains  further  discussion  of  the  earth's  approach  toward 
the  sun ;  gives  reasons  for  supposing  that  God  and  the  blessed 
have  their  abode  in  the  sun ;  repudiates  the  idea  of  a  material 
hell-fire,  but  suggests  remorse  of  conscience  in  its  place;  is 
willing  to  refer  everything  to  the  Word  of  God ;  appears  dis- 
couraged at  the  reception  which  his  latest  works  have  met, 
and  thinks  that  Pluto  and  envy  have  taken  possession  of  the 
people. — D.  I:  312. 

December  i,  Stockholm. — Thirty-eighth  letter  to  Benzelius: 
seems  to  be  thoroughly  discouraged  at  his  prospects  in  Sweden, 
and  proposes  to  seek  his  fortune  abroad. — D.  I:  315. 

Publications. 

Swedberg,  Em.  :  Om  Watt7iens  Hbgd,  och  F'orra  Werldens 
starka  Ebb  och  Flod.  (On  the  depth  of  waters  and  the 
powerful  tides  in  the  primeval  world).  Upsala.  Werner. 
16  pp.  i6mo. — D.  II:  895. — A.  L. 
Om  Wattne7is  H'dgd.  Second  edition.  Upsala.  Werner. 
40  pp.      i6mo. — A.  L. 


23  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Underrattclse  oin  Docken,  Slysswerken  och  Saltwerket.  (In- 
formation concerning  docks,  canal-locks,  and  salt  works.) 
Stockholm.    Werner.   8  pp.   4to.— Z>.  II:  896.— N.  Y.  I.. 

Fdrslag  til  wart  Mynts  och  Metis  indehiing.  (Proposals  for 
the  regulation  of  our  coinage  and  measures;  introducing 
a  decimal  system).  Stockholm.  Royal  Printing  Office. 
8  pp.     4to. — D.  II:  899.   . 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  French  forces  invade  Spain.  PhiHp  V.  dismisses  his  minister, 
Alberoni. 

The  "  Tunkers"  or  Bunkers  settle  in  Pennsylvania. 

17 20  January,  Stockholm. — Thirty-ninth  letter  to  Ben- 

'  *  zelius:  treats  of  his  new  discoveries  in  cerebral 
anatomy. — D.  I:  317. 

February  24,  Stockholm. — P^ortieth  letter  to  Benzelius:  deals 
exclusively  with  anatomical  matters. — D.  1 :  318. 

February  29,  Stockholm. — Forty-first  letter  to  Benzelius: 
chiefly  anatomical ;  is  much  pleased  with  a  favorable  review  of 
one  of  his  works  in  the  newly  published  Acta  Literaria 
SitecicE. — D,  I:  320. 

March  3,  Stockholm. — Forty-second  letter  to  Benzelius: 
proposes  the  establishment  of  a  Mathematical  Society,  and  the 
institution  of  a  public  lottery  as  a  means  of  raising  money  for 
its  expenses. — D.  1 :  323. 

April  12,  Brunsbo. — Forty-third  letter  to  Benzelius:  relates 
a  scientific  observation  about  the  midnight  sun,  and  its  con- 
tinued reflection  in  a  lake,  even  after  it  had  set. — D.  1 :  324. 

Swedenborg  is  at  this  time  on  a  visit  to  his  father's  home  in 
order  to  attend  the  funeral  of  his  stepmother,  Sarah  Bergia 
Swedenborg,  who  died  on  March  3d. —  Tottie  \\\  278.  Con- 
cerning Swedenborg's  "mothers,"  in  the  spiritual  world,  see 
kS.  D.  4181,  4182. 

May  2,  Brunsbo. — Forty-fourth  letter  to  Benzelius  :  is  en- 
gaged in  chemical  researches  and  discoveries. — D.  I:  325. 

June. — Skinskatteberg,  (Swedenborg's  mining  property  in 
Dalecarlia). — Forty-fifth  letter  to  Benzelius:  treats  of  the 
origin  of  meteors. — D.  I:  327. 


i^2o — iy2i.  29 

June  19,  Skinskatteberg. — Swedenborg  petitions  the  College 
of  Mines  for  a  regular  salary,  as  assessor  extraordinary. — D.  I : 
406. 

July  9,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg  petitions  the  king  (Fred- 
eric L,  consort  and  co-regent  with  Ulrica  Eleonora)  for 
appointment  to  the  office  of  an  ordinary  assessor  in  the  College 
of  Mines. — L,  1896:  152. 

July  21. — Additional  petition  of  Bishop  Swedberg  for  his 
son. — L.  ibid. 

November  21,  Stockholm. — Renewed  application  by  Swed- 
enborg to  the  king  for  appointment  to  ordinary  assessorship. — 
L.  ibid. 

December  25. — Swedenborg  at  Brunsbo,  attending  the  wed- 
ding of  Bishop  Swedberg  to  his  third  wife,  Christina  Arethusa. 
— Tottie  II:  273. 

During  this  year  Swedenborg  writes  a  treatise  entitled  Oni 
We7inerns  fallande  och  stigande  (On  the  rising  and  falling  of 
lyake  Werner),  MS.  7  pp.  An  abstract  of  this  paper  was  pub- 
lished in  Acta  Literaria  StcecicE  for  1720:  111-116. — D.  II: 
899. 

About  this  time  he  writes,  also,  a  large  work  called  Prin- 
cipia  Reriim  Naturaliuni  ab  experiynentis  et  geometrica  edu- 
cata  (First  principles  of  natural  things,  deduced  from 
experience  and  geometry)  MS.  560  pp.  This  has  never  been 
published.— See  D.  II :  899. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  "  South  Sea  Company  "  undertakes  the  payment  of  the  British  debt; 
bursting  of  the  "  South  Sea  Bubble." 

Failure  of  Laws'  Mississippi  scheme  in  France. 

The  Duke  of  Savoy  cedes  Sicily  to  Austria,  in  exchange  for  Sardinia.  The 
dominions  of  Savoy  are  changed  into  the  kingdom  of  Sardinia. 

Sweden  makes  peace  with  Prussia,  ceding  a  great  part  of  Pomerania. 
Ulrica  Eleonora  gives  over  the  government  of  Sweden  to  her  consort,  Fred- 
eric of  Hesse-Cassel. 

17 2 1  January  2. — Swedenborg  still  at  Brunsbo. — D.  I: 

'        '      167. 

May  21,  Stockholm. — Letter  of  Swedenborg  to  Jacob  a 
Melle,  treating  of  the  fluctuations  of  the  primeval  ocean.    This 


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letter  was  published  in   the  Acta  Liter  aria  SiiecicE  for  172 1. — 
See  D.  II :  900. 

June. — Swedeuborg  leaves  Stockholm  to  enter  upon  a  second 
foreign  journey. — D.  II :  4. 

June  30,  Helsingborg. — Before  leaving  Sweden  he  writes  to 
the  College  of  Mines,  asking  for  instructions. — D.  I:  407. 

July. — Traveling  by  way  of  Copenhagen  and  Hamburg,  he 
arrives  in  Amsterdam,  where  he  publishes  four  new  works. 

October  21,  Amsterdam. — Letter  by  Swedenborg  to  Ambas- 
sador Preis  at  the  Hague,  presenting  some  of  the  recent  publi- 
cations.— L.  1896  :   168. 

November  8,  Leyden. — Second  letter  to  x\mbassador  Preis, 
expressing  thanks  for  hospitable  reception  during  a  late  visit  to 
the  Hague. — Ibid. 

November  29,  Liege. — Date  of  a  letter,  containing  "New 
Rules  for  Maintaining  Heat  in  Rooms,"  which  Swedenborg 
sends  to  Erie  Benzelius.  The  paper  was  published  in  the 
Ada  Liter  aria  SiiecicB  for  1722. — D.  II:  902. 

December  12,  Liege. — Sends  some  Latin  verses  to  Benzelius, 
commemorating  the  treaty  of  Nystad,  between  Russia  and 
Sweden. — D.  I:  329. 

December  15,  Liege. — Forty-sixth  letter  to  Benzelius:  ex- 
pects to  start  for  Germany  on  the  following  day. — D.  1 :  330. 

December  16. — Travels  to  Aix-la-Chapelle,  Cologne,  and  ad-, 
jacent  places,  examining  mines. — D.  II :  5. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg :  Prodromus  Principioru^n  Rerurn  Naturalium  sive 
Novoruin  Tentami7nmi  Chy77iiani  et  Physicam  experimen- 
taleifi  geometrice  explicaTidi.  (A  forerunner  of  the  first  ' 
principles  of  natural  things,  or  of  new  attempts  to  ex- 
plain Chemistry  and  experimental  Physics,  by  means  of 
Geometry.)  Amsterdam.  John  Osterwyk.  119  pp. 
i6mo. — D.  II:  900. — A.  L. 

This  work  was  translated  into  English  by  Mr.  C.  E. 
Strutt,  and   published   at   London,  in    1847,  under  the 
title   Some   Speci?ne7is   of  a    Work  07i  the   Principles  of 
Che77iistry. 


1722,  31 

Nova  Observata  et  Invejita  circa  Ferrum  et  Ignem,  et 
pViBcipue  circa  7iaturam  Ignis  ele7ne7itarum ,  tma  cum  nova 
Camini  inveniione.  (New  Observations  and  Discoveries 
respecting  Iron  and  Fire,  and  particularly  respecting  the 
elementary  nature  of  Fire;  together  with  a  new  construc- 
tion of  stoves).  Amsterdam.  Osterwyk.  56  pp.  i6mo. 
—D.  II:  901.— A.  L. 

This  treatise  has  been  incorporated  in  the  English 
edition  of  Principles  of  Chemistry. 

Methodiis  Nova  inveyiiendi  LongHudines  Locorum  terra 
marique  ope  LuncB.  (A  new  method  of  finding  the 
longitudes  of  places,  on  land  or  at  sea,  by  means  of  the 
Moon).     Amsterdam.     Osterwyk.    29  pp.  8vo.— i7.  II: 

901. A.     ly. 

Artificia  nova  mechanica  Receptacula  Navalia  et  Agger es 
Aquaticos  consti^uendi.  (A  new  mechanical  plan  for 
constructing  Docks  and  Dykes;  and  a  new  mode  of 
discovering  the  powers  of  vessels  by  the  application  of 
mechanical  principles).  Amsterdam.  Osterwyk.  21pp. 
8vo.— i9.  II:  902.— A.  ly. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Walpole  again  becomes  Prime  Minister  of  England. 

Financial  bankruptcy  in  France. 

Peace  of  Nystad,  between  Sweden  and  Russia;  the  latter  gains  all  the 
Baltic  provinces,  excepting  Finland. 

Pope  Innocent  XIII.  succeeds  Clement  XI. 

Revival  of  missionary  work  for  the  Greenlanders,  by  Hans  Egede,  "  the 
Apostle  of  Greenland." 

1722.  January -March.  —  From  Cologne  Swedenborg 
travels  to  I^eipzig,  where  he  publishes  the  Miscel- 
lanea Observata. 

Leaving  Leipzig  he  visits  all  the  mines  in  Saxony,  and 
travels  thence  to  Hamburg,  where  he  publishes  Part  IV  of  the 
the  Miscellanea  Observata. 

From  Hamburg  he  returns  to  Brunswick  and  Gosslar,  visit- 
ing all  the  mines  in  the  Hartz  Mountains ;  while  in  this  region 
he  is  introduced  to  Duke  Rudolph  of  Brunswick,  who  becomes 
his  great  friend  and  patron. — D.  1 :  616  ;  II:  5. 


^2  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

From  Brunswick  he  returns  to  Hamburg,  and  thence  by  way 
of  Stralsund  and  Ystad  to  Stockholm. — D.  II :  5. 

July  14,  jMedevi  (a  summer  resort  near  Lake  Wetter,  in 
Sweden). — Swedenborg  addresses  a  memorial  to  the  king,  ask- 
ing for  permission  to  introduce  a  new  and  improved  method  of 
extracting  copper  from   ore  at   the  mines  of  Fahlun. — D.  I: 

August  9,  Stockholm. — Forty-seventh  letter  to  Benzelius: 
treats  of  the  new  method  of  extracting  copper;  proposes  to 
visit  Starbo  shortly,  and  thence  Upsala. — D.  1 :  331. 

October  11,  Stockholm. — Addresses  a  memorial  to  the  Col- 
lege of  Mines  respecting  the  new  method  of  extracting  copper. 
—D.  I:  411. 

November  10. — Reply  to  the  mining  authorities  of  Fahlun 
to  Swedenborg's  memorial,  conditionally  assenting  to  his  propo- 
sition.— D.  1 :  414. 

December  7,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  reply  to  the  objec- 
tions and  conditions  proposed  by  the  mining  authorities  of 
Fahlun. — D.  I:  421. 

During  this  year  he  writes  the  following  treatises : 

Expositio  Legis  Hydrostaticcs.  (An  Exposition  of  the  Law 
of  Hydrostatics,  demonstrating  the  power  of  the  deepest  water 
of  the  Deluge,  and  their  action  on  rocks  and  other  Substances 
at  the  bottom  of  the  sea.)  Published  in  Acta  Literaria  SuecicE, 
—D.W'.  905. 

De  Magnete  et  ejus  qualitatibics.  (Concerning  the  mag- 
net and  its  qualities).     MS.  229  pp.     4to. — D.  II:  906. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  Miscellanea  Observata  circa  Res  Naturales  et pm- 
sertim  circa  Mifieralia,  Ignem,  et  Montiu7?i  Strata.  (Mis- 
cellaneous Observations  respecting  natural  things,  and 
especiall}^  respecting  minerals,  fire  and  the  strata  of 
mountains).  Parts  I-III.  Leipzig.  164  pp.  i6mo. 
Part  IV.  Schiffbeck,  near  Hamburg.  H.  Holle.  56  pp. 
i6mo. — D.  II:  902. — A.  L. 

An  Enghsh  translation  of  this  work,  by  Mr.  C.  E. 
Strutt,  was  published  in  London,  1847. 


1722—1723-  33 

Fabula  de  Amove  et  Metamorphosi  Uranies  in  virum  et  in 
fa7nulum  Apollinis.  CA  Fable  concerning  the  Love  and 
Metamorphosis  of  [the  muse]  Urania  into  a  man  and 
servant  of  Apollo;  addressed  to  Count  Maurice  Wel- 
lingk.)  Schiifbeck.  8  pp.  4to. — D.  II:  905. 
An  elegiac  poem,  written  at  Bfunswick. 

Oforgripliga  Tanckar  om  Svenska  Myntets  F'drnedring  och 
Forhogning.  (Frank  views  on  the  fall  and  rise  in  the 
value  of  Swedish  currency. )  Stockholm.  Werner.  20  pp. 
4to.— A  II:  906.— A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Members  of  the  "  Unitas  Fratrum  "  or  Reformed  Church  of  Bohemia  and 
Moravia,  begin  to  settle  at  Herrnhut,  on  the  estates  of  Count  Zinzendorf  ; 
beginning  of  the  modern  Moravian  Church. 

-xnon  January  (?),  Stockholm. — Letter  by  Swedenborg 

'  ^'  to  his  brother-in-law,  Lars  Benzelstjerna,  relating 
some  recent  political  events. — D.  1 :  334. 

February  5,  Stockholm. — Date  of  Swedenborg's  ''Memorial 
to  the  Diet,  respecting  the  state  of  Swedish  Finances,"  pro- 
posing a  thorough  investigation  into  the  condition  of  the  com- 
merce and  the  mercantile  marine  of  the  country. — D.  I:  471. 

February  18, Stockholm. — Date  of  Swedenborg's  "Memorial 
to  the  Diet,  proposing  to  abolish  the  distinction  made  in  min- 
ing districts  in  favor  of  copper,  to  the  detriment  of  iron." — D. 

I:  475. 

(The  College  of  Mines,  in  Swedenborg's  absence,  on  May 
24th  instructed  one  of  its  members  to  oppose  this  memorial  in 
the  House  of  Nobles. — D.  1 :  429.J 

April  II,  Stockholm. — Date  of  Swedenborg's  "Memorial  to 
the  Diet  in  favor  of  establishing  rolling  mills  in  Sweden." — 
D.  1 :  480. 

April  II,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg  makes  his  formal  en- 
trance as  assessor  extraordinary  at  the  College  of  Mines,  with 
liberty  of  being  present  at  the  sessions,  according  to  his  own 
pleasure. — D.  I:  427. 

May  20,  Stockholm. — Date  of  Swedenborg's  "Memorial  to 


,  .  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

the  Diet,  in  favor  of  encouraging  the  production  of  iron  in 
Sweden." — D.  I:  477. 

September  j6,  Stockhohu. — Swedenborg  addresses  a  letter 
to  the  College  of  Mines,  asking  for  permission  to  try  a  new 
process  of  making  steel,  which  he  had  learned  from  Vienna, 
before  the  same  privilege  be  granted  to  another  person. — D, 
I:  430. 

October  29,  Stockholm. — He  applies  for  a  short  leave  of 
absence  from  the  College,  in  order  to  attend  to  some  personal 
affairs  in  the  country. — D.  1 :  430. 

He  now  travels  to  the  iron  works  at  Axmar,  of  which  he  is 
joint  owner  with  his  aunt,  Brita  Behm,  in  order  to  erect  there 
a  new  furnace,  to  replace  the  one  which  had  been  destroyed  by 
the  Russians  in  the  year  1721. — D.  I:  431. 

December. — He  spends  the  Christmas  at  his  father's  home  in 
Brunsbo. — D.  I:   187. 

During  this  year  Swedenborg  is  occupied  in  writing  a  work, 
De  Gemiina  Metallorum  Tractatioiie.  (On  the  Genuine  Treat- 
ment of  Metals.)     MS.  1481  pp. — D.  H:  906. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  Jansenists,  persecuted  in  France,  establish  an  independent  Catholic 
Church  in  Holland,  with  headquarters  at  Utrecht. 
Death  of  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  regent  of  France. 
Peter  the  Great  secures  large  territories  from  Persia. 


1724. 


February   14,  Presthyttan,  near  Axmar. — Forty- 
eighth  letter  to  Benzelius:    treats  chiefly  of  business 
matters,  and  of  his  work  on  the  treatment  of  metals. — D.  I : 

335- 

April  20. — Letter  of  Bishop  Swedberg  to  his  son,  Jesper 
Swedenborg,  then  in  North  America,  informing  him  of  the 
will  of  the  Bishop's  second  wife,  Sarah  Bergia,  whereby  her 
property  was  to  be  divided  equally  among  all  the  children  of 
the  first  marriage  (she  had  no  children  of  her  own),  while 
Emanuel  was  to  be  nominal  owner  and  executor  of  the  estate 
at  Starbo. — D.  I:  374. 

April  28. — The  College  of  Mines  makes  application  to  the 


1723—1724-  35 

king  that  a  regular  salary  be  given  to  Assessor  Swedenborg. — 
D.  I:  431. 

May  18. — He  returns  to  Stockholm. — Ibid, 

May  26,  Stockholm. — Forty-ninth  letter  to  Benzelius:  again 
refuses  to  consider  a  proposed  professorship  at  Upsala;  refers 
to  his  impediment  in  speaking  (a  slight  stuttering)  and  states 
that  he  does  not  possess  the  donum  docendi  (gift  of  teaching); 
refuses  to  answer  the  attacks  of  certain  scientific  antagonists. 
—D.  I:  337. 

June  16,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  the  College  of 
Mines,  expressing  gratitude  for  its  favorable  proposition  to  the 
king  in  regard  to  his  salary. — D.  I:  432. 

July  7,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  final  appeal  to  the  king 
for  appointment  to  the  office  of  an  ordinary  assessor  at  the 
College  of  Mines  with  a  regular  salary. — Z.  1896  :   153. 

July  15. — Royal  warrant,  appointing  Swedenborg  to  the 
desired  office,  with  an  annual  salary  of  800  dalers  in  silver 
(about  I240). — Ibid. 

July-August. — Swedenborg  at  Axmar,  looking  after  his 
share  in  the  iron  works. — D.  1 :  433. 

August  18,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  Baron  Rib- 
bing, President  of  the  College  of  Mines,  in  regard  to  mining 
affairs. — Ibid. 

August  20,  Stockholm. — Fiftieth  letter  to  Benzelius :  speaks 
of  having  met  his  brother  Jesper  and  other  Swedish  travelers, 
lately  returned  from  the  Swedish  settlements  in  Pennsylvania, 
and  the  renowned  French  chemist  Reaumur,  whom  he  con- 
siders a  clever  scientific  man ;  will  accept  the  invitation  of  Sir 
Hans  Sloane  to  become  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Royal 
Society  of  London. — D.  I:  339. 

November  9. — Begins  a  lawsuit  against  his  maternal  aunt, 

Brita  Behm,  who  has  sought  to  deprive  him  of  the  privilege  of 

smelting  in  common  with  her  at  the  iron  works  at  Axmar. — 

D.  I:  379,  434- 

Contemporary  Events. 

Louis  XV.  renews  the  persecutions  against  the  Huguenots. 
Pope  Benedict  XIII.  succeeds  Innocent  XIII. 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


jy^r  January-July. — Swedenborg    present    in    Stock- 

'      '^'     holm,  attending  the  College  of  Mines. — Z).  1:434- 

436. 

February  14. — Receives  a  letter  from  his  brother,  Jesper, 
asking  for  advice  whether  to  return  to  America  or  not. — D. 
I:  342. 

March  i. — Swedenborg  wins  his  lawsuit  against  Brita  Behm. 
—D.  I:  379. 

July-October. — Swedenborg  absent  from  Stockholm,  on  a 
commission  to  examine  iron  works  in  the  mining  districts. — 

n.  1 :  436. 

November-December. — Present  in  Stockholm  at  the  College 
of  Mines. — /did. 

During  a  period,  beginning  with  this  year  and  ending  with 
the  year  1733,  he  writes  the  following  treatises,  hitherto  un- 
published : 

Aduersarm  m  Principia  Reruni  Natjiraliiim.  (Papers  re- 
ferring to  the  Principles  of  Nature).     MS.  13  pp. 

De  Mechanismo  AnimcE  et  Corporis.  (On  the  Mechanism 
of  the  Soul  and  the  Body).     MS.  16  pp. 

Geiieraliter  de  Motti  Elementaricm.  (Generally,  on  the 
Motion  of  the  Elements).     MS.  5  pp. 

Comparatio  Ontologi(E  et  Cos7nologicE  generalis  Dam. 
Christiani  Wolfii^  ctLvi  P^Hiicipiis  nostris  rerum  naturaliimi. 
(Comparison  between  the  Ontology  and  Cosmology  of  Chris- 
tian Wolf,  with  Swedenborg's  Principles  of  Nature).  MS. 
49  pp. 

Observata  in  corpore  humano.  (x\natomical  Observations). 
MS.  6  pp. — All  these  works  described  in  D.  II :  907-908. 

Contemporary  Events. 

A  treatj^  of  alliance  between  Austria  and  Spain  is  signed   at  Vienna.     A 
counter  alliance  is  formed  between  England,  France  and  Prussia. 
Death  of  Peter  the  Great.     He  is  succeeded  by  his  wife,  Catharine  I. 

T726  January-July. — Swedenborg  in  Stockholm,  at  the 

'  '      College  of  Mines.— /:>.  I:  437. 

May,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  memorial  to  the  king,  with 


1 72  s— 1727'  37 

a  petition  that  he  be  retained  in  his  present  post  and  status, 
without  change,  contrary  to  the  demands  of  Assessor  Swab. — 
L.  1896:   166. 

June  6,  Stockhohn. — Fifty-first  letter  to  Benzelius :  criticises 
a  new  English  method  of  finding  the  longitudes. — D.  1 :  344. 

July-August. — Swedenborg  absent  on  a  commission  to  ad- 
just some  mining  difficulties  in  the  provinces. — D.  1:   437. 

September-December. — Remains  in  Stockholm  the  rest  of 
the  year. — Ibid. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Cardinal  Fleury  becomes  Prime  Minister  of  France. 
Russia  joins  the  Vienna  Alliance. 

y^-^  January -December.  —  Swedenborg     remains    in 

'      '  *     Stockholm  the  entire  year. — D.  I:  438. 
October  24. — Swedenborg's  first  letter  to  his  cousin,  Abra- 
ham  D.  Schonstrom :    deals  entirely   with   family  matters. — 

—/;>.  1:346. 

November  21. — Second  letter  to  A.  D.  Schonstrom. — D.  I: 

347- 

November  27. — Third  letter  to  A.  D.  Schonstrom. — D.  I: 

348. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  Nova  Observata  et  hiventa. 

Prodrovius  Prmcipioruni  Rerian  Naturaliu^n. 
Methodus  Nova  hive^iiendi  Longitudijies. 

Second  I^atin  editions  of  these  three  works  were  pub- 
lished this  year  by  J.  and  A.  Strander,  at  Amsterdam. 
—D.  I:  901. 

Contemporary  Events. 

George  II.  succeeds  his  father,  George  I.,  on  the  throne  of  Great  Britain. 
Death  of  Isaac  Newton. 

Peter  II.,  grandson  of  Peter  the  Great,  succeeds  Catharine  I.  in  Russia. 

Beginning  of  the  "  German  Reformed  Church  "  in  America,  among  the 
emigrants  from  the  Palatinate,  who  had  been  invited  to  Pennsylvania  by- 
William  Penn. 


38 


1728. 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Swedenborg    remains    in    Stockholm    the    entire 
year. — D.  I:  438. 

Contemporary  Events. 


An  international  congress  of  the  Great  Powers  assembles  at  Soissons. 
The  Danish  navigator,  Behring,  discovers  the  strait  connecting  the  Arctic 
Ocean  with  the  Pacific. 

y^-p^  January -July. — Swedenborg    remains    in    Stock- 

'      ^'     holm.— /:>.  1 :   439. 

IMarch  18. — He  receives  a  letter  from  his  brother-in-law, 
Pastor  Unge,  who  exhorts  him  to  "muster  up  courage,"  and 
seek  a  suitable  wife. — D.  1 :  349. 

July-October. — Swedenborg  absent  on  a  commission  to  in- 
spect iron  works  in  Dalecarlia. — D.  1 :  439. 

October-December. — Remains  in  Stockholm. — Ibid. 

December  23,  Stockholm. — Letter  of  Swedenborg  to  Brita 
Behm,  who  is  threatening  him  with  another  lawsuit. — D.  I : 

351. 

Contemporary  Events. 

John  Wesle}'  and  George  Whitefield  begin  the  Methodistic  movement. 
Treaty  of  Seville,  between  Spain,  Great  Britain  and  France. 
Carolina  is  purchased  by  the  British  Crown,  and  is  divided  into  two  royal 
provinces,  North  and  South  Carolina. 

-c^^r\  January-June. — Swedenborg    remains    in    Stock- 

'  ^     '     holm.— /:>.  I:  439. 

April  10. — Letter  from  Bishop  Swedberg,  asking  Emanuel 
to  write  some  Latin  verses  for  a  new  publication. — D.  I:  352. 

June  4. — Royal  warrant,  granting  Swedenborg  the  full 
salary  of  an  ordinary  assessor  (about  $375). — D.  I:  439. 

July  16. — Swedenborg  leaves  Stockholm  on  a  tour  to  in- 
spect forest  lands  belonging  to  iron  works  in  Dalecarlia; 
returns  to  Stockholm  in  September. — D.  1 :  440. 

August  18. — Bishop  Swedberg's  residence  at  Brunsbo  is 
consumed  by  fire.  The  Bishop  loses -his  entire  library  with 
many  of  his  manuscripts.  It  is  probable  that  many  letters 
from  Emanuel  were  destroyed  on  this  occasion — D.  I:  353. 

September-December. — Remains  in  Stockholm. — D.  I:  440. 


1728— 1 733'  39 

Contemporary  Events. 

Voltaire,  D'Alembert,  Diderot,  and  other  atheistic  "  philosophists  "  begin 
to  work  together  against  religion. 

The  Empress  Anne,  niece  of  Peter  I.,  succeeds  Peter  II.  in  Russia. 
Pope  Clement  XII.  succeeds  Benedict  XIII. 
Foundation  of  Baltimore. 

17^1  January-August. — Swedenborg  remains  in  Stock- 

'  ^    *      holm.— Z^.  I:  441. 

April-May. — Absent  from  the  College  of  Mines  on  account 
of  illness. 

July  28-October  9. — Traveling  in  the  provinces,  inspecting 
iron  works. 

October-December. — Remains  in  Stockholm. — Ibid. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  "  Gentleman's  Magazine  "  begins  to  be  published  at  London.  Death 
of  Daniel  Defoe. 

England  and  Holland  guarantee  the  Pragmatic  Sanction  of  Charles  VI. 
of  Austria. 

Treaty  of  Seville  between  Great  Britain,  France  and  Spain.  Don  Carlos, 
son  of  Philip  V.  of  Spain,  is  established  in  the  Duchies  of  Parma  and 
Piacenza,  on  the  extinction  of  the  Farnese  family. 

Persecution  and  expulsion  of  the  Protestant  inhabitants  of  Salzburg. 

17^2  Swedenborg    remains    in    Stockholm   the   entire 

'  *^     '     year.— /;>.  I:  441. 


Contemporary  Events. 

Publication  of  Pope's  "  Essay  on  Man." 
The  territory  of  Georgia  is  granted  to  General  Oglethorpe. 
The  first  Subscription  Library  in  America  is  founded  by  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin at  Philadelphia. 

Birth  of  George  Washington. 


jY^^  April  12,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg  applies  to  the 

too       ^ixig  for  leave  of  absence  from  the  College,  in  order 

to  undertake  a  journey  abroad. — L.  1896:   167. 

April  17. — Royal  decree,  granting  Swedenborg  nine  months^ 

leave  of  absence. — D.  1 :  442,  443. 


40  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

May  lo. — Swedenborg  leaves  Stockholm  on  his  third  foreign 
journey ;  passes  through  Linkoping,  Grenna,  and  Jonkoping  to 
Ystad.— /:>.  II:  6. 

May  24. — Arrives  at  Stralsund ;  travels  through'  Mecklen- 
burg and  Brandenburg  to  Berlin,  where  he  arrives  on  June  i. 
—D.  II :  9. 

June  5. — Having  visited  the  libraries,  museums,  and  labora- 
tories of  Berlin,  he  leaves  for  Dresden,  where  he  reads  through 
and  corrects  his  Principia;  visits  the  Botanical  Garden,  attends 
Catholic  worship,  and  remarks  on  its  blandishments  for  the  ex- 
ternal senses;  examines  glass  works,  and  consults  scientific 
works. — D.  II:   15-38. 

July  23. — Arrives  at  Prague,  in  Bohemia. — D.  II:  38. 

July  30. — Visits  Carlsbad,  and  examines  the  mineral  springs. 
—D.  II:  42. 

August  6. — Visits  the  mining  towns  around  Carlsbad. — D. 
II:  43-68. 

August  19. — Returns  to  Dresden  by  way  of  Prague,  and 
travels  thence  to  Leipzig. 

October  5,  Leipzig. — Begins  the  publication  of  Principia. — 
D.  II:  71-73. 

He  seems  to  have  remained  here  the  rest  of  the  year.  The 
record  of  his  journey  is  noted  in  a  diary,  entitled : 

I  tiller  ariitm  ex  anno  1733. — (Described  in  D.  II :  908;  trans- 
lated and  published  in  D.  II :  6-73. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Secession  of  the  "  Associated  Presbyter}^  "  from  the  Church  of  Scotland. 

The  first  Bourbon  family  compact  is  established  between  the  dynasties  of 
France  and  Spain. 

Death  of  Augustus  II.  of  Poland  and  Saxony.  His  son,  Frederick 
Augustus  II.,  succeeds  in  Saxony,  and  is  elected  King  of  Poland  by  a 
minority  of  the  Polish  nobility.  The  majority  elect  their  former  King, 
Stanislas  Leszczynski,  who  is  supported  by  his  son-in-law,  Louis  XV.,  and 
by  Spain.  Russia  and  Austria  support  the  elector  of  Saxony.  Leszczynski 
is  expelled. 

Beginning  of  the  war  of  the  Polish  succession.  The  French  occupy 
Lorraine  and   Lombardy. 

Savannah  is  founded  by  Oglethorpe. 


n33—i734'  41 

17  "^4.  January-February. — Swedenborg  remains  in  Leip- 

'^^       zig,  where,   during  these  months,  he  publishes  the 
Opera  Philosophica. 

January  4,  Iveipzig.— I^etter  of  Swedenborg  to  Councillor 
Trier,  of  Dresden,  respecting  the  petrifaction  of  marine 
animals.— Z).  II:  744;  (original  in  possession  of  John  Bragg, 
Esq.,  of  Birmingham;  fac-siijiile  published  in  Morning  Light, 
1879). 

January  19,  Leipzig.— Letter  to  the  College  of  Mines,  ap- 
plying for  prolonged  leave  of  absence. — D.  I:  444. 

February.— While  still  at  Leipzig  he  publishes  also  his 
Prodro7mis  de  Injinito. 

March. — Swedenborg  leaves  Leipzig:  travels  to  Halle, 
Cassel,  Schmalkalden,  and  Gotha;  visits  Duke  Ludwig 
Rudolph,  at  Brunswick;  journeys  through  Hamburg  and 
Ystad  to  Stockholm,  where  he  arrives  in  July  and  attends  the 
opening  of  the  Diet.— /:>.  II:  6,  ']i,  6x6. 

July  4. — lu  Stockholm:  resumes  his  duties  in  the  College  of 
Mines;  remains  here  the  rest  of  the  year.— /:>.  I:  445. 

December  17. — Swedenborg  is  invited  to  become  an  honor- 
ary or  corresponding  member  of  the  Imperial  Academy  of 
Sciences  of  Russia. — D.  I:   22. 

During  the  autumn  or  winter  of  this  year  he  presents  to  the 
Secret  Committee  of  the  House  of  Nobles  a  Memorial  on  the 
impolicy  of  declaring  War  against  Russia. — D.  1 :  483. 

About  this  time  he  writes  also : 

Epitome  Principiornm  Rerinn  Naturalinm  (An  Abstract  of 
the  Principia)  MS.  27  pp. — D.  II:  914. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Opera  Philosophica  et  Mineralia  (Philosophical  and 
Metallurgical  Works).  3  Vols.  Dresden  and  Leipzig. 
Fred.  Hekel.— A.  L. 
Vol.  I. ,  Principia  Rerum  Naturalinm,  sive  novortim  Te7ita- 
mi7ium  Phoenojnena  f?tu7idi  eleme7itaris  philosophice  ex- 
plica7tdi  (The  first  Principles  of  Natural  Things,  or  of 
new  attempts  toward  a  philosophical  explanation  of  the 
elementary  world).     3  parts,  452  pp.  folio. 


42 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

Vol  II.,  Reg7iunt  Subterraneum  sive  Minerale  de  Ferro  (The 
Subterranean  or  Mineral  Kingdom  in  respect  to  Iron). 
386  pp.  folio. 
Vol.  III.,  Regyium  SttbterraneuTti  sive  Minerale  de  Cupro 
et  Orichalco  (The  Subterranean  or  Mineral  Kingdom  in 
respect  to  Copper  and  Brass).     534  pp.  folio. 

These  three  volumes  are  described  in  D.  II:  908-912. 
The  first  volume  contains  a  portrait  of  Swedenborg, 
printed  from  a  copper  engraving.  Cuno  testifies  to  its 
faithfulness.  —  /^.  II:  1196.  Compare  A^. /.  C  R.  18 17: 
138. 

Vol.  I.,  the  Priricipia,  has  been  translated  into  English 
by  the  Rev.  Augustus  Clissold,  and  was  published  in 
London,  1846. 

Of  Vol.  II.,  On  Iron,  the  preface  has  been  translated 
into  English  and  published  as  an  appendix  to  the  Pri7i- 
cipia.  The  chapter  on  the  conversion  of  Iron  and  Steel 
was  reprinted  in  Strasburg  in  1737,  and  the  whole  of 
Section  I.  was  translated  into  French  and  published  in 
Paris  in  1762. — D.  II:   911. 

An  English  translation  of  the  preface  to  Vol.  III.,  On 
Copper,  is  also  appended  to  the  English  edition  of  the 
Prijicipia. 
Prodromes  Philosophies  ratiocinantis  de  Infijiito  et  causa 
Jinali  Creatiojiis :  deq^ie  Mechanismo  operationis  Animoe  et 
Corporis  (Outlines  of  a  philosophical  argument  on  the 
Infinite  and  the  final  cause  of  Creation;  and  on  the 
mechanism  of  the  operation  of  Soul  and  Body).  Fred. 
Hekel.     270  pp.  small  8vo. — D.  II:  913. — A.  L. 

A  reprint  of  the  original  edition  of  this  little  work  was 
published  in  London,  1886;  English  translations  appeared 
in  1795  and  1847. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Campaign  of  the  Austrians  against  France  and  Sardinia  in  Northern  Italy. 
They  are  defeated  by  the  latter  at  Bitonto.  The  French,  under  Berwick, 
besiege  and  capture  Phillipsburg.     Berwick  is  killed. 

Don  Carlos  conquers  Naples  and  Sicily,  and  is  proclaimed  king  as  Charles 
III.  of  the  two  Sicilies. 

Death  of  Johann  Dippel,  the  German  theologian  and  adventurer. 


^734— 173^'  43 

17 -^r  January-June. — Swedenborg    remains    in    Stock- 

'  ^^*      holm.— Z).  I:  446. 

June  17,  September.— Absent  on  a  tour,  inspecting  the 
copper  works  at  Fahlun. — D.  1 :  446. 

July  26,  Brunsbo.— Death  of  Bishop  Swedberg,  at  the  age 
of  82  years.  (This  date  according  to  Tottie  II.  275.  The 
death  occurred  on  July  7,  according  to  D.  I:  83.) 

Some  time  this  year  he  begins  to  write : 

Fragmenta  Transactiomim  Triiim  de  Cej-ebro  (Fragments 
of  three  Treatises  on  the  Brain).     MS.  1004  pp.— />.  II:  914. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Publication  of  the  "Systema  Naturae  "  by  Ivinnseus,  the  Swedish  botanist. 

The  treaty  of  Vienna  ends  the  war  of  the  Polish  succession.  Augustus 
III.  is  acknowledged  king  of  Poland.  Parma  and  Piacenza  are  ceded  to 
Austria.  Lorraine  is  ceded  to  France,  with  Leszczynski  as  duke.  Charles 
Iir.  is  confirmed  in  the  kingdom  of  the  two  Sicilies. 

The  first  Moravian  bishop  is  consecrated  at  Herrnhut. 

Moravians  settle  in  Georgia  (their  first  settlement  in  America). 

17^6.         January  29. — Swedenborg  in   Brunsbo,  attending 
'^  the  burial  of  his  father.— /;>.  I:  359,  447. 

March-July.— Remains  in  Stockholm.— /;>.  I:  447,  455. 

May  27,  Stockholm.— Applies  to  the  king  for  another 
leave  of  absence,  in  order  to  publish  some  new  works  abroad. 
Offers  to  give  up  half  of  his  salary  to  pay  for  an  assessor  taking 
his  place  in  the  College.— i^).  1 :  448,  450. 

June  I,  Stockholm. — Royal  decree,  granting  Swedenborg 
a  leave  of  absence  for  three  or  four  years,  at  half  salary.— /:>. 
I:  454- 

July  3. — Swedenborg  takes  leave  of  the  king  and  the  queen, 
who  are  very  gracious  to  him. — D.  II :   75. 

July  10. — Leaves  Stockholm:  visits  his  sister  and  his  broth- 
er-in-law, Bishop  Eric  Benzelius,  in  Linkoping.- /:>.  11:  ']e,. 

July  17,  Helsingborg. — Leaves  Sweden  on  his  fourth 
foreign  journey:  travels  over  Elsincer  to  Copenhagen.— Z:> 
II:   77-80. 

July  24. — Travels  from  Copenhagen  to  Hamburg. — D.  II : 
81. 


44  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

x-Yugust  2. — In  Hamburg:  caUs  upon  the  celebrated  philoso- 
pher, ChristofFer  Wolf,  who,  in  a  subsequent  letter  to  Bishop 
Benzelius,  states:  "At  the  present  age  scarcely  anyone  can 
compare  with  this  most  excellent  and  clear-headed  man  [Swed- 
enborg],  in  the  science  of  Mineralogy." — D.  1 :  362. 

August  17. — Arrives  at  Amsterdam :  travels  thence  to  Rot- 
terdam ;  remarks,  in  his  diary,  on  the  excellent  condition  of 
Holland,  and  on  the  blessings  of  a  republican  form  of  govern- 
ment.—i9.  II :  86. 

August  22. — Leaves  Holland:  travels  through  Antwerp  to 
France.  Speaks,  in  his  diary,  of  the  bad  and  useless  life  of 
the  many  monks  who  are  devouring  France. — D.  II :  90. 

September  3. — Arrives  in  Paris:  visits  the  libraries  and  the 
opera;  works  on  his  treatises. — D.  II:  93. 

October. — In  Paris :  makes  comments  on  the  Catholic  clergy, 
who  possess  one  fifth  of  all  the  property  in  France ;  predicts 
the  ruin  of  the  country. — D.  II :  94. 

Remains  in  Paris  the  rest  of  the  year. 

During  this  year  he  begins  to  write  down  some  of  his  more 
singular  dreams. — Z^.  II:   130. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Publication  of  Butler's  "  Analogy  of  Religion,"  Porteous  riots  in  Edin- 
burgh. 

Russia  makes  war  on  Turkey;  Azov  is  captured. 

End  of  the  Sofi  dynasty  in  Persia.     Nadir  Shah  ascends  the  throne. 


'jn on  January-December. — Swedenborg  seems  to  have 

'  ^  '        spent  the  whole  of  this  year  in  Paris. — D.  II :  98- 
102. 


Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  Queen  Caroline  of  England,  and  of  John  Huchinson,  the  Mystic, 
Birth  of  Edward  Gibbon.  First  publication  of  Cruden's  "  Concordance  to 
the  Sacred  Scriptures." 

The  University  of  Gottingen  is  founded  by  George  II, 

Extinction  of  the  Medici  family  in  Tuscany, 

Charles  VI,  of  Austria  makes  war  on  Turkey. 


173^—^139'  45 

y— ^O  March    12. — Swedenborg  leaves  Paris,    traveling 

'  ^  over   Lyons  and   Savoy,  to  Italy,  arriving  in  Turin 

on  March  31. — D.  II:   102. 

April  7. — Travels  to  Milan:  on  the  way  he  is  in  danger 
from  a  vetturino  (stage-driver)  with  a  stiletto. — D.  II:   106. 

April  13. — Iveaves  Milan:  travels  over  Bergamo,  Verona, 
Vicenza,  and  Padua  to  Venice,  where  he  remains  five  months. 
— D.  II :  1 10.  (Concerning  his  alleged  experiences  in  Venice, 
"when  a  youth"  S^  fifty  years  of  age!\  see  D.  I:  629). 

Au<;ust  9. — Leaves  X'eiiice:  travels  through  Mantua,  Ferrara, 
and  Bologna  to  Florence. — D,  II:    112. 

September  21. — Visits  Livorno  and  Pisa:  iravels,  by  way  of 
Siena,  to  Rome,  wht-re  he  remains  the  rest  of  the  year. — D. 
II:  1 12-126.  (Concerning  the  then  pope,  Clement  XII.,  and 
his  subsequent  happy  lot  in  the  spiritual  world,  see  C.  J.  59 
and  M,  yj  :  383.) 

Beside  the  great  work  TJie  Economy  of  the  Animal  King- 
dom^ on  which  Swedenborg  is  now  laboring,  he  writes  about 
this  time  two  small  religio-philosophical  works: 

De  Via  ad  Cognitionem  AnimcE  (The  Way  to  a  Knowledge 
of  the  Soul)  MS.  5  pp.  4to. 

De  Fide  et  Bonis  Operibns  (On  Faith  and  Good  Works). 
MS.  10  pp.  Both  of  these  have  been  translated  into  English 
by  Dr.  Wilkinson,  and  published  in  the  Posthtcmotcs  Tracts. 
See  D.  II :  866. 

Contemporary  Kvknts. 

The  Methodists  appear  in  London. 

Death  of  Boerhaave,  the  Dutch  physiologist. 

France  guarantees  the  Pragmatic  Sanction  of  Charles  VI. 

Nadir  Shah  conquers  Afghanistan. 

l^lCs  January-February   15. — Remains   in  Rome. — D. 

'  ^^*      II:   127. 

February  15. — Returns  to  Florence  and  thence  to  IvCghorn. 
—D.  II:   129. 

March  17. — In  Genoa:  remarks  on  the  flat  noses  and 
countenances  of  the  Genoese. — D.  II:   130. 


46  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

May  14. — Returns  to  Paris,  where  he  remains  the  greater 
part  of  the  year. 

December  27. — In  Amsterdam,  where,  on  this  day,  he 
finishes  the  writing  of  the  Econorny  of  the  Animal  Kingdom, 
—D.  II :   130. 

Contemporary  Events. 

War  of  "Jenkin's  Ear"  between  Great  Britain  and  Spain,  Admiral 
Vernon  takes  Porto  Bello.  Publication  of  Hume's  "Treatise  on  Human 
Nature."     The  first  Methodist  meeting-house  is  opened  at  Kingswood. 

Peace  of  Belgrade  between  Austria,  Russia  and  Turkey;  the  latter  recovers 
Servia. 

Nadir  Shah  captures  and  sacks  Delhi,  in  India. 

jyAr\  January-October. — Swedenborg  remains  in   Am- 

'  *  '  sterdam,  where  he  publishes  the  Economy  of  the 
Animal  Kingdom^  part  I. 

During  the  early  part  of  this  year  he  writes,  also : 

De  Ossibus  Cranii^  deque  Ossificatione^  et  de  Dura  Matre 
(On  the  Bones  of  the  Skull;  on  Ossification,  and  on  the  Dura 
Mater),  MS.  49  pp.— /^.  II  :  919. 

Philosophia  Corpnsmlaris  in  Compendio  (The  Corpuscular 
Philosophy,  in  a  Summary).     MS.  i  p. 

In  this  paper  he  states  of  the  things  which  he  had  written : 
^'•hc^cvera  sunt^  quia  signuin  habeo^''  (these  things  are  true,  be- 
cause I  have  the  sign).  This  "sign"  consisted  in  "a  certain 
extraordinary  light,"  and  the  vision  of  "fiery  lights  and  flames." 
—See  5.  D.  2951  ;  Z>.  II :  920;  Ad.,  Vol.  Ill,  7012. 

He  also  had  dreams  by  which  he  was  informed  concerning 
the  things  which  he  had  written ;  experienced  peculiar  changes 
of  state  and  infestations  by  evil  spirits;  heard  conversations  in 
the  early  morning,  etc. — D.  II  :   145. 

September  10. — Amsterdam.  Third  letter  to  Ambassador 
Preis,  at  the  Hague:  presents  a  copy  of  the  Economy  (the 
second  part),  and  a  treatise  on  "  the  human  soul."  These  were 
probably  in  the  form  of  manuscripts. — L.  1896:   168. 

October. — Leaves  Holland  for  Sweden. 

October  25. — In  Stockholm:  returns  to  his  duties  in  the 
College  of  Mines. — D.  I  :  366,  456. 


^739—1740.  47 

November  26. — Stockholm.     Carl  Linnaeus  proposes  Swed- 

enborg  for  membership  in  the 
then  newly  instituted  Royal 
Academy  of  Sciences  of  Swe- 
den.—Z.  1893:  58.  This  dis- 
proves Dr.  R.  L.  Tafel's  sur- 
mise, that  Linnseus  and  Swe- 
denborg  never  came  into  any 
personal  contact  with  one  an- 
other.— D.  I:  616. 

December  3.  —  Stockholm. 
Swedenborg  is  unanimously 
elected  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Academy. — Z.  ibid. 

December  14.  —  Reads  a 
i^innaeus.  paper  bcforc  the  Royal  Acad- 

emy On  the  Computation  of  the  Declination  of  the  Mag7ietic 
Needle.  This  was  a  reply  to  an  attack  made  by  Professor 
Celsius,  of  Upsala,  on  Swedenborg's  theory  of  the  subject.  A 
scientific  controversy  followed,  terminating  in  a  triumph  for 
Swedenborg  in  February,  1741. — D.  I:  568;  II:  927. 

During  this  year,  probably,  Swedenborg  writes  the  following 
treatises : 

Philosophia  Universaliinn  Characteristica  et  Matheniatica  (A 
Characteristic  and  Mathematical  Philosophy  of  Universals). 
MS.  5  pp.— .9.  II:  918. 

Anatomia  omninm  partiimi  Cerebri^  Cerebelli^  Medullce  ob- 
longata^ et  spinalis ;  et  de  7norbis  capitis  (Anatomy  of  all  parts 
of  the  two  Brains  and  of  the  Medullas;  and  on  the  diseases  of 
the  head).      MS.  636  pp. — D.  II:  920. 

Introductio  ad  Psychologiani  Rationalem^  cujiis  hcEC  prima 
pars  de  Fibra^  de  Tunica  Arachnoidea^  et  de  morbis  fibraricm 
agit  (Introduction  to  a  Rational  Psychology,  the  first  part  of 
which  treats  of  the  Fibre,  the  Arachnoid  Tunic,  and  the  dis- 
eases of  the  Fibres).  MS.  366  pp.  4to. — Ef.  II:  925.  This 
work  was  published  by  Dr.  Wilkinson,  at  London,  1847,  as 
CEconomia  Regni  Animalis^  Transactio  III^  and  the  latter  por- 


48  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

tion  has  been  published  in  English  in  the  New  Church  Life  for 
1897,  1898. 

Publication. 

Swedenborg:  CEcono7ma  RegJii  Animalis,  in  Transadiones 
divisa  (The  Economy  of  the  Animal  Kingdom,  divided 
into  separate  treatises).  Parti.  Amsterdam.  Francois 
Changuion.  4to.  pp.  388. — D.  II  :  915. — A.  E. 
An  Enghsh  translation  of  this  work,  b}^  the  Rev.  Augustus 
Clissold,  was  published  in  Eondon,  1845,  and  was  re- 
printed in  America  in  1868. 

From  this  ^^ear  dates  an  anonymous  publication,  entitled 
Delucidationes  ubei^ioixs  arducB  doctri7ice  de  Origijie  Ani- 
nicB  et  Malo  hcsreditario,  qicarn  Leibnitziiis  in  TheodiccEa 
primum  tradidit.  (Additional  Elucidations  of  the  diffi- 
cult doctrine  respecting  the  Origin  of  the  Soul  and 
Hereditary  Evil,  which  was  first  explained  by  Eeibnitz 
in  his  TheodiccBo) .  Stockholm.  1740.  The  authorship 
has  been  ascribed  to  Swedenborg,  but  on  uncertain  evi- 
dence.    See  D.  II  :    924, 

Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  Frederick  William  I.,  of  Prussia;  he  is  succeeded  by  Frederick 
the  Great. 

Death  of  Emperor  Charles  VI.  His  daughter,  Maria  Theresa,  succeeds  in 
Austria  and  Hungary.  Treachery  of  the  Continental  Powers,  which  had 
guaranteed  the  Pragmatic  Sanction.  The  Austrian  succession  is  claimed  by 
Charles  Albert,  of  Bavaria,  and  by  Augustus  III.,  of  Poland  and  Saxony. 
Spain  claims  part  of  the  Austrian  dominions.  Frederic  the  Great  demands 
Silesia  and  invades  this  Austrian  province.  Beginning  of  the  War  of  the 
Austrian  Succession. 

Death  of  the  Empress  Anne,  of  Russia.  Her  infant  grand-nephew,  Ivan 
VI.,  is  proclaimed  Czar,  under  the  regency  of  Biron 

Death  of  Clement  XII.     He  is  succeeded  by  pope  Benedict  XIV. 

First  performance  of  Handel's  "  Messiah." 

Moravians  begin  to  settle  at  Bethlehem,  in  Pennsylvania. 

Nadir  Shah  conquers  Bokhara  and  Khiva. 

T^/IT  January-December.  —  Swedenborg    remains    the 

'    •    '      whole  year  in  Stockholm. — D.  1 :  456. 
January. — He   takes   his   seat  as  a   member   of  the   Royal 

Academy  of  Science. — L.  1893:  58. 


IJ40—I74I'  49 

About  this  time  Swedenborg  writes  the  following  works 
and  treatises,  some  of  which  have  been  published  since  his 
death : 

Iittroductio  ad  Psychologiain  Rationalem  (Introduction  to 
a  Rational  Psychology ;  the  second  part,  treating  of  the  doc- 
trine of  correspondences  and  representations.)  MS.  9  pp. — D, 
II:  927. 

Clavis  Hieroglyphica  arcanormn  natiiraliunt  et  spirttualium 
per  viam  Reprt^sentatiomcm  et  Correspondentiariim  (An  Hiero- 
glyphic Key  to  natural  and  spiritual  mysteries,  by  way  of 
representations  and  correspondences).  MS.  48  pp.  4to.  Pub- 
lished in  Latin  by  Robert  Hindmarsh,  London,  1784.  The 
first  English  translation  appeared  at  London,  in  1792. 

Concordantia  Systeniatinii  Triitni  de  Cojumercio  AnimcE  et 
Coj^poris  (Concordance  of  the  three  systems  concerning  the 
Intercourse  of  the  Soul  and  the  Body).  MS.  44  pp. — D.  II : 
928. 

De  Sanguine  Riibro  (On  the  Red  Blood).  MS.  24  pp. — 
D.  II:  929. 

De  Spiritii  Aniniali  (On  the  Animal  Spirit).  MS.  24  pp. 
—D.  II :  929. 

De  Sensatione  seu  de  Corporis  Passione  (On  Sensation,  or 
the  Passion  of  the  Body).     MS.  11  pp. — D.  II:  930. 

De  Origine  et  Propagatione  Animce  (On  the  Origin  and 
Propagation  of  the  Soul).     MS.  6  pp. — D,  II :  930. 

De  Actione  (Concerning  Action).  MS.  30  pp. — D.  II : 
930. 

The  above  five  treatises  were  published  in  Latin  at  London, 
1846,  as  Opusciila  Philosophica^  and  were  published  in  Eng- 
lish, 1847,  ^s  Posthumous  Tracts. 

Psychologia  Rationalis  (Rational  Psychology).  MS.  234 
pp.  folio. — D.  II:  931.  A  Latin  edition  of  this  work  was 
published  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel  in  1849,  ^^  Regnum  Animate^  pars 
VII.  De  Aniina.  An  English  translation,  by  Rev.  Frank 
Sewall,  was  published  at  New  York,  1887. 

During  this  year  occurs  the  death  of  queen  Ulrica  Eleonora, 
who  is  succeeded  on  the  throne  by  her  consort,  Frederic  I. 
4 


50 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH, 


Concerning  the  subsequent  state  of  queen  Ulrica  Eleonora,  in 
the  other  life,  see  6".  D.^  no.  6009. 


Ulrica  Eleonora. 


Publication. 


Swedenborg:  CEconomia  Reg7ii  Ani7nalis  (The  Economy  of 
the  Animal  Kingdom).  Part  II.  Amsterdam.  Chan- 
guion  4to.  194  pp. — D.  II:  915. — A.  'h. 

CONTKMPORARY   EvENTS 

Alliance  between  Prussia,  Bavaria,  and  France,  against  Austria.  Victory 
of  Frederick  the  Great  over  the  Austrians  at  Mollv^itz.  England  makes  an 
Alliance  with  Austria.  The  French  and  Bavarians  invade  Bohemia.  Prague 
is  taken.  Maria  Theresa  appeals  successfully  to  the  Hungarian  Diet  at 
Presburg.  Frederick  the  Great  makes  a  secret  bargain  Mdth  Maria  Theresa, 
and  abandons  his  allies. 

War  is  declared  between  Sweden  and  Russia.  Czar  Ivan  VI.  is  deposed. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Peter  the  Great,  is  proclaimed  Empress  of  Russia. 

The  colony  of  New  Hampshire  is  definitely  separated  from  Massachusetts. 


1742. 


m 


January-December.  —  Swedenborg     remains 
Stockholm  the  entire  year,  during  which  he  suffers 
from  illness  at  various  times. — D,  I  :  457. 
During  the  year  he  writes : 
Vociun  philosophicaricm  Significaiio  vel  Ontologia  (The  Sig- 


1741—1742^  51 

nification  of  philosophical  terms,  or  Ontology).  MS.  21  pp. 
folio. — D.  II :  934. 

An  English  translation  of  this  little  work,  by  Rev.  P.  B. 
Cabell,  was  published  at  Philadelphia,  1880. 

Anatomia  corporis^  citj its  partes  secuiidce  ei  tertice^  de  membrts 
genitaltbiis  et  de  organis  quinque  sensuuju  agiuit  (The  Anatomy 
of  the  human  body.  Parts  II  and  III,  treating  of  the  genera- 
tive organs,  and  the  organs  of  the  five  senses).  MS.,  269  pp. 
folio. 

This  work  was  published  in  Latin,  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel,  in 
1849.  ^^  English  translation,  by  Dr.  Wilkinson,  appeared  at 
London  in  1852. — D.  II:  935. 

This  year  closes  the  period  of  Swedenborg's  natural  or  scien- 
tific preparation  for  his  office  as  revelator  to  the  New  Church. 

Publication. 

Swedenborg:  Qico7ioviia  Regni  Animalis.  Parts  I  and  II. 
Amsterdam.  Second  edition:  differs  from  the  first  only 
in  the  title-page,  parts  of  which  are  printed  in  red. — 
A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Fall  of  the  Walpole  ministry;  succession  of  the  Wilmington  ministry. 

The  Elector  of  Bavaria  is  crowned  Emperor  of  Germany  (Charles  VII). 

Frederick  the  Great  returns  to  the  allies  and  renews  the  war  against 
Austria;  he  gains  the  battle  of  Chotusitz.  Treaty  of  Breslau  between 
Austria  and  Prussia;  Silesia  is  ceded  to  Frederick. 

The  Austrians  expel  the  French  from  Bohemia,  and  invade  Bavaria. 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 


PREFATORY  NOTE. 

In  the  following  chronological  account  of  the  history  of  the 
New  Church  we  have  refrained  from  dividing  this  history 
into  any  distinct  or  specifically  characterized  periods,  as  such 
a  division  can  be  made  with  justice  only  in  a  somewhat  dis- 
tant future,  when  a  greater  perspective  shall  have  been  gained. 

The  year  1743  has  been  chosen,  among  a  variety  of  dates, 
to  mark  the  beginning  of  the  Annals  of  the  New  Church,  in 
order  to  insure  the  greatest  possible  inclusiveness,  as  this  year 
is  the  earliest  date  given  by  Swedenborg  in  describing  his  first 
call  to  his  spiritual  mission. 

He  states  of  the  period  now  beginning:  "As  the  Lord  had 
prepared  me  from  my  childhood,  He  manifested  Himself  in 
person  before  me.  His  servant,  and  sent  me  to  do  this  work" 
[the  publication  of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church].  "This 
took  place  in  the  year  1743,  and  afterwards  He  opened  the 
eyes  of  my  spirit,  and  thus  introduced  me  into  the  spiritual 
world." — D,  II:  387.     Compare/^.  I:  9;   CZ.,  1,419;   T.  C. 

R'  157,  779)  851. 

There  exists  no  further  account  of  the  Lord's  personal  mani- 
festation to  Swedenborg,  as  occurring  during  this  year,  but  a 
second  manifestation  took  place  in  April,  1744,  and  a  third  in 
April,  1745. 

The  date  of  the  opening  of  Swedenborg's  spiritual  sight  has 
been  discussed  in  Z).  II :  11 18  and  /.  1874:  24,  178,  268.  See 
also  Mr.  Richard  McCuUy's  articles  on  "Swedenborg  in  the 
New  Dawn,"  in  /.  1871 :  23,  68,  no.  A  full  comparative 
account  of  Swedenborg's  spiritual  experiences  and  mental 
states  during  the  years  1743-1746  is  given  in  D.  II:  1082- 
1118. 

53 


54  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

J7A7  January-July. — Swedenborg   remains   in    Stock- 

'    '  ^*      holm;  he  is  ill  at  various  times  during  these  months. 

—n.i:  457. 

March  26. — He  purchases  the  property  on  Hornsgatan,  in 
Stockholm,  which  henceforth  becomes  his  permanent  home. — 
il/.  n.  s.  xiv  :   175. 

June  14. — He  addresses  a  memorial  to  the  king,  asking  for 
two  years'  leave  of  absence  in  order  to  undertake  a  foreign 
journey. — L.  1896  :  167. 

June  14. — Letter  to  the  College  of  Mines,  announcing  his 
intention  to  go  abroad. — D.  1 :  458. 

June  30. — Royal  decree,  granting  the  leave  of  absence. — 
n.  I:  461. 

July  21. — Swedenborg  leaves  Stockholm  on  his  fifth  foreign 
journey:  travels  through  Nykoping,  Norrkoping,  Linkoping 
and  Jonkoping  to  Ystad,  and  thence  by  boat  to  Germany. 

x\uo-ust  6. — Arrives  in  Stralsund :  travels  thence  to  Rostock 
and  Wismar. 

August  12. — In  Hamburg,  where  he  is  introduced  to  Prince 
Adolphus  Frederic  of  Holstein-Gottorp,  the  crown  prince  elect 
of  Sweden :  submits  to  him  the  manuscript  of  the  Regnum 
Animale. — D.  H:   132. 

August  18. — Travels  through  Bremen  to  Holland. — D.  H: 

133- 

September  2. — In  Amsterdam,  where  he  remains  until  No- 
vember.— D.  II:   1089. 

October  (middle). — Probable  date  of  the  Lord's  first  mani- 
festation and  call  to  Swedenborg,  during  a  "  preternatural 
sleep." — D.  II:   11 26. 

December  i. — Arrives  at  The  Hague  to  superintend  the 
publication  of  the  Regiiiim  Animale. — D.  II:  938,  1089. 

December  i. — The  opening  date  of  Swedenborg's  Book  of 
Dreams.  He  experiences  a  change  of  state  as  to  his  former 
love  of  honor  and  love  of  the  sex. — D.  II:   148. 

The  Book  of  Dreams  has  been  translated,  in  parts,  by  Dr.  R. 
L.  Tafel.— /:>.  II:   147-219. 

During  the   year  occurred    the   death  of  Archbishop  Eric 


r  7  43— 1744'  55 

Benzelius,  Swedenborg's  brother-in-law,  educator  and  most  in- 
timate friend. — D.  II :  6o8. 

About  this  time  Swedenborg  writes  A  Digest  of  Swammer- 
dam's  Biblia  Naturoe — MS.  79  pp. — D.  II:  937. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  Pelham  ministry  succeeds  Wilmington's  administration  in  Great 
Britain. 

The  war  between  Sweden  and  Russia  is  terminated  by  the  treaty  of  Abo. 

The  war  of  the  Austrian  Succession  is  continued:  Austria  occupies  Bavaria; 
the  English  and  Hanoverian  armies,  under  George  II.,  defeat  the  French  at 
Dettingen;  Saxony  and  Sardinia  join  the  Austrian  alliance. 

Death  of  Cardinal  Fleury. 

Birth  of  Thomas  Jefferson. 

T7/1/1  Swedenborg  states  of  this  year:    "Heaven   was 

'    •   ■"*     opened  to  me  in  the  year  1744." — D.  II:  257. 

"I  had  daily  intercourse  with  angels  and  departed  men  from 
the  year  1744." — Div.  Wisdom  \A,  E.]  VII,  2.  Compare  D. 
II:  404,  1082. 

January  20. — Swedenborg  still  at  The  Hague. — B.  II :   1089. 

April  6-7. — At  Delft,  near  The  Hague.  The  Lord  mani- 
fests Himself  in  person  to  Swedenborg,  and  speaks  with  him. 
"It  was  a  countenance  with  a  holy  expression,  and  such  that 
it  cannot  be  described  ;  it  was  also  smiling,  and  I  really  believe 
that  His  countenance  was  such  during  His  life  upon  earth. 
He  addressed  me,  and  asked  if  I  had  a  certificate  of  my  health? 
I  answered,  'O  Lord,  Thou  knowest  this  better  than  I,'  and 
He  said,  'Then  do  it.'  This,  as  I  perceived  in  my  mind,  sig- 
nified, 'Love  Me  truly,'  or,  'do  what  thou  hast  promised.'  O 
God,  give  me  grace  to  do  this." — D.  II:    159. 

While  at  The  Hague,  Swedenborg  publishes  his  great  work, 
the  Regniim  Animale, 

May  16. — Swedenborg  arrives  in  London  :  takes  lodgings  at 
the  house  of  a  Mr.  Brockmer. — D.  II:   193,  587. 

For  a  short  time  he  is  said  to  have  attended  the  services  ol 
the  Moravian  Church  in  Fetter  Lane.  His  private  diary 
shows  that  he  had  some  inclination  towards  that  sect  at  this 
period. — D.  II:   196,  587. 


56  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

About  this  time  he  is  engaged  upon  a  work,  entitled,  De 
Sensu  communis  ejusque  infiuxu  in  animarn  et  de  hujiis  reac- 
tione  (On  Sense  in  general,  its  influx  into  the  soul,  and  the 
reaction  of  the  latter),  MS.  200  pp. — D.  II:  941. 

Almost  the  whole  of  this  treatise,  which  constitutes  part  of 
a  new  projected  series  of  the  Animal  Kingdom.^  was  published 
by  Dr.  Immanuel  Tafel  as  part  IV  of  Reg7mni  Animate^  at 
Tiibingen,  1848.     It  has  not  yet  appeared  in  English. 

July  9. — States  that  he  moved  to  other  lodgings. — D.  II: 
200. 

According  to  one  report,  Swedenborg  changed  his  lodgings, 
because  two  Jews  at  Mr.  Brockmer's  had  stolen  his  watch. — /. 
1871:   28. 

According  to  another  report,  invented  by  Mr.  Brockmer  and 
circulated  by  John  Wesley,  Swedenborg  is  said  to  have  left 
Brockmer's  house  in  a  fit  of  insanity.  The  story  has  been 
thoroughly  exploded  by  Robert  Hindmarsh  and  others,  but 
still  continues  the  favorite  argument  of  the  Methodists  against 
the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. — D.  II:  587-612. 

During  the  month  he  writes  a  treatise,  De  Cerebro  (On  the 
Brain).     MS.  43  pp. — D.  II:   943. 

October  27. — Begins  to  work  on  The  Worship  mid  Love  of 
God.—D.  II:  588. 

He  remains  in  London  during  the  rest  of  the  year. — D.  II: 
1090. 

To  this  year  belongs  his  two  small  treatises:  De  Miiscnlis 
Faciei  et  Abdominis  (On  the  Muscles  of  the  Face  and  the 
Abdomen).     MS.  13  pp. — D.  II:  942. 

Experimenta  Physica  et  Optica  (Physical  and  Optical  Ex- 
periments).    MS.  6  pp. — D.  II:  943. 

Publication. 

Swedenborg:  Regnum  Ajiimale,  anatomice,  physice  et philosophice 
perlustratum  (The  Animal  Kingdom,  considered  ana- 
tomically, physically  and  philosophically).  The  Hague, 
Adrian  Blyvenburg.  Part  I,  pp.  438;  part  II,  pp  286, 
^to.—D.  II:  937.— A.  Iv. 


1744- 


57 


Swedenbor.^  in  1744. 


There  exists  a  painting  of  Swedenborg  in  1744,  represent- 
ing him  in  the  act  of  leaving  his  room  for  a  walk,  of  which  the 
above  is  a  copy. — D.  II:   11 96. 


Contemporary  Events. 

First  conference  and  general  organization  of  Wesle3''s  followers  in  Great 
Britain.     Death  of  Pope. 

The  English  fleet  is  defeated  before  Toulon.  Charles  III.  of  Naples  is 
victorious  over  the  Austrians  at  Velletri.  Frederick  the  Great  renews  the 
war  against  Austria:  he  invades  Bohemia  and  captures  Prague,  but  is  forced 
to  retreat.     The  French  and  Spanish  defeat  the  King  of  Sardinia  near  Coni, 

Beginning  of  King  George's  war  in  America.  Ended  by  the  peace  of  Aix- 
la-Chapelle  in  174S. 


^8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

jy  A  r  January-July. — Swedenborg  remains  in  London, 

'  ^^  where  he  publishes  the  Worship  and  Love  of  God 
and  the  third  part  of  the  Animal  Kingdom. 

March  ii. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  Ambassador  Preis,  at 
The  Hague,  presenting  his  latest  works. — L.  i8q6:   i86. 

April  15. — London.  Of  this  date  he  states:  ''From  the 
middle  of  April,  1745,  I  have  been  in  Heaven,  while  I  was  at 
the  same  time  with  my  friends  on  earth." — Ad.  Vol.  I,  no. 
1003. 

About  this  time  occurred  Swedenborg's  vision,  in  an  inn,  of 
various  kinds  of  reptiles,  and  of  a  man  who  told  him  "eat  not 
so  much." — See  D.  I:  35^  69.  The  correct  report  of  the 
vision,  as  given  by  Swedenborg  himself,  is  found  in  Ad.  Vol. 
IL,  nos.  1956,  1957;  and  ^.  D.  397.  The  occurrence  has 
been  further  discussed  in  /.  1871 :   29;   O.  VH.  88. 

Soon  after  this  vision  the  Lord  again  revealed  Himself  in 
person  before  Swedenborg,  commissioning  him  with  the  office 
of  revealing  the  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem. — D.  1 :  36,  39. 

"From  that  day  I  gave  up  the  study  of  all  worldly  science 
and  labored  in  spiritual  things,  according  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded me  to  write." — D.  I:  36. 

"When  Heaven  was  opened  to  me,  I  had  first  to  learn  the 
Hebrew  language,  as  well  as  the  correspondences  according  to 
which  the  whole  Bible  is  composed." — D.  H:  261. 

July. — Swedenborg  leaves  England  and  returns  to  Sweden. 
On  his  journey,  which  lasted  a  whole  month,  he  enjoys  unin- 
terrupted spiritual  communications. — D   H:    1119. 

August  22. — In  Stockholm,  present  at  the  College  of  Mines: 
he  remains  here  until  the  end  of  the  year. — D.  I:  462. 

He  now  begins  the  interior  study  of  the  Word  of  God,  re- 
ceiving, by  degrees,  more  and  more  light  upon  its  spiritual 
meaning.  The  results  of  his  studies  are  noted  in  his  "  Com- 
monplace Book"  (the  Adversaria)^  which  consists  of  many 
separate  treatises.  Of  these  the  following  were  written  in  the 
year  1745: 

Historia  Creationis  a  Mose  tradita  (The  History  of  Creation, 
as  related  by  Moses).      MS.  25  pp. — D.  H  :  950. 


1745'  59 

De  Messia  Venturo  in  Mundo  (On  Messiah,  about  to  come 
in  the  world,  and  on  the  Kingdom  of  God).     MS.  32  pp. — 

Z;*.  II:  951. 

Explicatio  in  Verbnrn  Historiaun  Veteris  TestamentV^  (Ex- 
planation of  the  Historical  Word  of  the  Old  Testament).  MS. 
3  vols.  169  pp. — D.  II:   951. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Regnum  A?iimale.  Pars  III.  De  Cute,  Sensu 
Tadus,  etc.  (The  Animal  Kingdom.  Part  III.  Treat- 
ing of  the  Skin,  the  senses  of  Touch  and  Taste,  etc.) 
London:   169  pp.  4to. — D.  II  :  944. — A.  L. 

The  whole  of  this  monumental  work,  the  A?iimal  King- 
dom, has  been  translated  into  English  by  Dr.  J.  J.  Garth 
Wilkinson,  and  was  published  at  London,  in  two  volumes, 
in  1843  ^^d  1844. 

De  Cultu  et  A7nore  Dei  (On  the  Worship  and  Love  of  God). 
Parts  I  and  II.  London:  Nourse  &  Manby,  144  pp.  4to. 
—D.  II  :  947.— A.  L. 

The  first  English  translation  of  this  work  was  published  at 
London,  in  1 801.  A  third  part  of  the  same  work,  treat- 
ing of  the  married  life  of  the  first  pair,  was  printed  by 
Swedenborg  in  proof  sheets  (9pp.),  and  was  continued 
in  19  pp.  of  MS.,  but  was  not  pubhshed.  This  part  was 
photolithographed  by  Dr.  R.  L.  Tafel,  in  1869. — D.  II  : 
949- 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  last  Jacobite  rebellion  in  Great  Britain:  Scotland  rises  for  the  "Young 
Pretender,"  Charles  Edward,  the  grandson  of  James  II.;  he  gains  a  victory 
at  Prestonpans  'September  21),  and  advances  into  the  interior  of  England, 
but  is  forced  to  retreat.  Death  of  Sir  Robert  Walpole  and  of  Jonathan  Swift. 

Death  of  Emperor  Charles  VII.  Bavaria  makes  peace  with  Austria;  the 
French,  under  Marshal  Saxe,  defeat  the  English,  Dutch  and  Austrians  at 
Fontenoy;  Frederick  the  Great  is  victorious  at  Hohenfriedberg  and  Kessel- 
dorf;  the  husband  of  Maria  Theresa  (Francis  Stephen,  grand-duke  of 
Tuscany),  is  elected  Emperor  of  Germany,  as  Francis  I.  Austria  and  Saxony 
make  peace  with  Prussia  at  Dresden;  the  French  and  Spanish  expel  the 
Austrians  from  Lombardy. 

The  New  England  forces,  supported  by  a  British  fleet,  capture  Louisburg 
and  the  Island  of  Cape  Breton  from  the  French. 

Invention  of  the  Leyden  jar. 


6o  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

T7/l6  Concerning  Swedenborg's  spiritual  state  and   ex- 

'  ^  *  periences  during  this  year,  see  Richard  IMcCuUy's 
articles  on  "  Swedenborg  in  1746." — /.  1871  :   165,  221. 

January-December.  —  Swedenborg  remains  in  Stockholm 
the  entire  year,  working  in  the  College  of  Mines,  and  writing 
the  following  treatises: 

Index  Biblicus  Libroriim  Historicoruni  Veteris  Testamenti 
(Biblical  Index  to  the  Historical  Books  of  the  Old  Testament). 
MS.  581  pp.— /^.  II:  954- 

Esaias  et  Jeremias  Explicati  (Isaiah  and  Jeremiah  ex- 
plained).   MS.  107  pp.— z:*.  rr.  955. 

Annotata  in  Jeremiam  et  Threnos  (Notes  on  Jeremiah  and 
the  Iameiitatio7is).  MS.  notes  in  the  margin  of  Swedenborg's 
Latin  Bible. — D.  II  :  955. 

Index  Biblicus  Esai(E^  et  quoqne  Jeremice  et  Geneseos  quoad 
partem  (Biblical  Index  of  Isaiah^  and  also  a  portion  oi  Jeremiah 
and  Genesis).     MS.— Z).  II :  956. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  "  Young  Pretender  "  is  victorious  at  Falkirk,  but  is  overthrown  by 
the  Duke  of  Cumberland  at  Culloden. 

The  Austrians  occupy  Genoa,  but  are  driven  out  by  the  populace.  The 
French,  under  Marshal  Saxe,  reduce  the  Austrian  Netherlands,  and  defeat 
the  Austrian  allies  at  Rancoux. 

Ferdinand  VI.  succeeds  his  father,  Philip  V. ,  as  King  of  Spain. 

Birth  of  Pestalozzi. 

^^  .^  January-June.  —  Swedenborg  remains    in  Stock- 

'  ^ '  holm,  attending  to  his  duties  in  the  College  of  Mines. 
In  the  spring,  he  is  unanimously  recommended  for  promotion 
to  the  rank  of  a  ''Councillor  of  Mines."  This  elevation,  how- 
ever, he  positively  declines,  "lest  his  heait  should  be  inspired 
with  pride." — D.  I:  7,  464. 

February  9. — Date  of  the  closing  entry  in  the  Adversaria. 
At  this  time  he  is  undergoing  fearful  assaults  from  evil  spirits, 
but  new  light  is  given  to  him  on  the  doctrine  concerning  the 
Lord. 

He  now  begins  to  write  down  his  spiritual  experiences  in  the 
Spiritual  Diary\  of  which  nos.  1-148  are  missing  (from  Feb- 


ij4^ — 1^4^.  6i 

ruary  to  July,  1747).  This  missing  manuscript,  of  which  an 
index  is  preserved,  is  known  as  Memorabiliiim^  pars  prima. — 
^.11:  957. 

Some  time  during  the  early  part  of  this  year  occurred  Swed- 
enborg's  vision  of  the  Temple  in  Heaven,  representing  the 
New  Church,  above  the  gate  of  which  were  written  the  words 
''Nunc  licet:'— T.  C.  R.  508;  /.  1871 :  229. 

June  2,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  the  king,  de- 
clining the  suggested  promotion  to  a  councillorship,  and  re- 
questing permission  to  retire  from  his  office,  retaining  half  of 
his  salary. — D.  1 :  464. 

June  12. — Royal  decree,  accepting  Swedenborg's  resignation 
from  the  assessorship,  and  granting  the  favor  suggested  by 
him.  The  king  in  his  letter  expresses  his  assurance  that  the 
work  upon  which  Swedenborg  is  now  engaged — for  the  com- 
pletion of  which  he  feels  it  necessary  to  go  abroad — "will  in 
time  contribute  to  the  general  use  and  benefit,  no  less  than  the 
other  valuable  works  written  and  published  by  him  have  con- 
tributed to  the  use  and  honor  of  his  country."  This  work,  to 
which  Swedenborg  had  referred  in  his  letter,  was  the  Arcana 
CcElestia^  on  which  he  now  had  begun  to  work. — D.  1 :  465. 

July  17. — Swedenborg  is  present,  for  the  last  time,  at  the 
College  of  Mines,  taking  leave  of  his  colleagues. — D.  1 :  466. 

July  26. — This  is  the  first  date  occurring  in  the  preserved 
portion  of  the  Spiritual  Diary.  This  first  part  is  known  as 
Memorabiliuni^  pars  secunda^  MS.  516  pp.;  (the  Spiritual 
Diary^  nos.  149-3427). — D.  II :  970.  Some  time  during  this 
month  Swedenborg  leaves  Stockholm,  entering  upon  his  sixth 
foreign  journey. — Ibid. 

August  (beginning). — Arrives  in  Holland. 

August  7. — On  this  day  he  makes  the  following  note  in  the 
manuscript  of  his  hidex  to  Isaiah  and  Jeremiah:  "There  was 
a  change  of  state  in  me,  into  the  celestial  kingdom,  in  an 
image."  This  would  seem  to  indicate  that  the  celestial  degree 
of  his  mind  had  now  been  opened,  and  that  henceforth  he 
would  be  able  to  receive  the  revelation  of  the  celestial  sense  of 
the  Word.     From  this  date,  therefore,  may  be  counted  the  end 


62  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

of  the  period  of  Swedenborg's  preparatory  illumination,  and 
the  beginning  of  his  full  state  of  inspiration. 

During  this  year  he  writes  the  following  treatises: 

Fragmenta  notaricm  ad  Prophetas  (Fragments  of  notes  on 
the  Prophets).     MS.—/).  II:  962. 

Nonmia  Viroriun^  Tei^rariim^  Regiiorum^  Urbmm^  in 
Scriptura  Sacra  (Index  to  the  spiritual  signification  of  the 
names  of  persons,  countries,  kingdoms,  and  cities,  mentioned 
in  the  Sacred  Scriptures).  This  work  constitutes  part  of  the 
Index  Bibliciis^  and  was  published  separately  by  Dr.  R.  L. 
Tafel,  in  London,  1873. 

Index  Biblicus  Librornm  Propheticorinn  Veteris  Testamenti^ 
etc.  (Biblical  Index  to  the  Prophetical  Books  of  the  Old  Tes- 
tament, the  Psalms^  Job^  the  Apocalypse,  and  also  to  Exodus.^ 
Leviticus^  Numbers^  and  Deuteronomy'),  MS.  636  pp. — D. 
II :  966.  This  Index  is  one  of  the  four  works  which  consti- 
tute the  whole  of  Index  Biblicus. 

Index  Biblicus  Novi  Testament!  (Biblical  Index  to  the 
New  Testament).     MS.,  435  pp. — D.  II :  969. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  sect  of  "Shakers"  or  "Shaking  Quakers"  is  organized  in  England 
by  James  Wardley  and  Ann  Lee.  The  "Original  Burgher's"  secede  from 
the  established  church  of  Scotland. 

The  French  invade  Holland;  the  Orange  party  rises  and  restores  the  Stadt- 
holdership  in  the  person  of  William  IV.  The  English  defeat  the  French 
fleet  off  Cape  Finisterre  and  Belle  Isle  Marshal  Saxe  is  victorious  over  the 
Duke  of  Cumberland  at  Lawfeld. 

Empress  Elizabeth  of  Russia  sends  .  an  army  to  the  support  of  Maria 
Theresa. 

Briihl  becomes  prime  minister  of  Saxony. 

Murder  of  Nadir  Shah,  the  Persian  conqueror. 

-p^  .0  January. — Swedenborg  still  in  Amsterdam,  work- 

'  ^  ing  on  the  Arcana  CcBlestia. — D.  II:   972. 

September  i. — Still  in  Holland:  brings  the  MS.  of  the 
Arcana  CcBlestia.,  Vol.  I,  to  a  close.  On  this  day  Swedenborg 
witnesses  "a  general  Glorification  throughout  the  spiritual 
world,  on  account  of  THE  ADVENT  OF  THE  lyORD." — 5.  D. 
3029;  L.  1881,  Aug. 


n47—i749'  63 

October. — Swedenborg  leaves  Holland  for  England,  bring- 
ing with  him  the  MS.  of  the  Arcana  Ccelestia.  — D.  II:  972. 

October  2. — Date  of  first  entry  in  Memorabiliu^n^  Pars 
tertia  (published  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel  as  "pars  secunda"  of 
Diarium  Spirituale).     MS.  nos.  3428-4544. — D.  II:  977. 

November  23. — Arrives  in  London. — D.  I:    3^16;  II:  608. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  Isaac  Watts,  the  English  poet  and  theologian. 

The  war  of  the  Austrian  Succession  is  terminated  by  the  peace  ofAix- 
la-Chapelle  (October  18).  The  conquests  made  by  the  various  parties  dur- 
ing the  war  are  in  general  mutually  restored.  Frederick  the  Great  retains 
Silesia.  Parma  and  Piacenza  are  given  to  Don  Philip,  brother  of  Ferdinand 
VI.  of  Spain. 

Publication  of  Montesquieu's  "  Esprit  des  Lois." 

Beginning  of  the  excavations  at  Pompeii. 

The  Lutherans  in  America  are  first  organized  by  Rev.  Henry  Miihlenberg. 

I7zLQ  January-May. — Swedenborg  remains  in   London, 

'  ' -^  superintending  the  publication  of  the  first  volume  of 
the  Arcana  CcFlestia. 

June  (about). — The  publication  of  this  volume  having  been 
completed  and  arrangements  having  been  made  with  Mr. 
Lewis  for  the  publication  of  future  volumes  of  the  same  work, 
Swedenborg  leaves  England,  spends  the  summer  and  autumn 
in  Holland,  and  the  winter  at  Aix-la-Chapelle. — D.  II :  608, 

973- 

August  or  September. — John  Lewis  inserts  an  advertise- 
ment o!  the  Arcana  Ccelestia  in  some  of  the  London  news- 
papers, public  attention  being  thus,  for  the  first  time,  drawn  to 
the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. — D.  II  :  498. 

October  15,  Dartmouth,  England — Mr.  Stephen  Penny 
writes  to  John  Lewis,  expressing  his  great  pleasure  in  reading 
the  Arcajia  Ccelestia.  This  date  may  be  said  to  mark  the  be- 
ginning of  the  reception  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  among 
men  on  earth.  ]\Ir.  Penny's  letter  was  published  by  John 
Lewis  in  the  London  Daily  Advertiser  on  Christmas  day, 
1749- — D,  II:  496-499.  See  also  our  biography  of  Stephen 
Penny,  in  L.  1895:  73. 


64  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

Some  time*  during  this  year,  probably,  Swedenborg  begins 
to  compile  Index  Ve7'boriLm  et  Rertifu  in  Ar cants  Ccslestibus 
(Index  to  the  words,  names  and  things  in  the  Arcana  Cselestia). 
MS.  This  work  was  finished  in  1756,  and  was  published  in 
London,  1815,  by  John  Augustus  Tulk,  Esq. — D.  II  :  980. 

Publication. 

Swedenborg:  Arca7ia  Ccslestia,  qua;  in  Scriptiira  Sacra  sen 
Verba  Donnnz  sunt,  detecia  (Heavenly  Mysteries, 
which  are  in  the  Word  of  the  Lord,  disclosed).  Vol.  I. 
Genesis  \-yiY.\  nos.  i — 1885.  London.  John  Lewis.  630 
pp.  4to. — D.  II  :  971.  See  also  our  bibliography  of  the 
whole  work,  in /..  1893:   171,  188;   1894:   13. — A.  L. 

CONTKMPORARY    EVENTS. 

Publication  of  Fielding's  "Tom  Jones,"  of  Buffon's  "  Histoire  Naturelle," 
and  of  John  Wesley's  "Plain  account  of  the  people  called  Methodists." 
Lands  in  the  Ohio  Valley  are  granted  to  the  Ohio  Company  by  George  II. 

Birth  of  Goethe,  of  Mirabeau  and  of  Laplace. 

Foundation  of  Halifax  in  Nova  Scotia. 

j^  ^Q  January-February. — Swedenborg  is  still  at  Aix-la- 

^^     '     Chapelle.— i:>.  II:  224. 

February  5. — Publication  of  the  Arcajia  CcBlestia^  Vol.  II, 
at  London. — D.  II  :  971. 

In  the  spring  Swedenborg  returns  from  Germany  to  Stock- 
holm and  remains  here  the  rest  of  the  year.  His  spiritual  ex- 
periences during  this  period  are  recorded  in  Part  IV  of  the 
Spiritual  Diaiy. — D.  II :  978. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcajia  Ccslestia,  etc.  Vol.  II.  Ge?iesis  xvi-xxi; 
nos.  1886-2759.  London.  John  Lewis.  4to. — D.  |II  : 
971.— A.  L. 
Concurrently  with  the  Latin  edition,  Mr.  Lewis  published 
an  English  version  of  the  same  volume.  This  publica- 
tion, which  was  the  first  appearance  of  the  Doctrines  of 
the  New  Church  in  English,  or  in  any  living  tongue, 
appeared  in  six  consecutive  numbers,  each  paged  sepa- 
rately. Nos.  I  and  3  have  special  prefaces.  The  trans- 
lation was  made  by  Mr.  John  Marchant,  a  literary  man 


EMANUEL  SWEDENBORG. 

From  the  portrait  which  hung  in  his  bed-chamber,  now  the  property  of  the 

Academy  of  the  New  Church.     "  The  best  likeness 

of  Swedenborg."— Z>.  II.     1197. 


1750—1751- 


65 


in  London,  at  Swedenborg's  own  expense.  Only  two 
copies  are  now  known  to  exist  of  this  edition. — D.  II  : 
974;  L,  1893:   171. — S.  S.  ly.  and  R.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  J.  Sebastian  Bach,  the  German  composer,  and  of  Muratori,  the 
ItaHan  historian. 

j^  [- J  January-December. — Swedenborg  appears  to  have 

'  ^    '     remained  in  Stockholm  during  the  entire  year,  oc- 
cupied with  work  on  the  Arcana  Coelestia. 

April  5,  Stock- 
holm. —  Death  of 
King  Frederick  I. 
Concerning  his 
character  and  lot 
in  the  spiritual 
world  see  S.  D. 
no.  5799,  and  Dz- 
arhirn  Mimts^  pp. 
47,  70,  73.  He  is 
succeeded  on  the 
throne  of  Sweden 
by  Adolphus  Fred- 
eric, Duke  of  Hol- 
stein-Gottorp. 

Adolphus  Frederick.  AugUSt     3 1. 

Death  of  Christopher  Polheim. — D.  II:  978. 


PUBIvICATION. 

Swedenborg:    Arcana    Coelestia,  etc.     Vol 
XXX ;  Nos.  2760-4055.     London. 
4to. — A.  L. 


.   III.      GcJiesis    xxii- 
John  Lewis.    643  pp. 


Contemporary  Events. 

The  Gregorian  calendar,  changing  the  reckoning  of  time  from  the  Old 
Style  to  the  New,  is  introduced  in  England.  Pub fi cation  of  Grey's  "  Elegy 
in  a  Countr}^  Church  Yard." 

Diderot  and  D'Alembert  begin  the  publication  of  the  "  Encyclopedic." 

The  Vatican  publishes  the  "  Index  Expurgatorius." 

Death  of  Johann  Bengel,  the  German  theologian. 


66  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

jy  ^^  January-December. — Swedenborg  appears  to  have 

'  '^  '  remained  in  Stockholm  the  whole  year,  working  on 
the  Arcana  Coelestia^  and  continuing  his  Spiritual  Diary, — D. 
II:  980. 

Publication. 

Swedenborg:  Arcaiia  Cczlestia,  etc.  Vol.  IV.  Genesis  xxxi-xl; 
Nos.  4056-5190.  London.  John  Lewis.  559  pp  4to. — 
A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Count  Andrew  von  Hopken  becomes  prime  minister  of  Sweden. 
The  identity  of  lightning  with  electricity  is  fully  demonstrated  by  Benja- 
min Franklin,  at  Philadelphia. 

^^  -  ^  Swedenborg   seems  to  have  remained  in   Stock- 

*  "^^  holm  during  the  whole  of  this  year,  as  also  during 
the  four  years  next  following. 

Publication. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  CcBlestia,  etc.  Vols.  V  and  VI.  Genesis 
xli — Exodus  yLv\  Nos.  5191-8386.  London.  John  Lewis, 
pp.  534  and  580,  4to— A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Foundation  of  the  British  Museum.     Death  of  Bishop  Berkeley. 

Kaunitz  is  appointed  Chancellor  by  Maria  Theresa. 

A  Revolution  in  Paraguay  is  attributed  to  the  influence  of  the  Jesuits,  who 
now  fall  into  disfavor  at  the  Court  of  Portugal. 

Organization  of  the  "Associate  Presbytery  of  Pennsylvania,"  subordinate 
to  the  Associated  Synod  of  Scotland. 

j^  -  .  September. — The  Gentleman'' s  Magazine^  at  Lon- 

'  "^  '  *  don,  publishes  an  English  version  of  Swedenborg's 
letter  to  Dr.  Nordberg,  containing  the  memoirs  of  his  inter- 
course with  King  Charles  XII. — D,  I  :   558;  /.  II:   259. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  Ccelesiia,  etc.  Vol.  VII.  Exod^is  xvi- 
xxiv;  Nos.  8387-9442.  Loudon.  John  Lewis.  521  pp. 
4to — A.  L. 


1752-17^^'  6; 

Prodromus  Pr'incipioriim  Rerum  Nahiraliiun,  Third  edi- 
tion.    Hildburgshausen.     J.   G.    Hanish. — D.   II  :  901. 

Methodiis  Nova  inveniendi  Lo7igifudines.  Third  edition. 
Hildburgshausen.      Hanish. — Ibid. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  Sir  Henry  Pelham;  formation  of  the  Newcastle  ministry;  publi- 
cation of  Hume's  "  History  of  England,"  Vol.  I.     Death  of  Fielding. 

Death  of  Christ,  von  Wolf,  at  Halle. 

Beginning  of  the  French  and  Indian  war  in  America.  Fort  Duquesne  is 
built  by  the  French  at  the  present  site  of  Pittsburg.  Foundation  of  King's 
College  (now  Columbia)  at  New  York.  Congress  of  the  American  colonies 
at  Albany;  plans  of  a  union  are  proposed. 


1755' 


November  3,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg  presents 
a  Memorial  7'espectnig  the  liquor  traffic  to  the  Houses 
of  the  Swedish  Diet,  proposing  to  limit  the  distillation  of 
whiskey,  and  to  raise  it  in  price  by  farming  out  the  right  of 
distilling.  This  suggestion  was  subsequently  adopted  by  the 
Diet. — D.  I:  494. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Great  earthquake  at  Lisbon. 

Death  of  Mosheim,  the  church  historian,  and  of  Montesquieu,  the  French 
sociologist. 

Birth  of  Hahnemann,  the  father  of  Homoeopathy. 

The  British,  under  Braddock,  make  an  expedition  to  reduce  Fort  Duquesne, 
but  are  overwhelmed  on  the  banks  of  the  Monongahela.  George  Washing- 
ton conducts  the  retreat.  The  French  colonists  of  Acadia  are  dispersed  by 
the  British. 


1756- 


Publication. 

Swedenborg:    Arcana    Ccelcstia,    etc.      Vol.    VIII. 
(The  last  volume.)     Exodus  xxv-xxxiv;   Nos.  9443- 
10837.      London.      John   Lewis.     695   pp.   4to.— A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  Duke  of  Newcastle  resigns  from  the  premiership  of  Great  Britain; 
William  Pitt  is  appointed  Secretary  of  State. 

Louisa  Ulrica,  Queen  of  Sweden  and  sister  of  Frederick  the  Great,  plots 
to  break  the  power  of  the  Swedish  aristocracy;  the  plot  is  discovered;  Counts 
Brahe  and  Horn  are  executed. 

Beginning  of  the  Seven  Years'  war;    defensive  treaty  between  England 


^S  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

and  Prussia;  treaty  of  alliance  between  France  and  Austria  against  Prussia; 
Spain,  Saxony,  Russia  and  Sweden  join  the  league  against  Prussia.  Fred- 
erick the  Great  invades  Saxony,  enters  Bohemia  and  defeats  the  Austriaus 
at  Lowositz,     The  Saxon  army  surrenders. 

The  French  drive  the  English  out  of  Minorca. 

Publication  of  Voltaire's  "  Essai  sur  les  moeurs  et  1' esprit  des  Nations." 

Birth  of  Mozart. 

The  English  in  Calcutta  are  thrown  into  "the  Black  Hole"  by  Surajah 
Dowlah,  of  Bengal. 


1757^ 


"The  Last  Judgment  upon  the  old  Christian 
Church  commenced  in  the  spiritual  world  at  the 
beginning  of  the  year  1757,  and  was  fully  accomplished  by 
the  end  of  that  year." — L.  J.  45. 

Concerning  "the  state  of  the  Christian  world  in  1757,"  see 
R.  McCully's  articles  in  /.  1872:  435;   1873:   121. 

See  also  the  essay  on  the  "Historical  significance  of  the 
contemporary  events  during  the  year  1757,"  by  Rev.  W.  B. 
Hayden. — M.^  n.  s.  x:  161,  193,  and  "Historical  evidences  of 
the  Last  Judgment,"  by  the  Rev.  E.  D.  Daniels. — Ibid.  p.  395. 

Swedenborg  appears  to  have  spent  the  whole  of  this  memor- 
able year  in  Stockholm,  while  witnessing,  daily,  the  cataclysmic 
occurrences  in  the  spiritual  world. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Execution  of  Admiral  Byng  in  England;  formation  of  the  Newcastle  and 
Pitt  ministry. 

Seven  Years'  war  continued:  the  German  Empire  declares  war  against 
Prussia.  P'rederick  the  Great  defeats  the  Austrians  at  Prague,  but  is  him- 
self defeated  at  Kolin.  The  Russians  invade  East  Prussia.  The  English, 
under  the  Duke  of  Cumberland,  are  overwhelmed  by  the  French  at  Hastem- 
beck.  Frederick  the  Great  is  victorious  at  Rossbach  over  the  French  and 
the  Imperialists  under  Soubise.  The  Austrians,  after  occupying  Silesia,  are 
defeated  at  Leuthen. 

Death  of  Baumgarteu,  the  forerunner  of  German  Rationalism. 

Birth  of  Canova,  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  of  Lafayette,  and  of  Baron  von 
Stein. 

Franklin  visits  England  on  a  mission  for  the  Pennsylvanians. 

The  French  under  Montcalm  capture  Fort  William  Henr}-. 

Clive  recaptures  Calcutta  and  defeats  Sarajah  Dowlah  at  the  battle  of 
Plassay  in  India. 

-j-^-O  Swedenborg,  in  the  spring,  enters  upon  his  sev- 

'  ^  enth  foreign  journey :  he  travels  from  Stockholm  to 

London,  where  he  publishes  five  theological  treaties. 


175^— 175^'  69 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  De  Ccelo  et  ejus  Mii^abilibus,  et  de  Inferyio,  ex  auditis 
et  visis.  (Concerning  Heaven  and  its  wonders,  and  con- 
cerning Hell,  from  things  heard  and  seen.)  London. 
John  Lewis.     272  pp.  4to. — A.  L. 

See  our  bibliography  of  this  work  in  L.  1891:  85,  128, 
190,  226. 

De  Equo  Albo,  de  quo  i7i  Apocalypsi,  Cap.  xix,  et  dem  de 
Verba  et  ejus  sensu  spirituali  sen  i7iterno,  ex  Arcanis 
Ccelestibus.  (Concerning  the  White  Horse  mentioned  in 
the  Revelation,  Chap,  xix,  and,  further,  concerning 
the  Word  and  its  spiritual  or  internal  sense,  from  the 
Arcana  Ccslestia.')  London.  John  Lewis.  28  pp.  4to. 
—D.  II:  982.— A.  L. 

De  Nova  Hierosolyma  et  ejus  Doctrma  Ccslesti:  ex  auditis  et 
visis.  (Concerning  the  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly 
Doctrine,  from  things  heard  and  seen.)  London.  John 
Lewis.      156  pp.  4to. — D.  II:  982. — A.  L. 

De  Telluribus  in  Mundo  nostro  Solari,  qucs  voca?itur 
PlayietcE,  et  de  Telluribus  in  Ccslo  Astrifero;  deque 
illaru77t  Incolis;  turn  de  spiritibus  et  angelis  ibi;  ex  auditis 
et  visis.  (Concerning  the  Earths  in  our  Solar  System, 
which  are  called  Planets,  and  concerning  the  Earths  in 
the  starry  heavens,  their  inhabitants,  and  the  spirits  and 
angels  there;  from  things  heard  and  seen.)  London. 
John  Lewis.     72  pp.  4to. — D.  II:  983. — A.  L. 

De  Ultimo  Judicio  et  de  Babylojiia  Destructa;  ita  quod 
omnia,  qu(E  in  Apocalypsi  prcsdicta  sioit,  hodie  impleta 
sint;  ex  auditis  et  visis  (Concerning  the  Last  Judgment 
and  the  destroyed  Babylon;  that  all  things,  foretold  in 
the  Revelation,  have  been  fulfilled  at  this  day;  from 
things  heard  and  seen).  London.  John  Lewis.  55  pp. 
\X.o—D.  II:  983.— A.  L. 

Copies  of  these  five  works  were  presented  to  all  the 
English  bishops  and  to  all  the  Protestant  lords  in  the 
Parliament. — ^S.  D.  6101;  A.  R.  716. 

Contemporary  Events. 
The  French  are  driven  out  of  Hanover  and  defeated  at  Crefeld  by  Ferdi- 


70 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


nand  of  Brunswick.  Frederick  the  Great  is  victorious  over  the  Russians  at 
Zorndorf,  but  is  defeated  by  the  Austrians  at  Hochkirchen. 

Pope  Benedict  XIV.  forbids  the  Jesuits  to  engage  in  any  commercial 
transactions.  The  patriarch  of  Lisbon  withdraws  all  priestly  funtions  from 
them.  An  attempt  to  murder  the  King  of  Portugal  is  attributed  to  the 
Jesuits. 

Death  of  Pope  Benedict  XIV.;  he  is  succeeded  by  Clement  XIII. 

The  English  are  defeated  by  Montcalm  at  Ticonderoga.  Louisburg  and 
Fort  Duquesne  are  captured  from  the  French. 

Birth  of  Lord  Nelson  and  Robespierre. 


1759- 


July  19. — Swedenborg  arrives  at  Gottenburg,  from 
England.  Being  invited  for  dinner  to  the  house  of 
Mr.  W.  Castel,  he  witnesses  there  the  great  conflagration, 
which  on  that  day  devastates  the  southern  part  of  Stockholm : 
this  at  a  distance  of  more  than  300  miles;  his  own  house  and 
o-arden  are  saved  from  the  fire.     The  various  versions  of  this 

o 

occurrence  are  discussed  in  D.  II:  613-632, 

Auo-ust  21. — Swedenboro-   returns   to    Stockholm. — D.  II: 

227.  During  the  win- 
ter he  takes  a  very 
active  part  in  the  delib- 
erations of  the  Swed- 
ish Diet,  and  forms  a 
warm  political  and  per- 
sonal friendship  with 
Count  Andrew  von 
Hopken,  then  the 
prime  minister  of  Swe- 
den.—Z).  I:  632;  II: 
991. 

December  13. — 
Swedenborg  beholds 
King  Louis  XIV.,  of 
France,  in  the  spirit- 
ual world,  who,  on  that 
day,  speaks  with  his 
great-grandson,  Louis 
XV.,  reigning  king  of  France,  warning  the  latter  from  obey- 


Andrew  von  Hopken. 


1759^  71 

ing  the  papal  bull  "  Unigenitns.''^  As  the  result  of  this  con- 
versation, the  Jesuits  are  prevented  from  continuing  the  perse- 
cution against  the  Jansenists. — See  {C.J.)  J.  60,  /.  1848:  25, 
and  M.  n.  s.  1 :  24. 

Two  of  Swedenborg's  early  essays  in  the  Acta  Literaria 
SuecicE  are  this  year  translated  into  English  and  published  in 
the  Literary  Memoirs  of  Germany  and  the  North. — L.  1890: 
140. 

From  this  year  (or  thereabout)  date  the  following  works  by 
Swedenborg  : 

Apocalypsis  Explicata  secundum  sejisum  spiritualem  ubi 
revelantiir  Arcana^  quce  ibi  prcedicta^  et  hacte7tus  recondita 
fiierimt  (The  Apocalypse  explained  according  to  its  spiritual 
sense,  wherein  are  revealed  the  mysteries  there  foretold,  which 
hitherto  have  been  hidden.)  MS.  1992  pp.,  4  vols.  4to.  See 
our  bibliography  of  this  work  in  L.  1895:  46,  59. 

De  Athanasii  Symbolo.  (Concerning  the  Athanasian  Creed). 
MS.  42  pp.,  8vo.— Z^.  II:  988. 

De  Domino  (Concerning  the  Lord).  MS.  7  pp. — D.  II : 
989. 

Summaria  Seiisus  Interni  Librortmt  Propheticortcm  et 
Psalmorum  Veteris  Testame7itu  (Summaries  of  the  Internal 
Sense  of  the  prophetical  books  and  the  Psalms  of  the  Old 
Testament.  MS.  125  pp.  See  our  bibliography  of  this  work 
in  L.  1893:  26. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  French  are  defeated  by  Ferdinand  of  Brunswick,  at  Minden. 

Frederick  the  Great  suffers  a  crushing  defeat  by  the  united  armies  of 
Russia  and  Austria  at  Kunersdorf.  The  British  fleet,  under  Boscawen,  is 
victorious  over  the  French  in  the  Bay  of  Lagos.  The  Prussian  army  capitu- 
lates at  Maxen;  the  allies  capture  Dresden. 

Death  of  Ferdinand  VI.  of  Spain;  his  brother,  Charles  III.,  ascends  the 
Spanish  throne;  the  son  of  the  latter,  Ferdinand  IV.,  becomes  king  of  the 
two  Sicilies. 

The  Jesuits  are  expelled  from  Portugal  by  King  Joseph,  guided  by  his 
great  minister,  Pombal. 

The  British  capture  Fort  Niagara,  Ticonderoga  and  Crown  Point;  they  in- 
vade Canada  under  Wolfe,  and  besiege  Quebec;  Wolfe  and  Montcalm  fall  in 
the  battle  of  the  Plains  of  Abraham.     Quebec  surrenders  to  the  British. 

Death  of  Handel,  the  German  composer. 

Birth  of  Schiller,  Robert  Burns,  Wilberforce  and  William  Pitt,  the  younger. 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


T^fio  Swedenborg  remains   in    Stockholm   during   the 

'         '     whole  of  this  year;  he  takes  an  active  part  in  the 

Swedish  Diet,  to  which  body  he  presents  the  following  papers : 

Memorial  in  favor  of  a  return  to  a  pure  metallic  currejicy. — 
D.  1 :  496. 

Appeal  in  favor  of  the  restoration  of  a  metallic  currency. — 
D,  I:  504. 

Additional  considerations  with  respect  to  the  course  of  ex- 
change.— D.  I:  505. 

Memorial  to  the  king  against  the  export atioii  of  copper. — D, 
I:  507. 

Memorial  declining  to  become  a  member  of  the  Private  Com- 
mission on  Exchange. — D.  1 :  509. 

These  and  others  of  his  political  papers  are  collected  into 
one  volume  entitled  Riksdag skrifter  (Papers  for  the  Diet). 
MS.  100  pp. — D.  II:  991. 

About  this  time  it  becomes  publicly  known  that  Sweden- 
borg is  the  author  of  the  Arcana  CcElestia  and  other  theologi- 
cal writings,  and  that  he  has  communication  with  the  spiritual 
world.  Among  the  many  distinguished  gentlemen  who  visit 
him  at  this  time  are  Baron  Tilas  and  Count  Tessin,  both  of 
whom  have  written  accounts  of  their  visits. — D.  II:  397,  400, 
401. 

April  10. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  Count  Hopken,  present- 
ing a  copy  of  Swammerdam's  Biblia  Natures. — D.  II :  233. 

x\ugust  7. — Swedenborg  receives  a  letter  from  Baron  von 
Hatzel,  of  Rotterdam,  who  announces  his  intention  of  translat- 
ing all  the  Writings  of  the  New  Church  into  German  and 
French,  at  the  same  time  asking  for  information  as  to  the 
means  of  entering  into  communication  with  spirits. — D.  II : 
228. 

August  II. — Swedenborg  replies  to  Baron  von  Hatzel 
through  Count  Gustav  Bonde,  warning  against  intercourse 
with  spirits,  and  explaining  his  own  exceptional  case. — D, 
II:  231. 

During  this  year  he  writes  the  following  treatises: 


De  Ultimo  Jiidicio  (Concering  the  Last  Judgment).  MS. 
lOO  pp. — D.  II :  992. 

De  Mundo  Spirituali  (Concerning  the  Spiritual  World). 
MS.  30  pp.— /:>.  II :  992. 

Concerning  Swedenborg's  relations  with  the  Lutheran 
Church  at  this  period,  and  his  partaking  of  the  Sacrament  in 
the  Church  of  St.  Mary  in  Stockholm,  see  D.  1 :  36. 

About  this  time  Mr.  William  Cookworthy,  a  celebrated 
chemist  and  Quaker  of  Plymouth,  England,  becomes  ac- 
quainted with  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  probably 
through  the  instrumentality  of  Mr.  Stephen  Penny. — /.  1856: 
412;  D.  II:  996. 

Contemporary  Events, 

Death  of  King  George  II.  of  England;  his  grandson,  George  III.,  ascends 
the  throne.    Birth  of  Adam  Clarke,  the  Bible  commentator. 

Frederick  the  Great  defeats  the  Austrians  at  Liegnitz.  The  Russians 
occupy  Berlin  for  a  few  days.     Prussian  victory  at  Torgau. 

Death  of  Count  Zinzendorf. 

The  British  capture  Montreal  and  complete  the  conquest  of  Canada. 

1 7 61.  Swedenborg  remains  in  Stockholm  during  the 
whole  year,  attending  the  Diet  and  writing  the 
following  works,  which  have  been  published  posthumously  : 

De  Scriptiira  Sacra  sen  Verbo  Domini^  ab  expe7'ie7itia  (On 
the  Sacred  Scripture,  or  the  Word  of  the  Lord,  from  experi- 
ence).    MS.  42  pp. — D.  II:  993. 

De  Proeceptis  Decalogi  (On  the  Precepts  of  the  Ten  Com- 
mandments).    MS.  6  pp. — D.  II:  994. 

Varia  de  Fide.  (Observations  on  Faith).  MS.  5  pp. — 
D.  ibid. 

January-February. — Swedenborg's  political  controversy  with 
the  Councillor  Nordencrantz  in  defense  of  Von  Hopken  and 
the  Swedish  government. — D.  I:  510-535. 

March  i. — Swedenborg's  Memorial  to  the  Diet  in  behalf  of 
the  Prime  Minister,  Count  von  Hopken. — D.  1 :  536. 

March  or  April. — Swedenborg's  Memorial  to  the  Diet  on 
the  7nai7ttenajice  of  the  country  and  the  preservation  of  its  free- 
do77i. — D.  I:  538. 

April  or  May. — Probable  date   of  the    ''lost  receipt"    epi- 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


sode.  Swedenborg  is  instrumental  in  recovering  a  lost  receipt 
for  Madame  de  Marteville  through  communication  with  her 
lately  deceased  husband.  The  various  versions  of  the  story  are 
discussed  in  D.  II:  617,  633-646;  L.  1890:  216. 

November. — Probable  date  of  the  "  Queen's  secret  "  episode. 
Swedenborg  announces  to  the  Queen  of  Sweden  a  secret  known 
only  to  herself  and  her  deceased  brother,  Prince  Augustus  Will- 
iam of  Prussia.  The  various  versions  of  the  story  are  discussed 
\nD.  II:  647-666. 


Swedenborg  in  1761. 

During  this  year  a  portrait  of  Swedenborg,  in  oil,  was  taken 
by  Fred.  Eichorn.  It  was  subsequently  presented  by  Sweden- 
borg to  the  Royal  Academy  of  Sciences,  where  it  is  still  pre- 
served.— D.  II:   1 196. 


ij6i — 1^62.  75 

Contemporary  Events. 

Pitt  resigns  from  the  British  Ministry.  Death  of  William  Law,  the  English 
mystic. 

Count  von  Hopken  is  compelled  to  resign  from  premiership  of  the  Swedish 
government. 

Frederick  the  Great  gives  battle  to  the  Austrians  and  Russians  at  Bunzel- 
witz.     Kolberg  surrenders  to  the  Russians. 

y^/^^  In   the  beginning  of  the  year  Swedenborg  leaves 

'  *  Stockholm  for  Amsterdam  on  his  eighth  foreign 
journey,  in  order  to  have  the  manuscript  of  The  Four  Doc- 
trines printed  in  Holland.  He  returns  to  Stockholm  in  the 
summer. — D.  H  :  616,  623. 

July  17. — While  in  Amsterdam  Swedenborg  announces  the 
death  of  Emperor  Peter  IH  of  Russia,  on  the  very  hour  when 
this  event  takes  place  in  St.  Petersburg,  and  relates  the  exact 
circumstances  of  the  death.  His  statement  is  corroborated 
three  days  later. — D.  II :  490. 

August  25,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg  writes  to  Bishop 
Mennander,  of  Abo,  in  Finland,  presenting  a  set  oix\\^  Arcana 
CcBlestia. — L.  1896:   186. 

During  the  year  Section  I  of  the  Regnum  Suhterra7teu?n^ 
treating  of  the  method  of  smelting  iron  in  Sweden,  is  trans- 
lated into  French,  and  is  published  in  Paris  by  M.  Bouchy. — 
n.  II:  911. 

About  this  time  the  prelate  F.  C.  CEtinger,  of  Murrhard,  in 
Wiirtemberg,  becomes  acquainted  with  the  theological  writ- 
ings of  Swedenborg,  and  partly  accepts  the  Doctrines. — D.  II : 
1027,  1135- 

Contemporary  Events. 

Lord  Bute  becomes  Prime  Minister  of  Great  Britain. 

England  declares  w^ar  against  Spain.  The  Spanish  invade  Portugal. 
Frederick  the  Great  is  victorious  at  Burkersdorf,  and  his  brother  Henry  at 
Freiberg.  The  English  capture  Havana.  Conference  of  the  Powers  at 
Fontainebleau  :  England,  France,  Spain  and  Portugal  sign  preliminaries  of 
peace. 

Death  of  the  Empress  Elizabeth  of  Russia.  She  is  succeeded  by  Peter  III., 
of  the  house  of  Holstein-Gottorp,  who  goes  over  to  the  side  of  Frederick 
the  Great.  Peter  III.  is  deposed  by  his  wife,  Catharine  II,  who  usurps  the 
throne,  and  causes  her  husband  to  be  strangled.     (July  17.) 


76  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Birth  of  Fichte. 

Sweden  withdraws  from  the  w^ar  against  Prussia. 

The  Parliament  of  Paris  decrees  the  suppression  of  the  Jesuits  as  an  in- 
stitution godless,  sacrilegious  and  injurious  to  Church  and  State.  Publica- 
tion of  Rousseau's  "  Contrat  Social." 

The  Spanish  Inquisition  falls  into  royal  disfavor. 

■xnf\^  January    6,     Stockholm. — Swedenborg   writes    a 

'  ^  friendly  note  to  Bishop  Filenius,  who  has  married 
the  daughter  of  Eric  Benzelius. — D.  II:  235. 

April-June. — Swedenborg's  "Description  of  the  mode  in 
which  slabs  are  inlaid  for  tables  and  ornaments,"  is  published 
in  the  Transactions  of  the  Royal  Academy  of  Sciences  for 
these  months. — D.  1 :  586  ;  II :  997. 

June  (beginning). — Swedenborg  leaves  Sweden,  on  his 
ninth  foreign  journey,  to  superintend  the  publication  of  six 
theological  works  in  Amsterdam. 

Sometime  during  this  period  Swedenborg  writes  two  other 
treaties,  entitled 

De  Divinio  Amove  (On  the  Divine  Love).      MS.  22  pp. 

De  Divina  Sapientia  (On  the  Divine  Wisdom).     MS.  46  pp. 

Both  of  these  works  are  written,  in  the  manuscript,  as  if 
part  of  the  Apocalypse  Explained^  but  are,  in  substance,  quite 
independent  of  it. — See  D.  II :  997. 

The  first  public  notice  of  the  Writings  of  the  New  Churchy 
with  Swedenborg  named  as  their  author,  appears  this  year  in 
a  Swedish  work,  entitled  Anvzsning  til  ett  utvaldt  Theologiskt 
Bibliotek  (Aid  to  the  selection  of  a  choice  theological  library)^ 
by  J.  S.  Alnander.— /:>.  II:  977. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Dodrina  Novce  Hierosolymce  de  Dovimo'"  (The 
Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Lord). 
Amsterdam,     64  pp.  4to. — A.  L. 

Dodrina  Novce  HierosolymcE  de  Scriptjwa  Sacra  (The 
Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Sacred 
Scripture).     Amsterdam.     54  pp.  4to. — A.  L. 

Dodri7ia  Vitcs  pro  Nova  Hierosolyma  (The  Doctrine  of 
Life  for  the  New  Jerusalem).     36  pp  4to. — A.  L. 


Dodrina  Novce  Hierosolymce  de  Fide  (The  Doctrine  of  the 
New  Jerusalem  concernmg  Faith).     23  pp.  4to. — A.  L. 

These  four  treatises  are  described  in  D.  II:   994. 

Contemporary  reviews  of  these  treatises  appeared  in  the 
Bibliotheqice  des  Scie7ices  et  des  Beaux  Arts,  October- 
December,  1763,  and  the  Journal  des  Savants,  (Am- 
sterdam and  The  Hague),  October,  1764.  See  also 
Monthly  Review,  June,  1764,  (vol.  xxx,  p.  573). 

Continuatio  de  Ultimo  Judicio:  et  de  Mimdo  Spirituali 
(Continuation  concerning  the  Last  Judgment,  and  can- 
cerning  the  Spiritual  World).  Amsterdam.  28  pp.  4to — 
D.  II:  996.— A.  L. 

Sapientia  Angelica  de  Divino  Amore  et  de  Divina  Sapientia 
(Angelic  Wisdom  concerning  the  Divine  Love  and  the 
Divine  Wisdom).     Amsterdam.      151  pp.  4to. — A.  L. 

See  our  bibliography  of  this  work.— Z.  1891:  48. 

Contemporary  Events 

Lord  Bute  resigns  from  the  British  ministry;  formation  of  the  Grenville 
ministry.     The  government  begins  its  persecutions  of  John  Wilkes. 

James  Bruce  visits.  Abyssinia  and  brings  back  a  copy  of  the  Kthiopic 
Scriptures. 

The  Seven  Years'  war  is  terminated,  by  the  peace  of  Paris,  between  Eng- 
land, France,  Spain  and  Portugal,  and  by  the  peace  of  Hubertsburg,  be- 
tween Prussia,  Austria  and  Saxony.  England  gains  Canada,  with  Nova 
Scotia  and  Cape  Breton  from  France,  and  Florida  from  Spain.  France  gives 
Louisiana  to  Spain.  Minorca  is  returned  to  England.  France  gives  Lou- 
isiana to  Spain.  Minorca  is  restored  to  England.  France  recovers  her 
possessions  in  the  West  and  East  Indies.  Frederick  the  Great  is  finally  con- 
firmed in  the  possession  of  Silesia.     Death  of  August  III. ,  of  Poland. 

England  begins  to  tax  the  American  colonies.     (The  Sugar  Act.) 

Outbreaks  of  Indians  in  America:  "  Pontiac's  War."'  The  Indians  un- 
successfully besiege  the  English  fort  at  Detroit. 

j^f^A  While  still  in  Amsterdam,  Swedenborg  publishes 

'        '  *      the  work  on  the  Divine  Providence. 

In  the  spring  he  makes  a  journey  to  England,  in  order  to 
deliver  his  late  publications  to  the  Royal  Society. — D.  II :  623. 

July  (about) — Swedenborg  returns  to  Stockholm,  where  his 
writings  had  been  noticed  and  ridiculed  in  the  journal  Svenske 
Mercurius. — D.  II :   705. 

August    19. — Stockholm. — Swedenborg's   second    letter    to 


yS  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Bishop  Mennander,  presenting  one  of  his  late  publications. — 
L.  1896:   186. 

August  28. — Swedenborg  receives  a  visit  from  the  Royal 
Librarian  Gjorwell,  to  whom  be  describes  the  nature  of  his 
inspiration. — D.  II:  402. 

In  the  autumn  he  begins  to  work  upon  the  Apocalypse  Re- 
vealed^ and  writes,  also, 

Doctrina  de  Charitate  (The  Doctrine  of  Charity).  MS.  49 
pp.  folio. — D.  II:  999. 

Publication. 

Swedenborg:  Sapientia  Angelica  de  Divina  Provideyitia  (Angelic 
WivSdom  concerning  the  Divine  Providence) .  Amster- 
dam, 214  pp.  4to. — D.  II:  999. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

John  Wilkes  is  expelled  from  the  British  House  of  Commons. 

The  Jesuit  order  is  suppressed  in  France  by  Louis  XV.,  guided  by 
Choiseul.     Death  of  Madame  de  Pompadour. 

Stanislaus  Poniatowsky  is  elected  King  of  Poland,  through  the  influence 
of  Catharine  II.,  of  Russia. 

Beginning  of  the  survey  of  Mason's  and  Dixon's  line,  determining  the 
boundary  between  Pennsylvania  and  Maryland.  The  French  begin  to 
settle  St.  Louis. 

Publication  of  Rousseau's  "  Emile." 

Foundation  of  Brown  University,  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  the  first 
Baptist  College  in  America. 


176 


^  January-June    (about). — Swedenborg   remains  in 

^'     Stockholm. 

April  29. — Last  date  noted  in  the  Spiritual  Dia^y. 

June  or  July.  Swedenborg  undertakes  a  tenth  foreign 
journey.  On  his  way  abroad  he  stops  for  a  few  days  in  Gotten- 
burg,  where  he  meets  the  Rev.  Gabriel  A.  Beyer  and  the  Rev. 
Johan  Rosen,  who  are  made  acquainted  with  the  Writings  of 
the  New  Church,  and  who,  within  a  short  period,  become  the 
first  receivers  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrine  in  Sweden,  probably 
the  first  actual  Newchurchmen  in  this  world,  next  to  Sweden- 
borg, himself. — D.  II :  699,  707. 

From    this   time,   perhaps,   dates   the  anecdote    concerning 


17^4 — 1 7^^'  79 

Swedenborg's  revealing  the  whereabouts  of  a  book,  which  Dr. 
Rosen  had  forgotten,  and  also  concerning  the  warning  which 
he  gave  to  the  manufacturer  Bolander  about  a  fire  which  had 
broken  out  in  the  mills  of  the  latter. — See  Z.  1884;  45;  D. 
II:  724. 

September. — x\rriving  in  Amsterdam,  Swedenborg  begins  to 
publish  the  Apocalypse  Revealed^  of  which,  on  October  ist,  he 
sends  the  first  printed  sheets  to  Dr.  Beyer,  together  with  a 
friendly  note. — D.\\\  236.  He  remains  in  Amsterdam  dur- 
ing the  rest  of  the  year. 

Publication. 

CEtinger,  F.  C:  Swedeyiborgs  und  anderet  irdische  und  himiu- 
lische  Philosophie  (The  earthly  and  heavenly  Philo- 
sophy of  Swedenborg,  and  others).  Frankford. — D.  II: 
977,  1027-29.— A.  L. 
This  work,  which  contains  also  a  German  translation  of 
the  mirabilia  occurring  between  the  chapters  in  the 
Arcadia  Ca-lestia,  marks  the  first  appearance  of  New 
Church  Doctrine  in  Germany. 

Contemporary  Events. 

George  III.  of  England,  begins  to  show  symptoms  of  mental  derangement. 
The  "Stamp  Act "  is  passed  by  Parliament  and  resisted  b}' the  American 
colonies.  Grenville  is  dismissed;  formation  of  the  Rockingham  ministry. 
Publication  of  Vol.  I.  of  Blackstone's  "  Commentaries." 

Joseph  II.  is  crowned  Emperor  of  Germany. 

The  association  of  "  Sons  of  Liberty  "  is  formed  in  the  American  colonies; 
the  first  Colonial  Congress  is  held  at  New  York. 

The  English  East  India  Company  receives  large  concessions  of  land  from 
the  Mogul  Emperor, 

J^f)f)  January-April. — Swedenborg  remains  in  Amster- 

'  dam,  where  he  publishes  the  Apocalypse  Revealed. 

About  this  time  he  writes,  also. 

Index  Verboruni^  Nomimim  et  Reruni^  in  Apocalypst 
Revelata  (Index  of  Words,  Names  and  Things  in  the  Apocalypse 
Revealed).     MS.  75  pp.  4to. — D.  II:   1002. 

While  still  in  Holland,  he  publishes  a  new  edition  of  his 
Methodus  Nova. 


go  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

March  4,  Wurtemberg. — Oetinger's  Irdische  imd  himm- 
lische  Philosopie^  which  had  been  condemned  in  unmeasured 
terms  by  Ernesti,  is  confiscated  as  heretical  by  the  government 
of  Wiirtemberg,  and  the  author  is  called  upon  to  defend  him- 
self Oetinger  delivers  a  defense  before  Dake  Charles,  but  the 
work  remains  confiscated,  and  the  author  is  officially  repri- 
manded. This  is  the  first  persecution  of  any  one  for  publish- 
ing New  Church  teachings. — D.  II:   1029,  ^032. 

March  18,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Beyer  writes  to  Swedenborg, 
expressing  his  reception  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. — D.  II  : 

237. 

April   8,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg's   second  letter   to   Dr. 

Beyer:  sends  copies  ^of  the  Apocalypse  Revealed^  and   speaks 

of  an  intended  visit  to  England. — D.  II :  239. 

April  15,  Amsterdam. — Third  letter  to  Dr.  Beyer:  explains 
the  difference  between  the  inspired  books  of  the  Word  and  the 
writings  of  the  Apostles. — D.  II  :  240. 

April,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  the  Swedish 
Ambassador  in  Paris :  sends  twenty  copies  of  the  Apocalypse 
Revealed  for  distribution  to  the  Cardinal  de  Rohan  and  various 
learned  institutions  in  France. — D.  II  :  242. 

April,  Amsterdam. — Letter  to  the  Secretary  of  State  in  Stock- 
holm :  sends  seventy  copies  of  the  Apocalypse  Revealed  for 
distribution  in  Sweden. — D.  II:   243. 

April  (end). — Swedenborg  leaves  Holland  for  England. — D. 
II :  240. 

May  19,  London. — Calls  on  Lord  Morton,  the  President 
of  the  Royal  Society,  in  reference  to  a  premium  of  ;^20,ooo 
for  the  discovery  of  the  correct  method  of  finding  the  Longi- 
tudes, but  Swedenborg's  method  is  not  accepted  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Society. — D.  1 :  59^  ;   O.  IV :  22. 

May  20,  Linkoping,  Sweden. — Death  of  Anna  Benzelius, 
Swedenborg's  eldest  sister. — D.  1 :   88. 

June  22,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Johan  Rosen's  memorandum  to 
the  Consistory  of  Gottenburg :  reports  a  plan  for  a  volume  of 
sermons,  to  be  published  by  him  and  Dr.  Beyer. — L.  1895  '- 
182. 


ij66.  8 1 

August  22,  London. — Fourth  letter  to  Dr.  Beyer:  sends  sets 
of  the  Arcana  Ccslestia  to  Dr.  Beyer  and  Bishop  Lainberg. — 
D.  II  :  244. 

September  I. — Swedenborg  leaves  London  for  Sweden;  he 
is  said  to  have  foretold  the  exact  date  when  the  ship  would 
arrive  in  Stockholm. — D.  II  :  532,  560. 

September  8. — He  arrives  in  Stockholm. — D.  II :  250. 

September. — The  Rev.  Nicholas  Collins,  afterwards  pastor  of 
the  Swedish  Church  in  Philadelphia,  calls  upon  Swedenborg  in 
Stockholm.  His  memoirs  of  the  visit  are  published  in  D.  II  : 
421-424. 

September  16,  Stockholm.  —  Swedenborg's  letters  to  his 
nephew,  Bishop  C.  J.  Benzelius,  and  to  the  Academy  of  Sci- 
ences, respecting  his  method  of  finding  the  Longitudes. — D.  I : 
592 ;   O.  IV:  22. 

September  16,  Stockholm. — Third  letter  to  Bishop  Men- 
nander,  formerly  of  Abo,  now  Archbishop  of  Upsala  ;  exposes 
the  general  falsities  of  the  Theology  of  the  Old  Church. — D. 
II:  245,  1134. 

September  13,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  first  letter  to  the 
Prelate  Oetinger,  in  reply  to  a  letter  of  October  13th,  1765: 
explains  the  nature  of  his  mission  ;  states  that  his  Writings 
"  cannot  be  called  prophecies,  but  revelations." — D.  II :  248. 

September  25,  Stockholm. — F'ifth  letter  to  Dr.  Beyer:  sub- 
scribes to  Beyer's  intended  publication  of  sermons;  suggests 
caution,  inasmuch  as  the  New  Heaven  has  not  yet  been  fully 
established;  states  that  he  has  never  read  the  writings  of  Jacob 
Bohme. — D,  II:  250. 

October  7,  Stuttgart. — Oetinger's  second  letter  to  Sweden- 
borg: describes  the  persecutions  against  him,  and  offers  various 
objections  to  certain  of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. — D, 
II:  252. 

November  11,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  second  letter  to 
Oetinger,  on  theological  subjects. — D.  II :  255. 

December  4,  Stuttgart. — Oetinger's  third  letter  to  Sweden- 
borg :  describes  among  other  things,  the  recent  attack  upon 
Swedenborg  by  the  philosopher  Kant. — D.  II:  258. 


82  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

From  this  year,  probably,  date  the  following  works  and 
papers  by  Swedenborg  : 

Qiiinque  Memorabilia  (Five  Memorable  Relations).  MS. 
13  pp. — D.  II:  1002. 

Colloqida  cum  Angelis  (Conversations  with  x'\ngels).  MS. 
3  pp.— /:>.  II:  1003. 

Arcana  SapienticE  Angelicce  de  Amore  Conjugiali  (Arcana 
of  Angelic  Wisdom  concerning  Conjugial  Love). 

This  is  the  probable  title  of  a  large  work,  which  Sweden- 
borg  is  supposed  to  have  written,  but  of  which  only  two 
indexes  have  as  yet  come  to  light.  The  nature  of  this 
"missing  work  on  Conjugial  Love"  is  discussed  in  L.  1892: 
25.     See  also  D.  II :  1003. 

Memorabilia  de  Conjugio  (Memorable  things  respecting 
Marriage).     MS.  19  PP- — D.  II:  1005. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Apocalypsis  Revelata,  in  qua  deteguntur  arcana, 
quce  ihi  prcedicta  sunt,  et  hade^ius  recondita  latuerunt 
(The  Apocalypse  Revealed,  iu  which  are  disclosed  the 
mysteries  therein  foretold,  which  have  hitherto  remained 
concealed).  629  pp.,  4to. — D.  II:  1000. — A.  L. 
This  work  is  reviewed  at  length,  but  unfavorably,  by  Dr. 
J.  A.  Ernesti,  in  the  Neue  Theologische  Bibliothek,  Leip- 
zig, 1766,  n.  8. 

Kant.  Im:  Trdume  eines  Geistersehers,  erleutert  durch  Tr'diime 
der  Metaphysic  (Dreams  of  a  spirit-seer,  explained  by 
dreams  of  Metaphysics) .  Konigsberg. 
This  work,  a  satirical  attack  on  Swedenborg,  is  a  shallow 
pretense,  containing  mere  gossip  and  falsified  dates.  Its 
nature  is  discussed  in  D.  II:  620;  A^.  I:  200;  /.  1830:  61; 
Mess.  1897,  J3-n.  6,  p.  11;  A^.  C.  Review,  1897:  257. 

Contemporary  Evknts. 

The  Colonial  Stamp  Act  is  repealed;  fall  of  the  Rockingham  ministry. 
Pitt  again  in  power.     Birth  of  Thomas  Malthus. 

Death  of  Stanislaus  Leszcz3mski,  Duke  of  Lorraine  and  ex-king  of 
Poland;  Lorraine  is  united  with  France. 

Publication  of  Goldsmith's  "  Vicar  of  Wakefield." 


//^^ — 176^.  83 

Hydrogen  is  discovered  by  Cavendish. 

Philip  Embury  introduces  Methodism  in  America;  a  class  is  formed  in  New 
York. 

^^/^^  January-December. — Swedenborg      remains      in 

'  '  '  Stockholm  the  entire  year,  writing  on  the  subject  of 
conjugial  love. — D.  11  :  623. 

February,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  Dr.  Beyer : 
states  the  reasons  for  his  not  having  read  the  writings  of 
Bohme  and  Law;  describes  the  gradual  beginning  and  in- 
crease of  the  New  Church:  ''the  universities  in  Christendom 
are  now  first  being  instructed,  whence  will  come  new  minis- 
ters ; "  expresses  his  pleasure  in  reading  Dr.  Beyer's  new 
volume  of  sermons,  and  gives  the  spiritual  signification  of  a 
manger,  of  shepherds,  and  of  John  the  Baptist. — D.  II :   260. 

March  22,  Lund. — Professor  Nils  Schenmark  writes  to 
Swedenborg,  offering  certain  criticisms  on  the  latter's  method 
of  finding  the  Longitudes. — D.  I:  593. 

April  (about). — Swedenborg's  reply  to  Professor  Schen- 
mark.— D.  1 :  596. 

Sometime  during  this  year  Swedenborg  receives  a  visit  from 
Christian  Johansen,  a  steel-manufacturer  of  Eskilstuna,  and  an 
earnest  receiver  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines.  The  visit  is  de- 
scribed in  D.  II:  710,  1246;  /.  1870:   134. 

An  anecdote  concerning  a  visit  of  Bishop  Halenius,  of  Skara, 
to  Swedenborg,  in  Stockholm,  is  related  in  i7.  I:  67;  II:  723. 

PUBI^ICATIONS. 

Beyer,  Dr.  G.  A^  (with  Dr.  J.  Rosen  and  some  others):  Nya 
Fbrsbk  till  uppbygglig  F'drklari?ig  bfver  Evangeliska 
Son  och  Hogtidsdagstexterna  (New  attempts  towards  a 
devotional  explanation  of  the  Gospels).  Gottenburg. — 
R.  L. 
This  first  exegetical  work  of  the  New  Church  was  published 
by  the  authority  of  the  Consistory  of  Gottenburg,  where 
the  Heavenly  Doctrines  at  this  time  had  a  number  of 
secret  admirers.  The  collection  of  sermons  was  used  for 
many  years  at  the  private  worship  of  Newchurchmen  in 
Sweden. — D.  II  :  262,  320;  Su?idelm,  p.  61. 


g  -  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Clemm,  H.  W.  Vollstandige  Einleihmg  iji  die  Religio7i  iind 
Theologie  (Complete  Introduction  to  Religion  and  The- 
ology). Tiibingen,  4  vols. 
Vol.  IV.  of  this  work  contains  the  first  published  collection 
of  documents  concerning  Swedenborg. — D.  II,  Preface 
p.  vi. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  British  Parliament  imposes  duties  on  all  tea,  paper,  glass,  etc.,  im- 
ported by  the  American  Colonies.     Hargreave  invents  the  spinning  jenny. 

The  Jesuits  are  expelled  from  Naples;  4,000  Jesuits,  during  one  night,  are 
transported  to  the  Papal  States. 

Birth  of  W.  von  Humboldt,  Andrew  Jackson,  and  John  Quincy  Adams. 

^^/i;o  January-May. — Swedenborg    remains    in    Stock- 

'  holm. 

April,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Johan  Rosen,  in  his  journal,  the 
Prestetidiiingar  (Clerical  News),  defends  Swedenborg  and  the 
Apocalypse  Revealed  against  Ernesti's  attacks.  This  defense 
causes  great  excitement  in  the  clerical  circles  of  the  diocese  of 
Gottenburg — Simdeliii^  p.  63  ;  D.\\\  looi. 

About  the  same  time  the  Rev.  Dr.  Roempke,  of  Gotten- 
burg, publishes  a  disputation  "  On  Reprobation,"  in  which  he 
advocates  the  New  Church  teachings  concerning  Justification 
and  IMediation.  The  paper  receives  the  approval  of  Bishop 
I^amberg. — Siindeliii^  p.  64. 

According  to  the  doubtful  authority  of  Johan  Halldin,  a 
"  Swedenborgian  Society  "  is  formed  at  this  time  in  Gotten- 
burg. Swedenborg  himself,  and  Beyer,  Rosen,  Halldin,  and 
others,  are  said  to  have  been  members. — Ibid. 

May  (about). — Swedenborg  leaves  Sweden  for  Holland,  on 
his  eleventh  foreign  journey.  On  his  way  he  stops  at  Elsincer, 
in  Denmark,  where  he  is  visited  by  General  Christian  Tuxen, 
who  has  preserved  minute  memoirs  of  the  visit  and  of  Sweden- 
borg's  personality. — D.  II:  432,  1149. 

August  24,  Ziirich,  Switzerland. — First  letter  of  John  Caspar 
Lavater  to  Swedenborg,  asking  for  information  concerning  the 
spiritual  condition  of  a  deceased  friend.  The  letter  does  not 
appear  to  have  been  answered. — D.  II  :   264. 


7/^7 — i?^^'  ^5 

September,  Gottenburg. — The  Rev.  P.  Aurelius,  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  clergy,  demands  that  the  Consistory  should  employ 
the  most  stringent  measures  to  stop  the  circulation  of  Sweden- 
borg's  Writings  in  the  diocese,  but  the  Consistory  pays  no  at- 
tention to  this  proposition. — Sundelin^  p.  66  ;  D.  II  :  284. 

During  this  month,  Swedenborg  publishes  the  work  on 
Conjugial  Love  at  Amsterdam. 

October  i,  Amsterdam. — Seventh  letter  to  Dr.  Beyer  ;  pre- 
sents a  copy  of  Conjugial  Love. — D.  II  :  267. 

October  12,  Gottenburg. — The  Rev.  A.  Kollinius  submits  a 
memorial  to  the  Consistory,  asking  that  the  clergy  be  informed 
*'  whether  there  be  any  real  evil  in  Swedenborg's  Writings." 
The  Consistory  appoints  Dr.  Beyer  to  write  a  report  on  the 
subject,  in  reply  to  the  memorial. — Sundelin^  p.  67  \  D.  II : 
284. 

November  4,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg  becomes  acquainted 
with  John  Christian  Cuno,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Amsterdam, 
who  under  the  pseudonym  of  David  Paulus  ab  Indagine,  has 
written  valuable  memoirs  of  Swedenborg. — D.  II :  441-485. 

November  8,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg's  second  letter  to 
Oetinger,  enclosing  a  paper  on  The  Natural  and  Spiritual 
Sense  of  the  Word. — D.  II :   268,  1006. 

During    the    year   Swedenborg  writes  the  following   short- 
papers : 

De  Justificatione  et  Bonis  Operibus  (On  Justification  and 
Good  Works).     MS. 

Colloquia  cum   Calvino  (Conversations  with  Calvin).     MS. 

Sciagraphia  Doctrines  Novcb  EcclesicB  (Outlines  of  the  Doc- 
trine of  the  New  Church).     MS. — D.  II  :  1006. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Delitics  Sapientioe  de  Amore  Conjicgiali;  post  quas 
seqtmntur  Voluptates  hisanics  de  Aniore  Scortatorio,  ab 
Ema7i7iele  Swedenborg,  Sueco  (The  delights  of  wisdom 
respecting  Conjugial  Love,  after  which  follow  the  pleas- 
ures of  insanity  respecting  Scortatory  Love,  by  Emanuel 
Swedenborg,  a  Swede).  Amsterdam.  328  pp.  4to. — A. 
L.     See  our  bibliography  of  this  work  in  L.  1892:  25. 


35  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

This  is  the  first  of  Swedenborg's  theological  works,  pub- 
lished under  his  own  name.  On  the  last  page  he  ac- 
knowledges himself  to  be  the  author  of  the  other  theo- 
logical works  previously  published  by  him. — D.  II:  707, 
1014. 

CONTEMPORAY   EvENTS. 

The  repeated  expulsion  of  John  Wilkes  from  the  House  of  Commons 
causes  riots  in  England.  Pitt  retires  from  the  British  administration; 
Grafton  at  the  head  of  the  ministry. 

The  Confederation  of  Bar  is  formed  by  the  Polish  patriots  to  resist  the 
designs  of  Russia.     Turkey  declares  war  against  Russia. 

The  Jesuits  are  expelled  from  Spain  by  order  of  Charles  III. 

Genoa  cedes  Corsica  to  France. 

Ali  Bey  revolts  against  the  Porte  in  Egypt, 

Cook  sails  on  his  first  voyage  around  the  world. 

7^7 (So  January-iVpril. — Swedenborg  remains  in  Amster- 

'      -^      dam. 

February  15,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Beyer  presents  a  favorable 
and  conservative  report  to  the  Consistory,  on  the  subject  of 
Swedenborg's  Writings. — D.  II :  286. 

March  i,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg,  on  this  date,  publishes 
the  Summaria  Expositio  DoctrincB  Novce  Ecclesice.  He  writes 
of  this  occasion:  "when  the  Sum7naria  Expositio  was  pub- 
lished, the  Angelic  Heaven,  from  the  East  to  West,  and  from 
the  South  to  the  North,  appeared  crimson,  with  the  most 
beautiful  flowers."  By  command  of  the  I^ord,  Swedenborg 
wrote,  on  two  copies  of  this  work,  ^^Hic  Liber  est  Adventus 
Doniiniy  One  of  these  copies  has  been  found  and  is  now 
owned  by  Mr.  James  Speirs,  of  London. —  W.  N.  C,  No.  I. 

March  (beginning),  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  a 
gentleman  in  Leyden,  presenting  a  copy  of  the  Brief  Exposi- 
tio}!.— D.  II:  272. 

March  8,  Amsterdam. — Cuno's  letter  to  Swedenborg,  offer- 
ing certain  objections  to  the  Brief  Exposition. — D.  II :  465. 

March  15,  Amsterdam. — Eighth  letter  to  Beyer:  describes 
the  distribution  of  the  Brief  Exposition  in  Holland  and  Ger- 
many ;  desires  to  hear  Dean  Ekebom's  opinion  as  to  the  work ; 
foretells  the  coming  of  the  New  Church. — D.  II:  273. 


I J  68 — 176^,  Sj 

March  22,  Gottenburg. — Dean  Ekebom  formally  attacks  the 
Writings  of  the  New  Church  in  the  Consistory  ;  acknowledges 
that  he  is  not  acquainted  with  them,  yet  condemns  them  as 
"corrupting,  heretical,  injurious,  and  in  the  highest  degree 
damnable;"  suggest  that  the  clergy  be  officially  warned,  and 
that  suspected  Swedenborgians  be  pointed  out  and  punished 
by  the  Law;  proposes  that  Bishop  Lamberg  report  the  case  to 
the  House  of  Clergy  at  the  Diet. — D.  11 :   290. 

This  unexpected  denunciation  divides  the  Consistory  into 
two  opposing  parties.  As  a  compromise,  it  is  resolved  to  refer 
the  subject  to  the  Diet,  and  to  warn  the  clergy  to  "be  careful" 
in  respect  to  Swedenborg's  Writings. — Siindelin,  p.  69,  70. 

March  30,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Beyer  replies  to  Ekebom's 
attack  on  the  Writings;  quotes  C.  L.  no.  82,  and  asks  that  the 
subject  be  referred  to  the  king  for  decision. — D.  II:  291. 

April  5,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Rosen  presents  a  paper  to  the 
Consistory,  expressing  his  opinions  of  Swedenborg's  Writings 
favorably,  but  cautiously. — D.  II:  294. 

April  15,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg's  ninth  letter  to  Beyer  : 
encloses  a  reply  to  Ekebom's  charges;  speaks  of  instituting 
proceedings  for  libel ;  announces  his  intention  of  visiting 
Paris. — D,  II  :   296. 

April  22,  x\msterdam. — Swedenborg's  tenth  letter  to  Dr. 
Beyer,  containing  an  additional  reply  to  Ekebom. — D.  II:  301. 

April  23,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg's  eleventh  letter  to  Dr. 
Beyer :  sends  copies  of  Conjitgial  Love  and  Brief  Exposition  ; 
speaks  of  the  latter  as  being  translated  into  English  in  London; 
intends  also  to  publish  an  edition  in   Paris. — D.  II  :   275. 

April  26,  Gottenburg. — Swedenborg's  reply  to  Ekebom  is 
read  in  the  Consistory. — D.  II :  297. 

April  26. — Swedenborg  leaves  Amsterdam  for  Paris. — D.  II: 
276. 

May,  Paris. — He  seeks  permission  to  have  a  work  published 
here,  but  the  censor  makes  conditions  which  are  not  accept- 
able to  Swedenborg.  (This  work  was  the  Brief  Exposition^ 
and  not  the  True  Christian  Religion^  as  has  bi^en  reported   in- 


88 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


correctly.)     Meets  the  Swedish    traveler    Bjornstal    in    Paris; 
travels  thence  to  London. — D.  II :   700. 

The  x\bbe  Pernety  is  said  to  have  met  Swedenborg  in   Paris 
and  to  have  conversed  with   him   there. — Mess.,  vol.  47  :   205. 
May    I,  Norrkoping,   Sweden. — Fifty    copies    of  Conjugial 
Love  are  confiscated  at  the   custom-house  by  order  of  Bishop 
Filenius.— Z^.  II:  306,  313,    1005.     ^^^  history  of  the   con- 
fiscated copies  is  given  in  D.  II  :   710. 
June-October. — Swedenborg  in  London. 
July,  London. — The  Rev.  Thomas  Hartley  and  Mr.  William 
Cookworthy  pay  a  visit  to  Swedenborg. — D.  II :  539. 

August    2.  East   Mailing,   Kent,   England. — First  letter  of 

Rev.  Thos.  Hart- 
ley to  Sweden- 
borg, asking  for 
an  autobiography 
of  the   latter. — D. 

I:  3. 

Aug.  7  (about), 
London . — Swed- 
enborg replies  to 
Mr.  Hartley,  giv- 
ing a  short  account 
of  his  life.  This 
letter,  soon  after- 
wards, is  published 
by  Mr.  Hartley  as  a 
separate  tract, 

August  14,  East 
Mailing. —  Second 
letter  of  Hartley  to 
Swedenborg,  offer- 
ing his  services  in  the  cause   ot  Truth. — D.\\  10. 

August  29,  London. — Visit  of  the  Swedish  traveler  J.  H. 
Liden  to  Sv/edenborg,  who  is  called  "the  New  Jerusalem  gen- 
tleman" by  people  in  London. — D.  II  :   703. 


William  Cookworthy. 


While  in  London,  Swedenborg  publishes  the  Intercourse  be- 
tween the  Soul  and  the  Body^  and  an  English  version  of  the 
Siu7imaria  Expositio. 

During  this  year  he  writes  also  the  following  short 
treatises : 

Qncestiones  Novem  de  Trinitate  (Nine  questions  concerning 
the  Trinity,  etc.,  proposed  by  Thomas  Hartley  to  Emanuel  Swe- 
denborg, with  the  answers  of  the  latter.)  MS.  6  pp.  4to. — D.  II : 

IOI2. 

Canones  Novce  Ecclesics^  sen  Integra  Theologia  Novcb  Ec- 
clesicB  (The  Canons  of  the  New  Church,  or  the  entire  Theology 
of  the  New  Church).  MS.  45  pp. — D.  II :  1012  ;  see  also  our 
bibliography  of  this  work  in  Z.  1891  :   164. 

Dicta  Probantia  Veteris  et  Novi  Testinienti^  collecta  et  breviter 
explicata  (Corroborating  Passages  from  the  Old  and  New  Testa- 
ments, collected  and  briefly  explained).  MS.  39  pp. — D.  II : 
1013. 

From  this  time,  also,  dates  the  short  paper  entitled 

De  Eqiw  et  Hieroglyphis  (On  the  Horse  [mentioned  in  the 
Apocalypse\  and  on  the  Hieroglyphics).  MS.  2  pp. — D,  II : 
1002.  Dr.  Tafel  and  others  suppose  that  this  paper  was  ad- 
dressed to  the  Swedish  iVcademy  of  Sciences,  but  this  is  doubt- 
ful.    The  history  of  this  paper  is  given  in  M.  XIII,  566. 

August  30. — Swedenborg  leaves  London  for  Stockholm. — 
D.  II:  703. 

September  24,  Zurich. — Second  letter  of  Lavater  to 
Swedenborg,  requesting  information  concerning  a  deceased 
friend. — D.  II:  277. 

October  (beginning). — Swedenborg  arrives  in  Stockholm. — 
D.  II :  306. 

October  6,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg  sends  a  memorial  to  the 
House  of  Clergy,  requesting  the  liberation  of  the  confiscated 
copies  of  Conjugial  Love, — L.  1896  :  j86. 

October  23,  London. — Dr.  H.  Messiter,  Swedenborg's  phy- 
sician and  intimate  friend,  at  his  request  addresses  letters  and 
sends  copies  of  the  Writings  to  the  professors  of  theology  at 


90  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

the  Universities  of  Edinburgh,  Aberdeen  and  Glasgow.     The 
replies  from  the  prolessors  are  published  in  D.  II  :  522-527. 

October  30,  Stockholm. — Twelfth  letter  to  Dr.  Beyer  :  de- 
scribes his  arrival  in  Sweden,  his  kind  reception  by  the  royal 
family,  the  ill-will  of  Bishop  Filenius,  etc. — D.  II  :  305. 

Dr.  Beyer  publishes  this  letter,  which  occasions  great  ex- 
citement in  Gottenburg,  and  causes  some  of  Swedenborg's. 
more  timid  friends  among  the  Clergy  to  desert  the  cause  of  the 
New  Church. — Sundelin^  P-  73- 

November  14,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  thirteenth  letter 
to  Dr.  Beyer  :  speaks  of  his  spiritual  experiences  in  early 
youth.—/:'.  II  :  278. 

November  16,  Stockholm. — Bishop  Lamberg,  in  a  letter  ta- 
Gottenburg,  charges  Swedenborg  with  holding  Mohammedan 
tenets. — D.  II:  311;  compare  T.  C.  R.  i;^J. 

November  17,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  Count 
Hop  ken  :  treats  of  various  theological  subjects. — D.  II :  280. 

November  22,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Beyer  is  tried  in  the  Con- 
sistory for  having  printed  Swedenborg's  letter  of  October  30th^  ,^ 
without  due  permission. — Sundelin,  p.  75. 

December  3,  Stockholm. — The  Ecclesiastical  Committee  of 
the  House  of  Clergy  <:onsiders  the  case  of  "  Swedenborgianism" 
in  Gottenburg,  and  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of  the 
Chancellor  of  Justice. — L.  1895  :  182. — A.  A. 

December  4,  Stockholm. — Letter  of  Bishop  Lamberg  to  the 
Gottenburg  Consistory  :  reports  the  treatment  of  "  Sweden- 
borgianism "  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Committee  ;  states  that  "the 
scandal  caused  by  the  publication  of  Swedenborg's  letter  is  in- 
describable ;"  charges  Swedenborg  with  Socinianism. — D^ 
II:  310. 

December  5-19,  Stockholm. — The  case  of  Dr.  Beyer  and 
Swedenborgianism  is  considered  by  the  House  of  Clergy. 
— Siindelm^  p.  79. 

December  9,  Gottenburg. — x\ssesssor  Aurell,  a  bitter  enemy 
of  Dr.  Beyer  and  the  New  Church,  writes  to  Bishop  Filenius,. 
asking  him   "  to  take   the  most  energetic   measures   to  stifle^ 


ijSg.  91 

punish,  and  utterly  eradicate  the  Swedenborgian  innovation 
and  downright  heresies." — D.  II  :  312. 

December  28,  Stockholm. — Bishop  Filenius' reply  to  Aurell, 
thanking  the  latter  for  his  inquisitorial  zeal  against  Sweden- 
borgianism :  describes  the  progress  of  the  trial  against  Dr. 
Beyer. — D.  II:  313. 

December  29,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  fourteenth  letter 
to  Dr.  Beyer  :  speaks  of  the  present  disturbances,  and  com- 
pares them  to  the  fermentation  of  wine. — D.  II :  316. 

December  29,  Stockholm. — The  Chancellor  of  Justice  pre- 
sents a  memorial  to  the  king,  proposing  measures  against  the 
propaganda  of  Swedenborgianism. — D.  II:  318. 

December  30,  Upsala. — Memorial  of  the  Consistory  of  Upsala 
to  the  House  of  Clergy,  asking  that  the  theological  faculty  of 
Upsala  University  be  requested  to  investigate  and  report  upon, 
the  nature  of  Swedenborg's  "heretical"  writings. — L.  1895: 
183.— A.  A. 

During  this  session  of  the  Diet  Bishop  Filenius  and  other 
enemies  of  Swedenborg  are  said  to  have  planned  a  stratagem 
to  have  him  tried  for  insanity  and  to  confine  him  in  an  asylum. 
-D.  I:  47. 

PUBI^ICATIONS. 

S"wedenborg  :  Sitmmaria  Expositio  DodrijicB  Novcb  Ecclesice,  qucE 
per  Novam  Hierosolymam  in  Apocalypsi  intelligitur,  ab 
Emajiuele  Swedenborg ,  Sueco  (A  Brief  Exposition  of 
the  Doctrine  of  the  New  Church,  which  is  understood 
by  the  New  Jerusalem  in  the  Apocalypse').  Amsterdam. 
156  pp.  4to. — D.  II:   1007. — A.  L. 

A  Brief  Expositio7i  of  the  Doctri?ie  of  the  New  Church. 
London.     8vo. — A.  L. 

The  first  English  edition,  translated  by  Mr.  Marchant, 
and  published  at  Swedenborg's  own  expense. 

De  Commercio  Anijncs  et  Corporis  (On  the  Intercourse 
between  the  Soul  and  the  Body).  Eondon.  4to. — D. 
II:   1009. — A.  E. 

Ofdrgriplige  Ta7ickar  om  Swenska  Myntet  (Frank  views 
on  the  Swedish  currency).  Second  edition.  Stock- 
holm.— D.  II:  906. 


Q2  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Responsuni  ad  Epistolam  ab  Amico  ad  me  Scriptam   (An- 
swer to  a  I^etter  written  to  me  by  a  Friend).     I^ondon. 
3  pp.,  4to. — D.  I:  6,  II:    loii. — A.  L. 
Published  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hartley. 
Valborne  Hr.  Assessor  Swedenborgs  B?^/  af  d.  jo  October. 
(The   letter    from   the  welborn   Assessor   Swedenborg, 
dated  October  30th).     Gottenburg.     4  pp.,  4to. — R.  L. 
Published  by  Dr.  Beyer.     A  copy  of  this  exceedingly 
rare  publication  is  preserved  in  the  librar}^  of  the  Acad- 
emy of  the  New  Church. 
Aurell,  A.  (x\ssessor):    Excerpta    Swede7iborgianismi   (Sweden- 
borgian  extracts — a  collection  of  extracts  from  the  Writ- 
ing,  maliciously  arranged).     Gottenburg. — D.  II:   313, 

334- 

Ha7idlingar  rbrayide  Swedeyiborgiayiismen  (Extracts  from 
the  minutes  of  the  Gottenburg  Consistory,  containing 
the  Documents  relating  to  the  trial  of  Dr.  Beyer.)  Got- 
tenburg.—/>.  II:  282.— R.  L. 
Penny,  Stephen:  A71  hicentive  to  the  Love  of  God,  from  a  view 
of  His  Goodness  iyi  the  Creation  and  Redemptioyi  of  Man. 
Bristol. 

A  volume  of  poetry. 

Letters  on  the  Fall  and  Restoration  of  Mankind,  addressed 
to  all  the  serious  part  of  every  denominatioji.  Bristol. — 
B.  M.  This  little  book  may  be  considered  the  very  first 
New  Church  collateral  work  in  the  English  tongue. — D. 
II:   1166. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Publication  of  the  "Letters  of  Junius  "  against  the  British  government. 
Watt  patents  his  improvement  in  the  steam  engine. 

Death  of  Pope  Clement  XIII.;  he  is  succeeded  by  Clement  XIV, 
Religious  disturbances  in  Poland.     Russia  invades  Moldavia. 
Circular  letter  of  Massachusetts  to  the  other  colonies. 

17 70  January-July. — Swedenborg  in  Stockholm,  work- 

'  ing  on  the  True  Christian  Religion. 

January  2,  Stockholm. — Royal  resolution  calling  upon  the 
Gottenburg  Consistory  to  report  on  the  character  of  Sweden- 
borg's  Writings,  and  on  the  subjects  of  the  Sermon-Essays  of 
Dr.  Beyer,  on  his  theological  teachings  to  the  students  of  the 


lydg—ijjo.  93 

Gottenburg  College,  and  on  his  publication  of  Swedenborg's 
letter  of  October  30,  1869. — D.  II:  318. 

January  14,  Stockholm. — The  Ecclesiastical  Committee  of 
the  House  of  the  Clergy  recommends  that  a  refutation  of 
Swedenborg's  Writings  be  composed. — L.  1895:   183. — A.  A. 

January  18,  Stockholm. — Letter  from  Swedenborg  to  the 
Councillor  Wenngren,  of  Gottenburg :  describes  the  present 
theological  agitation  and  the  slanders  circulated  against  the 
Heavenly  Doctrines. — D.  II:  321. 

January  21,  Stockholm. — Letter  of  the  House  of  the  Clergy 
to  the  Archbishop  and  Consistory  of  Upsala,  reporting  that 
measures  have  been  taken  for  the  suppression  of  Swedenbor- 
gianism. — L.  1895:   183. — A.  x\. 

January  31,  Gottenburg. — The  Rev.  Drs.  Beyer,  Rosen, 
Rcempke,  and  Waldenstrale,  all  members  of  the  Consistory, 
refuse  to  obey  the  royal  resolution  commanding  them  to  put 
their  signatures  to  a  paper  by  which  the  clergy  is  warned 
against  the  "Swedenborgian  heresy." — Sundelin^  p.  83. 

February  7,  Gottenberg. — Dr.  Rosen  submits  to  the  Consist- 
ory a  declaration  to  the  king,  expressing  his  opinions  of 
Swedenborg's  writings.  The  paper  is  fearless,  eloquent,  scrip- 
tural, laconic,  humorous. — D.  II:  349. 

February  12,  Gottenburg. — Dean  Kkebom  sends  in  a  declara- 
tion to  the  king  respecting  Swedenborgian  doctrines  in  general 
and  Dr.  Beyer's  offenses  in  particular ;  repeats  his  confession  of 
ignorance  on  the  subject,  but  maintains  his  former  condemna- 
tion.—/:>.  II :  345. 

February  14,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Beyer  sends  in  his  declara- 
tion to  the  king.  This  paper  is  a  monumental  document: 
frank,  mature,  elevated  and  systematic;  the  first  thorough  col- 
lateral defense  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. — D.  II:  323-345. 

March  3,  Gottenburg. — Letter  of  Assessor  Aurell  to  the 
Chancellor  of  Justice :  contains  fulsome  expressions  of  gratitude 
for  the  measures  taken  against  Dr.  Beyer  and  Dr.  Rosen ; 
makes  further  demands  for  more  rigorous  punishment. — L. 
1895:  183.— A.  A. 

March  4,  Elsinoer,  Denmark.— Letter  of  General   Tuxen  to 


Q  .  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Swedenborg,  calling  attention  to  AurelPs  publication  of  the 
minutes  of  the  Gottenburg  Consistory,  etc. — D.  II  :  370. 

March  24,  Stockholm. — Letter  of  the  Chancellor  of  Justice 
to  Judge  Gillerstedt,  of  Gottenburg,  demanding  reasons  for 
delay  in  reporting  upon  the  case  of  Swedenborgianism. — L. 
1895:   183.— A.  A. 

April  1:2,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  fifteenth  letter  to 
Beyer :  gives  no  credence  to  the  rumor  that  Beyer  and  Rosen 
are  to  be  deposed  and  banished  from  the  kingdom ;  speaks  of 
his  intention  of  submitting  the  whole  matter  to  the  king  and 
to  the  Diet  as  a  whole. — D.  II :  352. 

April  14,  Gottenburg. — Letter  of  Dr.  Rosen  to  a  Senator, 
explaining  his  reasons  for  accepting  Swedenborg's  teachings. 
—D.  II :  356. 

April  26,  Stockholm. — Royal  Resolution,  addressed  to  the 
Consistory  of  Gottenburg,  commanding  Bishop  Lamberg  to 
reprimand  and  warn  Dr.  Beyer  and  Br.  Rosen.  An  incom- 
plete translation  of  this  important  document  is  published  in  D. 
II :  365.  A  copy  of  the  complete  document,  in  the  original 
tongue,  is  preserved  in  the  Academy  Archives. — L.  1895  :  183. 

April  26,  Stockholm. — A  second  royal  resolution,  ordering 
the  prohibition  and  confiscation  of  all  of  Swedenborg's  theo- 
logical Writings.  x\ssessor  Aurell  is  forbidden  any  further  pub- 
lication of  the  minutes  of  the  Gottenburg  Consistory. — D.  II: 
367,  Sundelin^  p.  66. 

April  30,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  sixteenth  letter  to  Dr. 
Beyer;  speaks  of  his  intended  journey  to  Amsterdam,  in  order 
to  publish  the  Trice  Christian  Religion. — D.  II  :  369. 

May  I,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  General  Tuxen, 
giving  an  account  of  the  disturbances  in  Gottenburg. — D.  II  : 

371. 

May  5,  Gottenburg — Beyer  and  Rosen  are  reprimanded  by 
the  bishop  in  the  presence  of  the  Consistory ;  they  are  forbid- 
den to  teach  on  any  theological  subject  in  the  college,  or  to 
make  any  converts  to  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. — 
Snndelin^  p.  96. 


ijyo.  95 

May  lo,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  the  king,  ap- 
pealing for  justice. — D.  II  :  373. 

May  16,  Gottenburg. — Beyer  and  Rosen  are  officially  lec- 
tured and  scolded  by  bishop  Lamberg ;  they  are  peremptorily 
ordered  to  repudiate  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  over 
their  signatures,  but  both  of  them  refuse  to  do  so. — Sundelin 
p.  97. 

June,  Ivondon. — The  work  on  The  Intercourse  between  the 
Soul  and  the  Body^  translated  by  Thomas  Hartley,  is  unfavor- 
ably reviewed  in  The  Monthly  Review.  This  is  the  first  public 
criticism  of  the  Doctrines  in  England. — D.  II  :   loio. 

June,  Stockholm, — Swedenborg  sends  a  memorial  to  the 
king,  protesting  against  the  persecution  against  the  Heavenly 
Doctrines.  A  small  part  of  this  important  document  is  pub- 
lished in  D.  II,  373.  A  copy  of  the  complete  original  is  pre- 
served in  the  Academy  Archives. — L.  1895  :   183. 

June  19,  Stockholm. — On  this  day  Swedenborg  finishes  the 
work  on  the  first  draft  of  The  Trite  Christiaii  Religio7i.  In  a 
memorandum,  added  to  this  work  (no.  721),  he  states: 

"After  this  work  was  finished,  the  Lord  called  together  His 
twelve  disciples,  who  had  followed  Him  in  the  world ;  and  the 
next  day  He  sent  them  all  forth  into  the  universal  spiritual 
world,  to  preach  the  Gospel  that  the  Lord  God  Jesus  Christ 
reigneth,  whose  kingdom  shall  be  for  ages  of  ages.  .  .  .  This 
took  place  on  the  nineteenth  day  of  June,  in  the  year  1770." 

From  this  date,  therefore,  may  be  counted  the  actual  begin- 
ning of  the  New  Church  in  the  spiritual  world. 

June  20,  Gottenburg.— Letter  of  the  Consistory  to  the  king, 
reporting  the  refusal  of  Beyer  and  Rosen  to  repudiate  the  Doc- 
trines of  the  New  Church  ;  the  Consistory  recommends  that  the 
two  doctors  be  deposed  from  their  office  as  teachers  in  the  col- 
lege.— Sundelin^  p.  98. 

July  19,  Stockholm.  —  Swedenborg's  letter  to  Augustus 
Alstromer,  of  Gottenburg,  giving  an  account  of  the  Gotten- 
burg trial.— Z).  II:  378. 

July  23,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  seventeenth  letter  to 
Dr.   Beyer,  announcing  his  intended  journey  to   Amsterdam, 


gS  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE W  CHLRCH. 

and  enclosing  a  copy  of  his  letter  to  the  Universities. — D.  II : 

379- 

July  23,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  the  Universi- 
ties of  Abo,  Lund  and  Upsala,  showing  the  disorderly  method 
of  procedure  in  the  Gottenburg  trial,  of  which  he  states  "this 
trial  has  been  the  most  important  and  the  most  solemn  that 
has  been  before  any  council  during  the  last  1700  years,  since 
it  concerns  the  New  Church,  which  is  predicted  by  the  Lord 
in  Daniel  and  in  the  Apocalypse,  and  agrees  with  what  the 
Lord  says  in  Matthew  xxiv.,  22." — D.  II:  380. 

July  (end). — Swedenborg  leaves  Stockholm  on  his  twelfth 
and  last  foreign  journey. 

iVugust  (beginning). — On  his  way  to  Amsterdam,  via  Den- 
mark, Swedenborg  stops  at  Elsinoer,  where  he  meets  General 
Tuxen  (the  second  time),  and  pays  a  visit  to  the  home  of  the 
latter.  Swedenborg  is  reported  by  Tuxen  to  have  stated  that 
there  were,  at  that  time,  about  fifty  receivers  of  the  Heavenly 
Doctrine  in  this  world. — D.  II :  440. 

September  5,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Rosen  is  deprived  of  certain 
official  privileges,  in  consequence  of  the  royal  resolution. — L. 
1895  :   183.— A.  A. 

September  7,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Rosen,  in  a  supplication  to 
the  king,  promises  not  to  preach  or  defend  the  teachings  of 
Swedenborg. — L.  ibid. — A.  A. 

September  10. — Swedenborg  in  Amsterdam:  meets  Cuno, 
who  reports  that  "the  old  gentleman  looks  more  cheerful" 
than  at  his  former  visit. — D.  II :  454. 

September  26,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Roempke,  in  a  letter  to  the 
Consistory,  complains  of  the  violent  chastisement  of  his  son  by 
the  latter's  teacher.  Dr.  Rosen. — Z.  ibid. — A.  A. 

September  26,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Rosen's  letter  to  the  Con- 
sistory, explaining  the  well-merited  punishment  of  young 
Roempke;  a  very  witty  protest  against  the  Consistory's  unjust 
treatment  of  himself  versus  Dr.  Roempke. — L.  ibid. — A.  A. 

October  11,  Gottenburg. — Bishop  Lamberg  and  the  Consis- 
tory to  the  king:   they  report  Dr.  Rosen's  alleged  violence 


17  JO.  97 

against  his  pupils,  and  his  "impudent  behavior"  towards  the 
Consistory. — L.  ibid. — A.  A. 

October  19,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Rosen  to  the  king:  protests 
against  the  Consistory's  unlawful  persecution  against  him. — 
L,  ibid.—\.  A. 

November  15,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  memorial  to  the 
king  considered  by  the  Council  of  State;  the  subject  is 
referred  to  the  personal  decision  of  the  king. — L.  ibid. — A.  A. 

November  16,  Stockholm. — Further  consideration  of  Swed- 
enborg's memorial  in  the  Council  of  State.  The  memorial  of 
the  Chancellor  of  Justice  (of  December  29th,  1769)  is  ap- 
proved.— L.  ibid. — A.  A. 

From  this  year  dates  the  paper  by  Swedenborg,  entitled 
Adversaria  in  Veram  Christianani  Religionem  (jMaterials  for 
the  True  Christian  Religion).     MS.  23  pp. — D.  II :   1020. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg,  Em.:  A  Theosophic  Lucubration  on  the  Natter e  of 
Inflnx.  Translated  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hartley,  with 
a  preface  by  the  same.  London.  First  English  edition, 
4to. — D.  II:  500,  loio. — B.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  Life  for  the  New  fertisalem.  Translated 
by  Mr.  WilUam  Cook  worthy,  of  Plymouth.  First  En- 
glish edition.     Plymouth.     4to. — B.  L. 

The  date  is  incorrectly  given  as  1763  in  D.  II:  996. 
See  also  Report  of  the  Swedenborg  Society  of  1863,  p. 

15- 
Vo7i  den  Erdkorpern  der  Planeten  und  des  gestirjiten  Hi7n- 
viels  Einzvohnern  (Earths  in  the  Universe).     First  Ger- 
man edition;  translated  by  a  nephew  of  CEtinger.     Men- 
tioned in  T.  M.,  vol.  II:  p.  loi. 

[Anonymous]  :  Tankar  och  Roliga  Berdttelser  i  anledniyig  af 
Herr  Assessor  Szcedenborg'  s  Sanital  och  Unigange  jned 
Andarne  (Thoughts  and  amusing  anecdotes  on  the  sub- 
ject of  Assessor  Swedenborg's  conversations  and  inter- 
course with  the  spirits).  Stockholm.  Carlbohm.  16 
pp.— R.  L. 

CEtinger,  F.  C:  Schreiben  von  einer  angeblicheji  Vermittltmg  des 
Streites  zzvischen  deni  Gotte?iburger  Consistorinm  und  den 


C)8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

beideyi  Verfechtern  der  Sicedeyiborgischen  Lehreii  (A  letter 
proposing  a  possible  compromise  in  the  controversy  be- 
tween the  Consistory  of  Gottenburg  and  the  two  defend- 
ers of  the  Swedenborgian  Doctrines).  Stuttgart.  T. 
M.,  vol.  II:  p.  loi. 

A  German  translation  of  the  documents  relating  to 
the  Gottenburg  trial  is  said  to  have  been  published  in 
Hamburg,  under  the  auspices  of  Swedenborg  himself. — 
D.  II:  323,  346,  372. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Beginning  of  Lord  North's  administration  in  Great  Britain.  Death  of 
George  Whitefield,  the  founder  of  the  Cah'inistic  branch  of  the  Methodist 
Church.     Pubhcation  of  the  first  edition  of  "  £ncyclopoedia  Britannica." 

Christian  VII.,  of  Denmark,  dismisses  his  minister,  Bernstorff.  Struense 
succeeds  in  power. 

The  Turkish  fleet  is  burned  at  Tchesme  by  the  Russian  fleet  under  Orloff 
and  Elphinstone.  The  Russians  defeat  the  Tartar  Khan  of  Crimea,  and 
storm  Bender. 

The  Boston  massacre — March  5th. 

Death  of  Count  Carl  G.  Tessin,  the  Swedish  statesman. 

Birth  of  Thorwaldsen.  Wordsworth,  Hegel,  Canning  and  Beethoven. 

-J-  — — y  January  26,  Amsterdam. — Cuno  describes  Sweden- 

'  '     *      borg  as  "working  in  a  superhuman   manner"   on 

the  publication  of  the  True  Christian  Religion. — D.  II :  482. 

February  11,  Stockholm. — Death  of  Adolphus  Frederic, 
king  of  Sweden.  He  is  succeded  on  the  throne  by  his  son, 
Gustavus  III.  Swedenborg,  in  Amsterdam,  as  reported  by 
Cuno,  speaks  with  the  late  king  in  the  spiritual  w^orld  a  short 
time  after  his  decease. — D.  II :  484. 

March  6,  Gottenburg. — Bishop  Lamberg,  in  a  letter  to  the 
Chancellor  of  Justice,  reports  Beyer's  and  Rosen's  delay  in 
handing  in  explanations  of  their  relations  to  Swedenborg's 
teachings. — L.  1895:  p.  183. — A.  A. 

March  14,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  Beyer's  memorial  to  the  king, 
protesting  against  further  persecution  by  the  Consistory. — L. 
ibid. — A.  A. 

April  II,  Gottenburg. — Dr.  BcA^er  is  peremptorily  forbidden 
to  teach  the  Greek  of  the  New  Testament  in  the  College. — L. 
ibid. — A.  A. 


April  27,  Gottenburg. — Report  of  the  Consistory  to  the  king 
respecting  the  non-effect  of  the  royal  decree  upon  Beyer  and 
Rosen ;  the  doctors  had  not  recanted  one  iota,  but  had  defended 
the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  in  private  publications 
(Beyer's  Schedismata  and  Rosen's  Aphorisjns.) — Siuidelin^  p. 
100. 

April  30,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg's  eighteenth  letter  to 
Dr.  Beyer:  states  that  he  intends  to  enter  a  formal  complaint 
against  the  Gottenburg  Consistory  at  the  next  Diet ;  the  True 
Christian  Religion  is  to  leave  the  press  about  the  end  of  June. 
"After  the  appearance  of  this  book,  the  Lord  will  operate  both 
mediately  and  immediately  towards  the  establishment,  through- 
out the  whole  of  Christendom,  of  the  New  Church  based  upon 
this  Theology."  "  The  New  Heaven,  out  of  which  the  New 
Jerusalem  will  descend,  will  soon  be  completed." — D.  II :  383. 

May  14,  Stockholm. — The  case  of  Beyer  and  Rosen  is  con- 
sidered by  the  Council  of  State,  and  referred  to  the  Court  of 
x\ppeals  in  Jonkoping:  the  doctors  are  now  to  be  treated  ac- 
cording to  the  civil  law,  (although  they  had  not  yet  been  con- 
victed of  heresy  by  an  ecclesiastical  court). — JL.  ibid. — A.  A. 

May  14,  Stockholm. — Royal  resolution,  referring  the  case  to 
the  Court  of  Appeals  in  Jonkoping  and  commanding  the  Con- 
sistory and  theological  faculty  of  Upsala  University  to  report 
on  the  heterodoxy  of  Beyer's  volume  of  sermons — Snndelin,  p. 
104. 

June  I,  Jonkoping. — The  Court  of  Appeals  declares  that  the 
Swedenborgian  doctrines  need  no  further  examination,  since 
the  king,  in  former  letters,  had  declared  them  heretical,  (al- 
though the  king  was  no  legally  recognized  authority  on  such 
subjects.) — Sundclin^  p.  100. 

June  15,  Gottenburg. — Letter  of  Dr.  Beyer  to  the  prelate 
Oetinger:  mentions  that  Dr.  Rosen  has  removed  to  Stock- 
holm.— D.  II :   1053,  3S2. 

June  (end),  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg  publishes  the  Vera 
Christiana  Religio. 

July  2,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg's  nineteenth  and  last  let- 
ter to  Dr.  Beyer:  speaks  of  the  prohibition  against  the  Writ- 


lOO  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

ings  in  Sweden,  and  of  his  intended  complaints  to  the  Diet ; 
mentions  his  published  Pro  Memoria  against  Dr.  Ernesti,  which 
is  to  be  circulated  in  Germany — D.  II :  384 ;  further  documents 
relating  to  this  Pro  Memoria  were  discovered  in  Holland  by 
the  Rev.  E.  J.  E.  Schreck,  and  published  in  L.  1890  :  214. 

July  13,  Amsterdam. — Swedenborg's  letter  to  the  Landgrave 
of  Hesse-Darmstadt.— /:>.  II :  388. 

August  10,  Gottenburg  and  Stockholm. — Beyer  and  Rosen 
send  memorials  to  the  Court  of  Appeals,  showing  that  this  body 
has  no  authority  in  their  case. — Sundelhi^  pp.  101-105. 

August  29,  The  Hague. — Swedenborg  dines  with  Mr.  A. 
Vosmer,  at  The  Hague. — L.  1890:  218. 

August — Swedenborg's  letter  to  Venator. — D.  II  :  390. 

September. — Swedenborg  arrives  in  London  and  takes  lodg- 
ings with  Mr.  Richard  Shearsmith,  at  26  Coldbath  Fields. — D. 

H:  577. 

While  in  London  he  occasionally  visits  the  Swedish  Church, 
and  afterwards  takes  dinner  with  Pastor  Ferelius,  but  his  visits 
are  not  frequent,  as  he  can  find  no  peace  in  the  Church. — 
Q.2x\^o\\!^  History  of  the  Swedish  ChiircJi  in  London^  p.  170. 

December,  London. — A  short  time  before  Christmas  Swe- 
denborg is  attacked  by  a  stroke  of  paralysis,  which  deprives 
him  of  speech  and  causes  him  to  lie  in  a  lethargic  state  for 
about  three  weeks. — D.  II:  577. 

December  11-17,  Skara,  Sweden. — The  Rev.  Sven  Schmidt 
is  tried  by  the  consistory  of  Skara  on  the  charge  of  preaching 
Swedenborgian  tenets  ;  he  defends  the  Doctrines  courageously, 
but  is  temporarily  suspended  from  office,  and  put  under  the 
care  of  a  physician  as  being  mentally  unbalanced. — Simdelin^ 
pp.  139,  140.  See,  also,  our  historical  sketch  of  this  case,  and 
of   the  New  Church  in  the  diocese  of   Skara,  in  Mess.    vol. 

58:   187. 

During  the  year  Swedenborg  writes  the  following  works: 
Historia  Ecclesiastica  Novcs  Ecdesice  (an  Ecclesiastical  His- 
tory of  the  New  Church).    MS.  i  ^.—D.  II  :   1020,  756.     This 
short  but  important  paper  was  photo-lithographed  in  1869.     A 


Latin  transcript,  with  an  English  translation,  is  published  in 
W.  N.  C.\'.  57. 

Coronis  sen  Appendix  ad  Verani  Christianam  Religionem 
(The  Coronis,  or  xlppendix  to  the  True  Christian  Religion). 
D,\\\  1 02 1.  This  manuscript  was  published  by  Aug.  Nor- 
denskjold,  at  London,  1780. 

Summarmm  Coronidis  ad  Vera^n  Christianam  Religionem 
(A  Summary  of  the  Coronis  to  the  True  Christian  Religion). 
MS.  5  pp.  folio. — D.  II:  1020.  The  first  English  translation 
of  this  Summary  was  published  at  London,  in  1807. 

De  Co7isnmmatione  ScecuH^  de  Adventu  Secundo  Domini^  et 
de  Nova  Ecclesia ;  qnibiis  adjecta  est  Invitatio  ad  totum 
Christianum  Orbeni  ad  illam  Ecclesia^n  (Concerning  the  Con- 
summation of  the  Age,  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  New  Church  ;  to  which  is  added  an  Invitation,  addressed 
to  the  whole  Christian  World,  to  that  Church).  MS.  15  pp. — 
D.  II :  1023.  This  was  published  by  Prof.  Im.  Tafel  as  Part 
VII,  Appendix  i,  of  the  Diarium  Spiritiiale. 

This  is  the  last  work  written  or  projected  by  Swedenborg 
during  his  life  in  this  world. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg :  Vera  Christiana  Religio  contiiiens  U?tiversam, 
Theologiam  Nov(S  Ecclesia,  ab  Emanuele  Swedenborg, 
Domini  J e SIC  Christi  servo  (The  True  Christian  Religion, 
containing  the  Whole  Theology  of  the  New  Church). — 
Amsterdam,  541  pp.  4/^. — D.  II:  1014.  See  also  our 
bibliography  of  this  work  in  L.  1893  •  io5-  Concerning 
the  history  of  Swendenborg's  own  copy  of  this  work, 
now  preserved  in  the  Academy  Archives,  and  the  list  of 
presents  which  he  had  received  in  the  spiritual  world, 
see  L.  1891:  84. 

{Pro  Memoria,  replying  to  Dr.  Ernesti's  attack  on  the 
Apocalypsis  Revelata']  .  A  fly-leaf  printed  by  Swedenborg 
for  private  circulation.  See  D.  I:  58;  L.  1890:  214. — 
A.  L. 

Von  den  Erdkorpern  oder  Pla7iete?i,  etc.  (Earths  in  the 
Universe).     Second    German    edition.     Frankfurt   and 


I02  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Leipzig.  228  pp.  8vo.— i9.  II:  983,  and  T.  Af.,  Vol.,  I, 
p.  loi. — B.  L. 
Ofdrgripliga  l^ankar  om  Myntets  upphojaiide  och  Jiedsdt- 
tande  (Thoughts  on  the  Rise  and  Fall  in  the  value  of 
Swedish  Currency).  Upsala,  J.  Edman.  68  pp.  Third 
edition.  First  edition  published  in  1722.  Cop}^  in  Upsala 
University  Library;  mentioned  in  A^.  C.  A.  1843,  p.  116. 

(Anonymous):  Ta7ikar  och  Roliga  Bcrdttelser^  ^tc.  Gottenburg. 
to  Im.  Smith.    16  pp.   Second  edition.   R.  L. 

Beyer,  G.  A.:  Schedismata.     Gottenburg. — Su7ideli?i,^.  100. 

Cuno,  J.  C:  Doctissitno — Emanueli  Siuedenborg,  S.  D.  D. 
Joa7ines  Ch7\  Ciuio,  niercator  A77istelodamicnsis  (A  letter 
Swedenborg  by  Cuno).  Hamburg. — D.  II  :  465.  A.  L. 
Sa77t77ilu7ig  Ei7iiger  Nachrichte7i  He7^r7i  E77ia7iuel  Swede7i- 
borg.  (A  collection  of  documents  respecting  Sweden- 
borg).  Hamburg. — D.  II:  482.     A.  L. 

CEtinger,  F.  C. :  Beu7'theilu7tg  der  Lehre  vo7i  de77i  Ziista7id  7iach 
dent  Tod,  U7id  der  da77iii  verbu7ide7ie7i  Lehre7i  des  be7'uh77t- 
tcTi  Etti.  Swede7iborgs  (An  examination  of  the  Doctrine 
concerning  the  state  after  death,  and  of  the  related 
Doctrines  of  the  famous  Em.  Swedenborg). 

On  the  second  title  page,  this  work  is  called  Schzve- 
dische  Urk2i7ide7i  vo7i  de77i  Assessor  Swede7iborg,  welche 
aiif  de77i  Schwed.  Reichstag,  de7i  i2)te7i  Jimi,  1771,  werde7i 
zicr  Entscheidimg  ko7nmen  (Swedish  documents  respect- 
ing Assessor  Swedenborg,  which  are  to  be  acted  upon 
by  the  Swedish  Diet,  on  June  13th,  1771). — See  T.  M. 
*  II:  p.  loi;  D.  II:  1036,  1041;  Sii7ideli7i,  p.  91.  A 
copy  of  this  extremely  rare  publication  is  owned  by  Rev. 
Frank  Sewall,  of  Washington. 

Rosen,  Johan:  Aphoris77ier  (Aphorisms  concerning  the  Doc- 
trines of  the  New  Church).  Gottenburg — mentioned 
by  Dr.  Achatius  Kahl,  in  his  work,  De7i  Nya  Ky7'kan 
och  dess  I7tflyta7tde,  3  p.  26. 

Contemporary  Events. 
The  Russians,  under  Dolgoruki,  occupy  Crimea. 

Francis  Asbury,  Wesley's  missionary  to  America,  lands  in  Philadelphia. 
Insurrection  of  the  "  Regulators  "  in  North  Carolina;  battle  of  Alamance. 
Birth  of  Walter  Scott. 


I77I—IJJ2. 


I03 


Death  of  Thomas  Gray,  the  poet,  and  of  Smollett,  the  English  novelist 
and  historian. 


1772 


January,  London. — About  three  weeks  after 
Christmas  Swedenborg  recovers  somewhat  from  his 
paralytic  stroke  and  takes  some  sustenance.  "From  that  time 
to  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  visited  by  but  a  very  few 
friends  only,  and  always  seemed  unwilling  to  see  company." — 
^.11:577. 

February,  London.  —  The 
Rev.  Arvid  Ferelius,  pastor  of 
the  Swedish  Church  in  Lon- 
don, visits  Swedenborg,  who 
states  that  for  ten  days  and 
nights  he  had  been  tormented 
by  evil  spirits  of  the  worst 
kind,  but  that  now  he  was 
again  in  company  with  good 
spirits. — D.  II :  558. 

i\nother  account  of  these 
last  spiritual  infestations  of 
Swedenborg  is  given  by  Chris- 
topher Springer  in  D.  II :  576. 
February,  East  Mailing, 
Kent. — ^ Letters  from  Rev. 
Thomas  Hartley  to  Richard  Shearsmith,  asking  for  informa- 
tion concerning  Swedenborg's  health. — N.  C.  M.^  1885:  387. 

February,  London. — Swedenborg  writes  a  short  note  to 
John  Wesley,  inviting  the  latter  to  pay  him  a  visit,  as  he  had 
been  informed  in  the  spiritual  world  of  Wesley's  strong  desire 
for  an  interview. — D.  II :  565. 

About  a  month  before  his  death  Swedenborg  foretells  the 
exact  date  on  which  he  would  die,  and  expresses  great  delight 
at  the  prospect. — D.  II :  578,  546,  549. 

March  (beginning) — London. — Two  or  three  weeks  before 

his  death  Swedenborg  is  visited  by  Mr.  Springer. — D.  II :  530. 

March — A  short  time  before  his  death  Swedenborg  expresses 


Rev.  A.  Ferelius. 


I04  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHLRCH. 

a  willingness  to  receive  the  Sacrament.  Mr.  Bergstrom,  a 
Swede,  present  at  the  time,  suggests  that  the  Rev.  Aaron 
Mathesius,  the  new  pastor  of  the  Swedish  Church,  be  sent  for, 
but  Swedenborg  declines  the  offer,  Mathesius  being  a  bitter 
enemy  to  the  New  Church.  The  Rev.  A.  Ferelius  is  then  sug- 
gested and  accepted. — D.  II :  538,  576. 

Mathesius  afterwards  circulated  a  story  that  Swedenborg  had 
been  insane  while  in  London,  in  1744  ;  the  slanderer  himself 
became  insane  in  1783. — D.  I  :   701. 

March  25th  about. — The  Rev.  Arvid  Ferelius  visits  Swe- 
denborg and  administers  the  Sacrament  to  him.  The  occasion 
is  described  in  D.  II:  538,  558,  563,  578.  On  a  question  by 
the  minister  as  to  the  veracity  of  the  Writings,  Swedenborg 
solemnly  asseverates  that  he  has  not  written  anything  from 
himself,  but  the  truth  from  God. — D.  II :  563. 

Swedenborg  afterwards  presents  a  set  of  the  Arcana  Cculestia 
to  Ferelius,  who  becomes  a  receiver  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. 
The  set  is  now  in  the  Royal  Library  in  Copenhagen. — D.  I : 
704. 

March  29,  Sunday,  London. — Swedenborg  expires  at  five 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  His  last  moments  are  described  in 
D.  II:  549,  560-64,  578;  N.  C.  M.,  1885:  378. 

April  5,  London. — Swedenborg's  body  is  buried  in  the 
vault  of  the  Swedish  Church. — D.  II  :  557,  543. 

The  disposal  of  his  personal  effects  is  described  in  D.  II  : 
549;/.  1870:   134,  139;   1880:  95. 

x\n  interesting  article  on  "  Swedenborg's  home  in  the 
spiritual  world  "  is  found  in  M.^  11.  s.  X :  634. 

May  13,  Skara. — The  Rev.  Sven  Schmidt,  now  declared 
restored  in  health,  asks  the  Consistory  to  restore  him  to  his 
office,  but  is  refused,  as  he  would  not  recede  from  the  Doc- 
trines of  the  New  Church. — Sundelin^  p.  140. 

May  19,  London. — Thomas  Hartley  and  Mr.  Harrison  dis- 
cuss the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  at  the  printing  office  of 
James  Phillips. — A^.  C.  M.  1891  :   132. 

June  17,  Jonkoping. — The  Court  of  Appeals,  on  the  remon- 
strances of  Beyer  and   Rosen,  decides  to  let  the  case  rest  until 


1772.  I05 

the  consistory  of  Upsala  shall  have  expressed  itself  on  the 
quality  of  Swedenborg's  Writings. — Simdelin^  p.  io6. 

October  7,  Stockholm. — Sir  Samuel  Sandels,  councillor  of  the 
College  of  Mines,  reads  his  famous  eulogy  over  Swedenborg,  in 
the  House  of  Nobles,  in  the  name  of  the  Royal  Academy  of 
Sciences. 

October  27,  Stockholm. — Swedenborg's  heirs  deliver  his 
manuscripts  to  the  safe  keeping  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences. 
—R.  S.  S.,   1842,  p.  17. 

November  28,  Stockholm. — Public  sale  of  Swedenborg's 
library.— Z.   1883:   183. 


During  the  year  the  True  Christian  Religion  receives  an 
unfavorable  review  in  the  London  Monthly  Review. — D,  II : 
1017. 

Mr.  Richard  Houghton,  of  Liverpool,  receives  the  Doctrines 
about  this  time.  He  corresponds  with  Thomas  Hartley,  and 
introduces  the  Doctrines  to  the  Rev.  John  Clowes,  of  Man- 
chester.— Compton's  Life  of  Clowes^  p.  16. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Ema7iuel  Swedenborgs  T7'aktat  von  der  Ver- 
bindit7ig  der  Secle  77iit  de7ii  Korper  (Intercourse  between 
the  Soul  and  the  Body).  Jena.  First  German  edition. 
—D.  II:  loii;  T.  M.  vol.  II:  102. 
VoTn  Neue7z  ferusaletn  and  desse7i  Him77ilische7i  Lehre 
(The  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrines). 
First  German  edition;  translator  and  place  of  publica- 
tion unknown;  copy  in  Royal  Library  of  Copenhagen. 
—D.  II:  982;    T.  M.  II,  p.  loi. 

Benzelstjerna,  C.  :  Catalog  bfver  alia  Swede7iborg' s  efterle77inade 
Ma7iusc7'ipter  (Catalogue  of  all  the  Manuscripts  of  Swe- 
denborg which  have  been  delivered  to  the  Academy  of 
Sciences).     Stockholm. — /.  1836:  22. — A.  L. 

[Cuno,  J.  C]  :  Sa77i77ilu7ig  etlicher  Brief e  Herr7i  £771.  Sweden- 
borgs, betreffe7id  ei7iige  Nachrichte7i  zmn  Sei7ie77i  Leben 
nnd  Schriften  (A  collection  of  some  letters  of  Km.  Swe- 


I06  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

denborg,  containing  information  concerning  his  Life  and 
Writings).     Hamburg,  32  pp.  L.  1891:  46. — A.  L. 

A  Danish  edition  of  the  same  pamphlet  was  pubHshed 
at  Copenhagen  in  the  same  year. — A.  L. 

CEtinger,  F.  C:  Hochshuichtiger  Unterricht  vo7i  HohejipriesU 
crthiim  Christi,  ziir  richtigcn  Beurtheilimg  der  Herrn 
V071  Sivedeiiborg  (Highl)^  important  consideration  of 
the  High-priesthood  of  Christ,  for  a  correct  judg- 
ment of  the  relations  of  Swedenborg).  Frankfurt  and 
Leipzig. — D.  II:    1054;    T.  M.  II,  p.  loi. 

Sandels,  Samuel:  Aminnelsetal  ofver  framledne  Herr  Emanuel 
Sivedeiiborg  (Eulogium  over  the  late  member  of  the 
Acadenu'  of  Sciences,  the  well-born  Em.  Swedenborg). 
Stockholm,  60  pp. — A.  L. 

A  French  Translation,  by  Abbe  Pernety,  appeared  at 
Berlin  in  1782,  and  an  English  edition  at  London, 
1799- 

[Tuxen,  Christian]  :  Ofvet  framledne  Herr  Assessorri,  viilborne 
Emanuel  Swedenborg .^  som  dog  i  London,  d.  2<^de  Martii, 
1772).  (Poetical  epitaph  over  the  late  well-born  As- 
sessor Swedenborg,  who  died  in  London,  ]\Iarch  29th, 
1772).  Stockholm,  4  pp.  An  English  translation  is 
given  in  D.  II:   1157. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Lord  Mansfield,  in  the  case  of  the  negro  Somerset,  decides  that  a  slave 
cannot  be  lawfully  held  in  England.  Birth  of  Samuel  Taylor  Coleridge,  the 
English  pantheist  and  docetistic  philosopher  and  writer.     (11834.) 

First  partition  of  Poland,  between  Catharine  II.  of  Russia,  Maria 
Theresa  of  Austria,  and  Frederick  the  Great  of  Prussia. 

Birth  of  Friedrich  Novalis,  the  German  poet  and  philosopher.     (tiSoi.) 

Gustavus  III.,  of  Sweden,  by  a  coup  d'etat,  restores  many  of  the  royal 
prerogatives. 

Execution  of  Struense,  the  Danish  prime-minister. 

"  Committees  of  Correspondence  "  are  formed  in  the  American  colonies. 
Institution  of  the  Watanga  Association,  out  of  which  grew  the  State  of 
Tennessee. 

177'^  Great  Britain.      Manchester,   April  or  May. — 

The  Rev.  John  Clowes,  a  clergyman  of  the  Church 

of    England,    receives    the    Doctrines   of    the    New    Church 

His  attention  is  drawn  to  the  Writings  through  a   remarkable 


vision  of  the  words  "  Diviniim  Humamimy — /.  183 1  :  457  ; 
N.  C,  M,  1883:  55,  57;  L,  ^'6^1'-  184. 

Sweden.  Swedenborg's  house  and  garden  in  Stockholm 
are  sold  at  public  auction ;  they  are  bought  by  his  nephew, 
Bishop  Lars  Benzelstjerna — M.  n.  s.  xiv:   175. 

A  minute  and  interesting  description  of  Swedenborg's  home 
in  Stockholm  is  published  in  /.  1867  :  70. 

Skara,  June  9.— The  Rev.  Sven  Schmidt  is  restored  to  his 
office  by  the  Consistory. — Sicndelin^  p.  141. 

Gotte7iburg  ]m\Q  16. — The  Consistory  reports  to  the  Chan- 
cellor of  Justice  that  Dr.  Beyer  still  persists  in  maintaining 
Swedenborg's  doctrines. — L.  1895:  183;  Siindelin,  p.  109. — 
A.  A. 

Stockholm,  September  6. — Death  of  the  Rev.  Johan  Rosen, 
aged  47  years.— /^.  I  :  655  ;  11:  385. 

During  the  year  Sir  Augustus  Nordenskjold,  an  eminent 
chemist  and  mining  engineer,  receives  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  ; 
he  is  instrumental  in  converting  his  brother,  Charles  Frederic, 
and  other  prominent  persons  in  Stockholm. — D.  1 :  620,  639. 

Publication. 
Hartley,  Rev.  Thomas  :    The  Cause  of  the  Petitioners  examined. 
(A    religio-political    pamphlet,    presenting     the    New 
Church  Doctrine  concerning  the  Trinity;  mentioned  in 
A^.  C.  M.  1891:  134). 

Contemporary  Events. 
Pope  Clement  XIV.  abolishes  the  Jesuit  order  "for  the  sake  of  the  peace  of 
the  Church,"  July  21st. 

Beginning  of  the  revolutionary  movement  in  America:  the  "  Boston  Tea 
Party,"  Dec.  i6th. 

Dr.  Mesmer,  in  Germany,  begins  to  practice  with  "animal  magnetism  " 
in  the  treatment  of  sick  persons, 

■T^^  A  Sweden.    Gottenburg.    March  27. — Bishop  Lam- 

'  '  ^*  berg  and  the  Consistory,  in  a  report  to  the  King,  re- 
view the  whole  case  against  Dr.  Beyer,  who  still  persists  in 
his  refusal  to  recant  the  doctrines  of  Swedenborg. — L.  1895: 
183.— A.  A. 

April   27. — Dr.  Beyer,  in   an  appeal  to   the  King,  asks  for 


I08  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

permission  to  resume  the   teaching  of  Theology   in  the  Col- 
lege.— L.  ibid. — A.  A. 

Ma}'  27. — Bishop  Lamberg  to  the  Court  of  Appeals,  speaks 
against  Dr.  Beyer's  recent  appeal  to  the  King. — L.ibid. — A.  A. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  first  Continental  Congress  meets  in  Philadelphia.  The  first  session  is 
opened  with  prayer  by  the  Rev,  Jacob  Duche,  an  Episcopal  clergyman,  who 
afterwards  received  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. — M.  34:  273;  The  Medium, 
Detroit,  1S51:  106. 

Organization  of  the  "Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  "  in  Pennsylvania. 

The  Shakers  settle  in  America. 

Dr.  Priestley,  the  discoverer  of  oxygen,  organizes  the  Unitarians  in 
England. 

Death  of  Pope  Clement  XIY. 

Ivouis  XVI.  ascends  the  throne  of  France. 


-T^^r  Germany. — Johann  Romelsbacher,  a    publisher 

'  '  *^*      at  Stuttgart,  receives  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. 
Sweden.     Gottenburg. — Bishop  Lamberg  informs  the  Con- 
sistory that  Dr.  Beyer  has  been  detected  in  leading  Sweden- 
borgian  conventicles  in  the  city,  and  is  lecturing  privately  on 
theological  subjects. — Sundelin^  p.  no. 

Skara. — The  Consistory,  at  a  general  meeting  of  the  clergy, 
gives  public  warning  against  the  "Swedenborgian  heresy," 
for  the  benefit  of  "many  younger  ministers,"  who  are  under- 
stood to  favor  the  writings  of  Swedenborg. — Sundelin^  p.  145. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Vo7n  Hi7nmel  and  vo?i  der  HUle  (On  Heaven  and 
Hell).  First  German  edition;  translated  by  Herr  Cude; 
place  of  publication  unknown.  The  edition  contains  a 
'  *  Preface  giving  information  of  the  famous  life  and  writ- 
ings of  the  author. " — Doc.W'.  981;    T.M.W'.   102. 

[Anonymous] :  Fornuftiga  Ta7ikar  21H  Savital  07?t  Spokelser 
bfversatteaf  Swedenborg s  A7itago?iist  (Rational  thoughts 
in  conversations  about  Ghosts,  translated  b}^  Sweden- 
borg's  Antagonist).  Stockholm.  X.  J.  Nordstrom.  8  pp. — 
R.  L. 


1775—177^'  I09 

A  mass  of  foolishness. 
Hartley,    Rev.    Thomas:   God's  Controversy   with  the  Natio7is; 
addressed    to    the  Rulers   aiid  Peoples   of    Christendom. 
London.     M.  Lewis.   91  pp.   8vo.  S.  S.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 
Outbreak  of  the  American  Revolution. 
Election  of  Pope  Pius  VI. 

The  Jesuit  general,  Ricci,  dies  in  prison  at  Rome. 
Birth   of   Friedrich   Wilhelm   von   ScheUing,    the   German    philosopher 

(ti854). 

Birth  of  Lyman  Beecher,  the  eminent  American  clergyman  (Presby- 
terian), father  of  Henry  Ward  Beecher  (ti863). 

^^^^  Great  Britain.    London.    ]\Iarch  2. — Letter  from 

'  '  '  the  traveller  Bjornstahl  to  C.  J.  Benzelius,  giving  an 
account  of  the  disposal  of  Swedenborg's  effects  after  his  death. — 
/.  1870  :  136. 

Sweden.  Gottenburg.  March  23. — Letter  from  Dr.  Beyer 
to  C.  F.  Nordenskjold  :  states  his  intention  of  translating  sev- 
eral of  the  Writings  into  Swedish  ;  the  writer  is  now  working 
upon  a  general  Index  to  all  the  Writings;  suggests  the  copy- 
ing of  all  the  M.  S.  S.  now  in  Stockholm,  and  the  collecting 
of  anecdotes  respecting  Swedenborg ;  relates  Swedenborg's 
statement  concerning  the  personal  appearance  of  the  Lord  to 
him. — D.  II :  425. 

Jbnkdping.  June  18. — Memorial  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  to 
the  King :  explains  the  causes  of  delay  in  deciding  the  case  of 
Dr.  Beyer ;  recommends  a  negative  reply  to  Dr.  Beyer's  peti- 
tion for  permission  to  teach  on  theological  subjects. — Z.  1895 : 
183.-A.  A. 

Skara.  September. — Rev.  Sven  Schmidt,  on  account  of  his 
"Swedenborgianism,"  is  again  suspended  from  the  clerical 
office  ;  he  is  put  in  prison,  where  he  remains  until  the  spring 
of  1778. — Sundelin^  p.  142. 

Stockholm,  November  2. — Royal  resolution,  commanding 
that  the  trial  against  Dr.  Beyer  be  allowed  "  to  rest,"  since  the 
Theological  Faculty  of  Upsala  had  not  yet  expressed  itself  as  to 
the  orthodoxy  of  Swedenborg's  writings. — L.  ibid. — x\.  A. 


no 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  Verbindiing  der  Seele  mit  dem  Kbrper.  (Inter- 
course of  the  Soul  with  the  bod}-).  Frankfurt  and 
Leipzig. 

Second  German  edition.  A  third  edition  was  pub- 
published  the  same  year  at  Jena. — D.  II:  loii. 
Emanuel  von  Swedenborg s  Auserlesene  Schriften  (Selec- 
lections  from  Swedenborg's  Writings).  Five  volumes. 
Frankfurt.  Published  by  Daniel  Christian  Hechtel,  Coun- 
cillor of  Commerce. —  T.  M.  11  :    103. 

CEtinger,  C.  P.:  Biblisches  und  Emblematischcs  Wdrterbuch,  dent 
Tellerischen  entgegengesetzt  (A  biblical  and  emblematic 
dictionary,  as  contrasted  with  an  earthly  lexicon). 
Frankfurt. 

Contemporary  Events. 


Declaration  of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States  of  America. 
Birth   of  Barthold   Niebuhr,   the  historian,   GottUeb  Bretschneider, 
German  Rationalist,  and  Johann  von  Gorres,  the  Catholic  theologian. 
Death  of  David  Hume,  the  father  of  "  Agnosticism." 
Foundation  of  the  mystical  order  of  "  Illumiuati,"  at  Ingolstadt. 


the 


1777 


Great     Britain.       London. — The     Rev.     Jacob 

Duche,    formerly  of  Philadelphia,  now  in   exile  in 

London,  receives  the  Heavenly 

Doctrines  about  this   time. — 

M.  34  :   276. 

Sweden.  Skara. — Bishop 
F'orsshenius  warns  the  clergy 
of  his  diocese  against  the 
Swedenborgian  tenets,  which 
are  spreading  in  the  neighbor- 
hood.— Siuidelin^  p.  147. 

September  18.  —  Bishop 
Forsshenius  to  the  Chancellor 
of  Justice:  expresses  his  alarm 
at  the  Swedenborgian  propa- 
ganda in  his  diocese  ;  he  has 
Rev.  Jacob  Duche.  forbidden  the  publication  of  a 


1777—177^'  III 

work  in  tended  to  refute  Swedenborgianism,  lest  greater  atten- 
tion be  drawn  to  the  "heresy." — L.  1895:   183. — x\.  A. 

Stockholm.  September. — The  Chancellor  of  Justice  to 
Forsshenius:  considers  Swedenborgianism  too  contemptible 
for  reputation. — L.  ibid. — A.  A. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Washington  is  victorious  at  Princeton,  but  is  defeated  at  Brandy  wine  ; 
Philadelphia  in  the  hand  of  the  British;  American  victory  at  Saratoga; 
Washington  at  Valley  Forge. 

Necker  is  appointed  Minister  of  Finance  to  Louis  XVI. 

lyessing  publishes  the  ' '  Wolfenbiittel  Fragments. ' ' 


-j-^^g  Great     Britain.      London.      Jan.     24. — Henry 

'  '  Peckitt,  a  New  Churchman  in  London,  visits  Rich- 

ard Shearsmith  and  collects  information  from  him  regarding 
Swedenborg's  personality, — D.  II  :  542. 

Benedict  Chastanier,  a  French  surgeon  and  New  Churchman 
resident  in  London,  meets  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hartley,  who 
gives  his  personal  testimony  as  to  vSwedenborg's  last  years. — 
See  Isaac  Hawkin's  Life  of  Swedenborg^  London  18 13,  and 
N.  C.  M.  1890  :  528. 

Whitefield^  near  Manchester. — A  New  Church  Society — the 
first  in  the  world — begins  to  be  formed  here  through  the  in- 
fluence of  Rev.  John  Clowes. — See  A.  1799:  317.  Historical 
respecting  this  society  in  /.  1871 :   160. 

Sweden.  Jbnkbping.  September  3. — The  Court  of  Ap- 
peals to  the  King:  reports  inability  to  decide  in  the  case 
against  Dr.  Beyer  without  the  judgment  of  the  theological 
faculty  of  Upsala ;  recommends  that  Dr.  Beyer  be  left  in 
peace,  and  that  the  whole  trial  be  considered  closed. — L.  1895: 
183  ;  Sujidelin^  p.  112. — A.  A. 

Skara.  May  19. — Bishop  Forsshenius,  in  a  letter  to  the 
clerical  society  "  Pro  Fide  et  Christianisnio^^^  complains  of  the 
Swedenborgian  propaganda  in  his  diocese ;  some  of  Sweden- 
borg's writings  have  been  translated  into  Swedish  in  Gotten- 
burg,  and  MS  copies  are  being  secretly  circulated. — Sitndelin^ 
p.  148. 


J  J  2  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

August  1 8. — Rev.  Sven  Schmidt  is  permanently  suspended 
from  the  priesthood,  on  account  of  his  faith  in  the  Heavenly 
Doctrines. — Siindelin^  p.  143. 

Stockholm.  September  14. — The  Council  of  State  confirms 
the  recommendation  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  in  regard  to  the 
trial  against  Dr.  Beyer.  The  trial  is  thus  finally  closed. — L. 
1895:  183.— A.  A. 

For  a  connected  historical  sketch  of  the  whole  trial,  see  our 
articles  on  "  The  Early  History  of  the  New  Church  in 
Sweden." — Mess.  vol.  58  :  pp.  43,  59. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:     Concejiiing  Heaven  arid  Hell.     I^ondon.     James 
Phillips.      I  vol.  4to. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Hartley  and  Mr.  William  Cookworthy,  and  published  at 
the  expense  of  the  latter. — D.  II:  981. — A.  L. 
[Anonymous] :  Ernariuel  Szvcdenborgs  deviuthiges  Danksa- 
gungs-Schreibeji.  (Swedenborg' s  humble  letter  of 
thanks  to  the  great  man  who  has  demonstrated  the  non- 
existence of  the  Devil).     Leipzig.     40  pp. — A.  E. 

A  mass  of  nonsense. 

Contemporary  Events. 

First  appearance  of  Wesley's  journal,   "  The  Aiuiinian  Magazine^ 

Death  of  Voltaire,  Rousseau  and  Linneeus. 

France  recognizes  the  independence  of  the  United  States,  and  declares 
war  against  England. 

Beginning  of  the  "  War  of  the  Bavarian  Succession"  between  Austria 
and  Prussia. 

The  Hawaiian  Islands  are  re-discovered  by  Cook. 


-p^^p^  Oreat    Britain.     London. — Peter   Provo,  a  sur- 

geon  and  New  Churchman  in  London,  visits  the  son 

of   Swedenborg's    printer,   and   collects   testimony    from    him 

respecting   Swedenborg's   personality. — N.    C.    M.  1885:  377. 

Sweden.  Gottenburg. — Death  of  Dr.  Gabriel  A.  Beyer,  a 
few  days  after  he  had  finished  his  great  In  lex  to  Swedenborg's 
Writings. — D.  I  :  626. 

Norrkbping. — A  Society  of  New  Churchmen,  with  Charles 


1779'  '         113 

B.  Wadstrom  at  the  head,  is  organized  here  for  the  purpose  of 
agitating  against  the  xVfrican  slave-trade.  This  great  move- 
ment thus  has  its  origin  in  the  New  Church: — N.  J.  M.  1790, 
p.  70. 

Skara. — Sven  Schmidt  is  again  accused  of  making  prose- 
lytes for  the  New  Church  ;  he  is  declared  insane,  and  is  con- 
fined in  the  insane  asylum  in  Skara,  where  he  remains  until 
his  death   in    1805. — Siuidelin^  p.  143  ;    Mess.   vol.  58,  p.  59. 

Stockholm^  February  16. — The  Council  of  State,  a  short  time 
before  Dr.  Beyer's  death,  declares  him  free  to  resume  the  teach- 
ing of  Theology. — L.  1895  :   i'^)})- — A.  A. 

Mysticism  begins  to  come  into  favor  at  the  Court  of  Gus- 
tavus  III.  through  the  influence  of  the  poet  J.  G.  Halldin,  who 
mingled  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  with  various  forms 
of  Spiritism.  At  his  recommendation,  clergymen  with  Swe- 
denborgian  leanings  are  called  to  officiate  at  the  Court 
Chapel. — Siindelin^  p.  197. 

Publications. 

[Anonymous]  :  Swedenborg ,  Samtale  fued  Aariderne.      (Sweden- 
borg.     Conversations  with  Spirits).     Copenhagen. 

Mentioned  in  the  Preface  to  the  Danish  edition  of  the 
Doctrine  of  tlte  Lord,  Copenhagen,  1859. 
Beyer,  The  Rev.  G.  A.:  Lidex  Initialis  in  Opera  Swedenborgii 
Theologica.     (Initial  Index  to  Swedenborg's  Theological 
Works).       Amsterdam.       Sellschop   and    Huart.       4to. 
910  pp. 

This  great  work  was  begun  in  1766. — D.  I:  626. — 
A.  L. 
Kort  Bcgrepp  af  Kristnas  Sanna  Ldra  och  Dyrkan  (A 
brief  exposition  of  the  True  Doctrine  and  Worship  of 
Christians).  Copenhagen.  This  Catechism,  the  first  in 
the  New  Church,  was  published  soon  after  Dr.  Beyer's 
death,  at  the  expense  of  Baron  Manuerfeldt. — Kahl 
3:  15- 
Knos,  Rev.  A.  O.  :  Catechetiska  Fdrclasningar.  (Catechetical 
lectures).     Upsala.    1000  pp. 

The  author,   then  Professor  of  Theology  at  Upsala, 


114 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


afterwards  Archdean  of  Skara,  and  a  leader  of  the  Swe- 
denborgian  clergy  in  that  diocese,  here  attacks  the  Old 
Church  Doctrine  of  the  Trinity. — Sundelin,  p.  152. — 
A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 
First  general  organization  of  the  Universalists  in  America,  (at  Gloucester, 

Mass). 

The  war  of  American  Independence  continues,  with  varying  fortunes. 

Spain    declares   war    against   England.     Gibraltar  is    blockaded   by  the 
French  and  Spanish. 

Close  of  the  war  of  the  Bavarian  succession. 


1780, 


Great  Britain,   London. — Augustus  Nordenskjold 
visits    London,   where   he    meets    Dr.   IMessiter,  and 

receives  from   him  the  preserved   portion  of  the  manuscript  of 

the  Coronis.     He  at  once  puts  this  work  to  the  press. — D.  I  : 

639,  640. 

Plymouth,    October    17. — Death    of  William    Cookworthy. 

See  the  biographies  of  this  early  New  Churchman,  by  Theo- 
dore Compton,  London, 
1895;  by  John  Clowes. 
— /.  1825:  445;  by  C. 
Th.  Odhner.— Z.  1895  : 
86,  90,  and /^.  II:  1172. 
Russia.  —  A  high 
official  at  IMoscow,  'M. 
Djunkovskoy,  with  his 
two  sons,  receives  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church. — /.  1862:  239. 
Sweden.  Gott  en- 
burg. — Death  of  Bishop 
Eric  Lamberg,  the  per- 
secutor of  the  New 
Church.  He  is  the  per- 
son referred  to  in  7.  C. 
R.  m.—L.  1S91  :  54  ; 
D.  II:   1133. 


Gustavus  III. 


lySo—iySi.  115 

Stockholm. — The  Rev.  Olof  Fredell  proclaims  the  New 
Church  Doctrine  of  the  Atonement  before  the  king,  Gustavus 
III,  and  the  whole  court.  The  Archbishop  intends  to  call 
Fredell  to  account,  but  the  latter  is  protected  by  high  patrons, 
and  is  promoted  in  the  Church. — Siindelin,  p.  197. 

Augustus  Nordenskjold,  on  his  return  from  England,  by 
command  of  the  king  establishes  an  alchemistic  laboratory 
near  Stockholm. — D.  I  :  639,  640  ;  Simdeliii,  p.  204. 

Strangnds. — The  Rev.  Johan  Tybeck,  a  lyUtheran  clergy- 
man, receives  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. — D.  II  :   1277. 

PUBI^ICATIONS. 

Swedenborg :    Coronis,    sen  Appendix    ad    Vera^n    Christianam 
Religionevi.     London.     4to.  53  pp. 

First  Latin  edition,  pubHshed  at  the  expense  of 
Augustus  Nordenskjold. — D.  II:  1021. — A.  L. 
[Anonymous] :  Adskillige  Cttriense  AyimcErkjiinger  om  den 
bekjendte  Icerde  Emajiuel  Swedenborg  (Some  curious  ob- 
servations on  the  famous  learned  Em.  Swedenborg;  ex- 
tracted from  his  various  writings).  Copenhagen. — C.  L. 
Emafiuel  Swedenborgs  Epilog2te  zn  de7i  letzteji  Act  der 
Teuffeleien  des  Magister  Kindleben.  ( Swedenborg 's  Epi- 
logue to  the  last  act  of  the  deviltries  of  Master  Kindle- 
ben).    Stockholm.  48  pp. 

A    copy   of    this    foolish    pamphlet  is   preserved   in 
the  Forbes'  Collection  in  New  York. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Orcranization  of  the  "  Free- Will  Baptist"  church  in  America,  by  Benja- 
min Randall,  at  New  Durham,  N.  H. 

Outbreak  of  the  Gordon  "No  popery  "  riots  in  London. 

Death  of  Maria  Theresa.  Her  son,  Joseph  II.,  undertakes  extensive  re- 
forms in  the  Austrian  States. 

England  declares  war  against  Holland. 

Birth  of  William  E.  Channing,  the  leader  of  the  Unitarians  in  America. 

Birth  of  Sir  William  Hamilton,  the  Scottish  Philosopher,  and  of  Thomas 
Chalmer,  the  organizer  of  the  "  Free  Church  of  Scotland." 

I781.  Crreat  Britain.— John  Wesley,  in  the  Arviinian 

Magazine^  publishes  his  slanderous  story  respecting 
Swedenborg-'s  alleged  insanity. — D.  II:  582. 


ii6 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Mr.  James  Glen,  a  Scotchman   settled  at  Demerara,  receives 
the  Heavenly  Doctrines  while  on  a  journey   to  London. — O. 

V:  171;  R.R^V'  17- 

Bolton. — A  few  persons  here  begin  to  hold  meetings  to  read 

the    True   Christian   Religion ;  they   receive  visits   from   Mr. 

Clowes.  Historicals  re-pecting 
the  New  Church  in  Bolton,  in  A, 
I:  137;  R.  P.,  p.  162;  N,  C. 
A.,  1844  :  94. 

lVhitefteld,—'T\iQ  New  Church 
circle  here  is  increasing  in  num- 
bers; regular  Sunday  evening 
meetings  are  held  until  1789. — 
A.l:  318. 

Sweden.  Stockholm. — Augus- 
tus Nordenskjold  begins  to  arrange 
and  bind  Swedenborg's  MSS.  in 
the  Academy  of  Sciences. — D.  I : 


Augustus  Nordenskjold, 


639- 


Publications. 


Swedenborg:  The  True  Christia7i  Religion.  IvOndon.  Phillips. 
2  vols.  4to.  472  pp. 

First  English  Edition,  translated  by  the  Rev.  John 
Clowes;  with  a  preface  containing  a  letter  from  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Hartley.— Z).  II:   1019.— A.  L. 

Knos,  Rev.  A.  O.  :  Embetsbetankaride .  (Official  report  on  Swe- 
denborg's Writings,  and  other  subjects).  Skara. — 
Sun d din,  p.  154. 

M  oiler.  Rev.  Johan  :  Behorigt  svar  (A  necessary  reply  to  un- 
necessary and  unfounded  observations.) 

An  attack  on  Dr.  Knos  and  Swedenborg. — Sundclin, 
p.  154- 

Contemporary  Events. 

Victories    of    the   American   revolutionists.     Surrender    of  Coruwallis — 
Oct.  19. 

The  war  of  England  against  Spain  and  Holland  continues. 


ij8i — 1J82,  117 

Joseph  II.  proclaims  toleratiorx  for  the  Protestants  in  Austria-Hungary; 
he  forbids  the  publication  of  papal  bulls  affecting  politics  in  Germany, 
without  imperial  sanction;  German  bishops  are  declared  independent  of  the 
pope;  the  people  are  permitted  to  read  the  Scriptures;  images  are  removed 
from  the  churches;  pilgrimages  and  processions  are  forbidden;  monks  are 
reduced  in  numbers;  the  pope  vainly  protests  against  these  reforms. 

Publication  of  Kant's  "  Kritik  der  reinen  Vernunft." 

Death  of  Lessing,  and  of  Dr.  Johann  Ernesti,  the  adversary  of  Sweden- 
borg. 

Discovery  of  the  planet  Uranus,  by  Herschel. 


1782  France.     Letter   of  the    Marquis  de  Thome,    a 

'  pronounced    New    Churchman  of    Paris,    to  C.   F. 

Nordenskjold ;  he  criticizes  Abbe  Pernety's  translations  of  the 
Writings.—/).  1 :  637  ;  /.  1870  :   139. 

Germany.  February  10. — Death  of  F.  C.  CEtinger,  Bishop 
ofMurrhard,  in  Wiirtemberg  (born  1702). — D.  II:  1136. 

Berlin. — The  Abbe  Pernety,  Librarian  to  Frederic  III., 
begins  to  publish  the  Writings  in  French.  He  corresponds 
with  C.  F.  Nordenskjold. 

Herr  Theodore  Miillensiefen,  of  Westphalia,  receives  the 
Heavenly  Doctrines. — /.  1863  :  566. 

Great  Britain.  London, — Benedict  Chastanier  begins  to 
publish  F'rench  editions  of  the  Writings  in  London. 

January. — Robert  Hindmarsh  receives  the  Heavenly  Doc- 
trines.— R.  P.,  pp.  10,  II. 

Manchester. — Beginning  of  the  "  Manchester  Printing  So- 
ciety." A  few  gentlemen,  mostly  members  of  Mr.  Clowes'  con- 
gregation, gather  around  the  latter,  to  assist  him  in  the  publi- 
cation of  the  Writings.  Historicals  regarding  the  beginning 
of  this  movement, — /.  1857:  341 ;  R.  P.,  p.  7;  Mess.  vol.  47: 
150. 

Sweden.  Skara. — Death  of  Dr.  Paul  Konrad  Wahlfeldt,  the 
principal  of  the  college  in  Skara,  and  the  chief  leader  of  the 
friends  of  the  New  Church  in  the  province  of  West-Gothland. — 
Simdelin^  p.  124. 

Stockholm.  March. — Carl  Robsahra,  bank  treasurer,  and  an 
intimate  friend  of  Swedenborg,  writes  down  his   "  Memoirs  of 


Il8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Swedenborg,"  at  the  solicitation   of  C.  F.  Nordenskjold. — D. 
I:  48. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  De  la  Nouvelle  Jerusalem  et  de  sa  Doctrine  Celeste. 
London.     211  pp. 

First    French    edition,    translated    and    published   by 
Benedict  Chastanier;  dedicated  to  the  King  of  France. — 
D.  II:   1177.— A.  L. 
Les  Merveilles  du  Ciel  et  de  V Infer.       (The   Wonders  of 
Heaven  and  Hell).     Berlin.     2  vols.     386  pp. 

First  French  edition,  translated  and  published  by  the 
Abbe  Fernet}'.     A  very  untrustworthy  translation. — D. 
II:  981.— A.  L. 
Des  Terrcs  Planctaires  (On  the  earths  in  Universe).     Ber- 
lin.    Published  as  appendix  to  the  foregoing  volume. 

First    French   edition,    translated    and    published    b}^ 
Abbe  Pernety. 
Knos,  Rev,    A.   O.:  N'ddige  Pd^ninnelser   (Necessary  reminders 
in   relation    to  J.    Mbller's  Behbrigt  Svar).     Upsala. — 
Sn7id€lz7i,  p.  154. 

Contemporary  Kvents. 

End  of  the  American  War  of  Independence.  The  British  evacuate  Sa- 
vannah and  Charleston.  Organization  of  the  "  x\ssociate  Reformed  Church  " 
(Presbyterian)  in  America.     Fall  of  the  North  Ministry  in  Great  Britain. 

Eliot  resists  the  French  and  Spanish  bombardment  of  Gibraltar. 

Grattan  and  his  followers  secure  the  independence  of  the  Irish  parlia- 
ment. 

Inquisition,  torture,  and  death  penalty  are  abolished  in  Tuscany  by  Leo- 
pold I. 

Birth  of  Felicite  Lammenais,  the  French  Theologian  and  Philosopher, 
who,  in  1836,  prophesied  the  advent  of  a  "  New  Christianity." 

jyQ^  France.     The  Marquis  de  Thome  is  said  to  have 

^       instituted  a  Masonic  "Swedenborg  Lodge"  in  Paris, 
about  this  time. — Mess.  vol.  28:  237. 

Great  Britain.  London.  January. — Robert  Hindmarsh, 
Peter  Provo,  William  Bonington  and  John  Augustus  Tulk 
begin  to  meet  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Hindmarsh,  in  Clerkenwell 
Close,  for  the  purpose  of  studying  the  Writings  of  the  New 
Church.— i?.  P.,  p.  14. 


i'/82—iy8s.  119 

August. — John  Wesley,  in  the  Arminian  Magazine  {vol.  IV., 
p.  437),  repeats  his  false  reports  about  Swedenborg's  insanity- 

The  slander  was  first  refuted 
by  Mr.  Robert  Beatson  in 
1791. — /.  1821  :  521  ;  D. 
II:  585,  1216. 

December  5.  —  Robert 
Hindmarsh  and  his  associ- 
ates, after  issuing  a  call  for 
a  public  meeting  of  all  the 
friends  and  readers  of  the 
Writings  in  London,  meet 
together  at  the  "  London 
Coffee  House,"  on  Ludgate 
Hill,  but  immediately  ad- 
journ to  the  Queen's  Arms 
Tavern.  Mr.  William 
Robert  Hindmarsh.  Spcucc,  a  surgcou,  is  added 

to  their  number.     This  is  the  first  public    meeting  ever   held 
by  New  Churchmen  in  this  world. — R.  P.  pp.,  14,  15. 

During  the  following  week  a  room  is  engaged  at  the  "  Inner 
Temple,"  near  Fleet  street,  and  an  advertisement  is  inserted  in 
the  daily  papers,  inviting  the  readers  of  Swedenborg  to  attend 
the  proposed  meetings  in  this  place. — R.  P.^  p.  17. 

A  second  meeting  is  held  on  December  12th,  when,  beside 
the  former,  there  are  present  Mr.  James  Glen,  of  Demerara, 
Mr.  Henry  Peckitt  and  the  Rev.  Joshua  Gilpin,  of  London. — 
R.  P.  ibid. 

After  meeting  a  few  times  at  the  "  Inner  Temple,"  the  cir- 
cle takes  up  permanent  quarters  at  the  ''  New  Court,  Middle 
Temple,"  where  a  society  is  organized,  styled  "The  Theosoph- 
ical  Society,  instituted  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  the  Heav- 
enly Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  by  translating,  printing 
and  publishing  the  Theological  Writings  of  the  Hon.  Emanuel 
Swedenborg."  New  members  are  rapidly  added  to  the 
society.— i?.  P.,  p.  23  ;  N,  C.  M.  1883  :   148. 

Among    these   new  members  is   Benedict   Chastanier,  who 


J20  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

had  previously  inserted  an  advertisement  in  the  London  news- 
papers, inviting  the  readers  of  the  Writings  to  meet  at  his 
house,  No.  62  Tottenham  Court  Road. — D.  II :   1177. 

About  this  time  C.  F.  Nordenskjold,  of  Stockholm,  arrives 
in  London,  bringing  with  him  some  of  Swedenborg's  MSS. 
He  connects  himself  with  the  "  Theosophical  Society,"  and 
has  reported  many  interesting  particulars  respecting  the  begin- 
ning of  the  New  Church  in  London. — M.  2iZ  '•  545- 

Radcliffe,  Lancashire. — A  society  for  the  study  of  the  Writ- 
ings is  formed  here  during  the  year. — R.  P.  p.,  200. 

Stockport. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  here  by  Mr.  Rich- 
ard Gill. —  G,  //.,  p.  99. 

Russia. — A  society  of  readers  of  the  Writings  is  formed  at 
Moscow  by  two  young  men.  They  soon  experience  persecu- 
tion from  the  government,  and  but  little  is  heard  of  the  subse- 
quent fate  of  the  movement. — R.  P.,  p.  35;  N.J,  M,  1790: 
177. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  The  Arcadia  Coelestia  or  Heavenly  Mysteries,  which 
are  in  the  Word  of  the  Lord,  Disclosed.  Vol.  I.  London. 
556  pp.     8vo. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  the  Rev.  John 
Clowes,  who  also  translated  all  the  subsequent  volumes 
of  this  edition;  published  by  "  a  society  of  gentlemen  " 
(the  Manchester  Printing  Society).  The  edition  con- 
tains a  preface  by  the  translator,  and  a  portrait  of  Sweden- 
burg.  Some  copies  of  this  volume  bear  "  1784  "  as  the 
year  of  publication.  The  methodical  work  of  the  trans- 
lator is  described  in  /.  1857:  339. — A.  L. 

[Fredell,  Rev.  P.  O.]:  Oneiromantien,  eller  Konsten  att  tyda 
Drdmrnar  (Oneiromancy,  or  the  Art  of  Interpreting 
Dreams).     Stockholm.     290pp.,8vo. — R.  L. 

This  pseudo-New  Church,  m^'stico- Cabbalistic  work 
has  long  but  erroneously  been  ascribed  to  the  pen  of  C. 
F.  Nordenskjold.  It  has  been  described  in  detail  in 
Mess.  1897.     January,  and  kS'?^7z^^//;^  pp.  192,  210. 

Moller,  Rev.  J.:  Behbrig  Granskning  (Due  Examination  of 
the  latest  work  by  Dr.  Knos).     Stockholm. 


1/8 J — 1'/84,  121 

A  further  step  in  the  controversy  between  MoUer 
and  Knoson  the  subjects  of  imputation  and  justification 
by  faith  alone. — Sundelin,  p.  154. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  Peace  of  Versailles,  between  Eugland  and  United  States,  France  and 
Spain— Sept.  3d. 
New  York  is  evacuated  by  the  British. 

Pitt,  the  younger,  becomes  Prime  Minister  of  Great  Britain. 
The  pope  loses  his  sovereign  rights  over  the  kingdom  of  Naples. 
Death  of  D'Alembert,  the  encyclopedist. 


j^Q^  America.      June. — James  Glen,  on   his    return 

'  '  from  London  to  Demerara,  visits  the  United  States 
to  proclaim  the  Gospel  of  the  Second  Advent.  He  lands  first 
in  Philadelphia^  where,  on  June  5th,  he  delivers  a  lecture  on 
the  Science  of  Correspondences,  etc.,  at  Bell's  book  store,  on 
Third  street.  Among  his  hearers,  the  following  become  in- 
terested and  subsequently  embrace  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  : 
Francis  Bailey,  John  Young,  Myers  Fisher  and  Mr.  James 
Vickroy,  of  Johnstown,  Pa. — N.  1 :  71;  M,  44:  289. 

July. — Mr.  Glen,  on  June  nth  and  12th,  delivers  two 
more  lectures  on  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  at  the 
same  place,  and  then  travels  to  Boston^  Mass.,  where  he  lec- 
tures in  the  "  Green  Dragon  Tavern."  Among  his  hearers, 
Mr.  Joseph  Roby,  a  bookseller,  and  Major  Joseph  Hiller,  of 
Salem,  Mass.,  received  the  Doctrines.  Finding  no  further 
encouragement,  Mr.  Glen  returns  to  Demerara. — M.  30 :  391  ; 
J/<?jj.  vol.  47 :  130;  A^.  HI:  230;  L.  1895:  105,  120;  Report 
of  the  Semi- Centennial  Celebration  of  the  Boston  Society^ 
p.  10. 

These  lectures  constitute  the  first  public  proclamation  of  the 
Heavenly  Doctrines,  by  the  living  voice,  in  America  or  any- 
where else  in  the  world. 

October  (?). — Soon  after  Mr.  Glen's  departure  a  box  of  New 
Church  books,  addressed  to  him  by  Robert  Hindmarsh,  ar- 
rives in  Philadelphia.  The  whereabouts  of  Mr.  Glen  being 
unknown,    the  books    are    sold    at    public    auction,    and  the 


122  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Writings  of  the  New  Church  are  thus  introduced  in  America. 
After  a  short  time  some  of  the  readers  of  these  Writings  in 
Philadelphia  begin  to  meet  at  the  house  of  Francis  Bailey  to 
converse  on  the  Doctrines.  Several  other  converts  are  now 
made,  among  these  Miss  Hetty  Barclay,  who  soon  afterwards 
introduces  the  Writings  in  Bedford,  Pa. — N.  I:  71  ;    III:  230. 

Great  Britain.  East  Mailings  Kent.  December  loth. — 
Death  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hartley,  at  the  age  of  77  years. — 
A.  II:  351;  R.P.,^.  21;  0.\\  177;  /.  1850:  209,  400;  D, 
I:    599.     See,  also,  our  biography  in  L.  1895:   135,  151,  159. 

Lojido7i.  January  15. — The  '' Theosophical  Society"  issues 
an  address  "  to  the  christian  world  at  large,  but  especially  to 
the  clergy,"  calling  attention  to  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church  and  to  the  objects  of  the  Society. — R.  P.^  p.  24. 

Meetings  of  the  Society  are  held  every  Thursday  evening 
and,  later  on,  also  on  Sunday  evenings. — R.  P.,  p.  25. 

February  11. — Letter  from  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hartley  to 
Peter  Provo,  expressing  good  wishes  for  the  Society's  objects. — 
N.  C.  M.  1885:  389. 

Whitefteld^  Lancashire.  September. — x\  New  Church  Sun- 
day-school— the  first  ever  established — is  instituted  here. — A. 
I:  318;  /.  1871:   160. 

Sweden.  Gottenburg. — Death  of  Dean  Olof  A.  Ekebom, 
the  leader  in  the  persecution  against  Dr.  Beyer  and  Dr. 
Rosen. — D.  II:   1133. 

Stockholm. — Nordenskjold  and  Halldin  begin  to  publish  a 
weekly  evening  paper,  called  Aftonbladet^  in  which  they 
openly  announce  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church.  The 
Lutheran  clergy,  at  the  strong  recommendation  of  influen- 
tial persons  at  the  Court,  at.  first  favor  the  journal,  but  be- 
come very  angry  when  a  translation  of  the  Doctrine  of 
Charity  begins  to  appear  in  the  columns. — Sundelin^  p. 
209. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:    Arcana   Ccslestia,   vol.    II.     London.     R.    Hind- 
marsh.     570  pp.     F'irst  English  edition. — A.  L. 


1784-  123 

A  Theosophic  Treatise  on  the  Nature  of  Influx.     London. 
Hindmarsh.     44  pp.  8vo. 

Second  English  edition,  with  a  preface  containing  a 
translation  of  Sandel's  Euloguwi  and  other  biographi- 
cal documents  respecting  Swedenborg. — A.  L. 
Clavis  Hicroglyphica  arca?iorum  nattcralium  ct  spirituali- 
um  (Hieroglyphic  Key  to  the  arcana  of  natural  and 
spiritual  things).     London.     Hindmarsh.     4to. 

First  Latin  edition,  edited  and  published  by  R.  Hind- 
marsh, at  his  own  expense,  from  a  cop}^  of  the  original 
MS.,  taken  to  England  by  C.  F.  Nordenskjold.— A.  L. 
Die  Wahre  Christliche  Religion  (The  True  Christian  Relig- 
ion).    Altenburg.     3  vols  ,  8vo. 

First  German   edition,   translated   by  Mr.  Cude. — L. 
1891:  85.— A.  L. 
On  Heaven  and  Hell.     London.     Hindmarsh.     4to. 

Second   English   edition,    reprinted    from    edition   of 
1778;  pubHshed  by  the  Theosophical  Society. — A.  L. 
On  the  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.    London. 
Hindmarsh. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Peter  Provo  and 
R.  Hindmarsh,  and  published  at  the  expense  of  the 
Manchester  Printing  Society. — R.  P.  Appendix.  D.  II: 
982. 
Summaria  Expositio  Sensus  Interni  Librorum  Prophetico- 
rum  et  Psalmorum  Davidis  (A  Summary  Exposition  of 
the  Internal  Sense  of  the  Prophets  and  Psalms).  Lon- 
don.     103  pp.  4to. 

First  Latin  edition,  edited  and  published  by  R.  Hind- 
marsh, at  his  own  expense,  from  a  copy  of  the  original 
MS.,  taken  to  London  by  C.  F.  Nordenskjold. — L. 
1893:  26.— A.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusale7n  Concernijig  the  Lord. 
London.     Hindmarsh.     92  pp.  8vo. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Peter  Provo  and 
published  by  the  Theosophical  Society. — D.  II:  995. — 
A.  L. 
Traits  Curieux  des  Charms  de  V Ainour  Conjugal  (A  Cu- 
rious Treatise  on  the  Delights  of  Conjugal  Love).  Ber- 
lin.    206  pp.,  small  8vo. 


124  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

A  fragmentary  and  faulty  translation  of  selected  pas- 
sages from  Co7iJ2igial  Love,  by  "  M.  de  Brumore,"  with 
a  dedicatory  preface,  addressed  to  Prince  Henry  of  Prus- 
sia.— L.  1892:  26;  N.  C.  M.  1890;  534.— A.  L. 
Vo77i  Himmel  imd  von  der  H'dlle  (On  Heaven  and  Hell). 
Altenburg.     8vo. 

Second  German  edition. — T.  M.  II:   103. — A.  L. 
[Anonymous]:    The  Scriptw-e  Doctrine  of  the  Trinity,   Vindicated 
According  to  the   Principles  of  the  Illuminated  Emanuel 
Swedejiborg .     Occasioned  by  a  sermon  of  the  Rev.  Cor- 
nelius Bayley,  of  St.  James,   Manchester,  in  which  the 
Heavenly  Doctrines  are  attacked. 
Mentioned  in  R.  P.,  p.  136. 
[Nordenskjold,  Augustus]:  Aftonbladet  (The  Evening  News). 
Stockholm.— i^.  L. 

A  weekly  journal,  the  first  "  Swedenborgian  "  peri- 
odical ever  published.  Owing  to  clerical  opposition,  it  is 
suspended  after  eight  months. — SimdcliJi,  p.  209;  Mess. 
1896.  December. 
Sandels,  Samuel:  A71  Eulogiiim  on  the  lately  deceased  Emanuel 
Swedejiborg.     London.     Hindmarsh.     47  pp. 

First   English   edition,     translated    from    the   faulty 
French  version  of  Abbe  Pernety. — B.  L. 

CONTKMPORARY  EVENTS. 

Organization  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  America.  Wesley 
consecrates  Rev.  Thomas  Coke,  who,  in  the  same  year,  consecrates  the  Rev. 
Francis  Asbury  the  first  bishop  of  the  American  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church. 

The  Sunday  School  movement  is  first  set  on  foot  by  Robert  Raikes. 

Death  of  vSamuel  Johnson  and  of  Diderot. 


jygr  America.     Lancaster,  Pa. — The  Heavenly  Doc- 

^  trines  are  introduced  here  by  Mr.  William  Reichen- 
bach,  from  Saxony. — Mess.  vol.  34,  p.  70.  Historicals  respect- 
ing the  rise  of  the  New  Church  in  Lancaster, — N.  II  :    40-47. 

Nozja  Scotia. — A  New  Church  Circle  is  formed  at  Halifax, 
under  the  leadership  of  Dr.  Joseph  Russell. — M.  44  :   280. 

France.     Paris. — A  small  circle  of  New  Churchmen  in  this 


1^84—17^5'  125 

city  is  active  in  translating  and  publishing  the  Writings  in 
French.  Moet,  Royal  Librarian  at  Versailles,  is  said  to  have 
been  offered  30,000  livres  for  his  MS  translations  of  the  Writ- 
ings, by  Gustavus  III.,  of  Sweden.  M.  Perault  is  another  able 
French  translator. — R.  /^.,  p.  181. 

August  4. — The  Marquis  de  Thome,  in  a  letter  to  the 
Journal  Encyclopedique^  calls  attention  to  Swedenborg's  theory 
of  the  magnet,  and  to  his  scientific  and  philosophical  merits 
in  general. — /.  II:  191;  M.  12:311  ;  29:  296. 

Jean  Frederic  Oberlin,  the  celebrated  pastor  and  philanthro- 
pist at  Ban  de  la  Roche,  receives  the  doctrines  about  this 
time. — M.  13  :  266. 

Great  Britain.  Eccles^  Lancashire. — A  circle  of  readers 
is  formed  here.  The  history  of  the  society,  until  18 12,  is  pub- 
lished in  /.  1 :  92 ;  M.  K.  1 :  461. 

London. — The  receivers  of  the  Doctrines  generally  attend  the 
services  of  the  Rev.  Jacob  Duche,  at  the  "  Asylum,"  in  St. 
George's  Field,  and  meet  often  at  his  house  for  social  inter- 
course, on  Sunday  evenings. — R,  P.\  40. 

Messrs.  Peckitt,  Spence,  Hindmarsh,  iVdams,  and  Chastanier 
begin  to  edit  and  publish  a  Latin  edition  of  the  Apocalypsis 
Explicata^  from  the  original  MS.,  which  had  been  brought 
from  Sweden  by  C.  F.  Nordenskjold.  While  Vol.  I.  is  being 
printed,  the  MS.  is  most  wonderfully  preserved  from  destruc- 
tion in  the  fire  which  consumed  Mr.  Peckitt's  house  and 
library. — R.  P.,  32. 

August  22. — Extraordinary  meeting  of  the  "  Theosophical 
Society."  The  name  of  the  Society  is  changed  to  "The 
British  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Doctrines  of  the 
New  Church  "  ;  foreign  members  are  admitted,  among  these 
Mr.  William  Gomm,  and  M.  Pierre  F.  Gosse,  a  publisher  at 
The  Hague.  The  Marquis  de  Thome  is  present  at  the  meet- 
ing.— Gosse's  "  Portfeuille  dUni  Ancien  Typographe^^^  p.  2. 

September. — Letter  from  a  Swedish  traveller,  describing  the 
new  society:  Dr.  Peckitt  is  president,  Mr.  J.  J.  Prichard,  secre- 
tary, and  Mr.  Thomas  Wright,  treasurer  ;  each  member  pays 


126  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

an  annual  fee  of  £^. —  Uppfostrings  Sdllskapets  Allmanna 
Tid7tmgar^  1787,  p.  212. 

November  24. — Robert  Hindmarsh  visits  Richard  Shear- 
smith  and  obtains  from  him  an  affidavit  re^-arding  Sweden- 
borg's  last  hours,  totally  refuting  the  false  report  referred  to 
by  Mr.  Go  mm. — R.  P.:  37. 

Death  of  Dr.  Henry  ]\Iessiter,  Swedenborg's  physician  and 
friend. — D,  1 :  601 ;  II :   535. 

Death  of  the  Rev.  John  Fletcher,  the  celebrated  philanthro- 
pist and  vicar  of  Madeley,  in  Shropshire. — R.P. :  66.  He  had 
introduced  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  to  Mr.  Joseph  Salmon, 
who,  together  with  Mr.  Ralph  Mather,  at  this  time  begins  to 
preach  the  doctrines  in  the  open  air  in  London,  Salisbury, 
Bristol,  and  other  places. — R.  P.:  65  ;  L.  1896:   154. 

Worseley. — The  doctrines  introduced  here  by  Mr.  Thomas 
Berry. — G.  H.:  102. 

Holland.  The  Hague,  October  14. — Letter  to  Hind- 
marsh  from  Mr.  William  Gomm,  Secretary  of  the  British  Em- 
bassy, inquiring  into  the  truth  of  a  report  that  Swedenborg,  a 
short  time  before  his  death,  had  retracted  all  that  he  had 
written. — R.  P.,  p.  36;   M.  K.  II  :  296;  L.  1890:  217. 

Sweden. — Letter  from  Christian  Johansen,  of  Eskilstuna, 
to  Swedenborg's  nephew.  Bishop  C.  J.  Benzelius,  giving  an 
account  of  the  final  fate  of  the  confiscated  copies  of  Conjugial 
Love. — D.  II:  710. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  Apocalypsis  ExpUcata  secundum  sensu7n  spiritu- 
alem  ubi  revelantur  A^xana  qucB  ibi  prcedida  et  hadcnus 
recondita  fueritnt  (The  Apocalypse  explained,  according 
to  the  spiritual  sense,  in  which  are  revealed  the  Arcana, 
which  there  are  foretold,  and  hitherto  have  been 
hidden).   Vol.  I.   London.   R.  Hindmarsh.   4to. 

First  Latin  edition,  published  at  the  expense  of  Mr. 
Henry  Peckitt.— A.  L. 
A  Summary    View  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrine  of  the  New 
ferusalem  (Selections  from  the  T7'ue  ChristiaJi  Religion^. 
London.   Hindmarsh.    152  pp. — x\.  L. 


1785.  127 

Du  Commerce  de  P A?ne  et  die  Corps  (The   Intercourse  be- 
tween the  Soul  and  the  Body).   Paris.   73  pp. 

First   French  edition,  translated  by   M.    Perault.      A 
second  edition  is  republished  at  I^ondon,  the  same  year, 
by  Benedict  Chastanier. — A.  L. 
Dii  Cheval  Blanc  {0\\  the  White  Horse).     Paris.     10  pp. 
Published  as  an  appendix  to  the  foregoing  volume. — 
L.  1890,  p.  201. — A.  L. 
Questiones  Novem  de  Trinitate  (Nine  questions  respecting 
the  Trinity).   London.   R.  Hindmarsh.   8  pp.  4to. 
First  Latin  edition.— i^.  P.  App.—K.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  Life  for  the  New  Jerusalem.  London.  R. 
Hindmarsh. 

Second  English  edition, translated  by  Rev.  John  Clowes, 
with  a  preface  by  Rev.  Jacob  Duche;  published  at  the 
expense  of  the  Manchester  Printing  Society. — R.  P.,  p. 
40;  M.  38  :  615. 
The  Neiv  Jcnisale^n  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.  London. 
Hindmarsh.   347  pp. 

Second  English  edition,  with  a  portrait  of  Sweden- 
borg;  published  by  the  Theosophical  Society. — A.  L. 
Bayley,  Rev.  Cornelius  (Incumbent  of  St.  James,  Manchester): 
The  Swedenborgian  Doctrine  of  a  Divijie  Trijiity  con- 
sidered;  or,  strictures  07i  a  late  publication  entitled  *  The 
Scriptural  Doctrine  of  a  Trinity  Vindicated. '  (Warring- 
ton. W.  Eyres.  91  pp. — R.  P.,  p.  136. — B.  L. 

This   is  the   first   systematic   attack   upon   the  New 
Church  in  the  English  tongue. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John  :  An  Affectio7tate  Address  to  the   Clergy  of 
the    Uiiited  Kijigdom,    on    the    Theological    Writings    of 
E7na7iuel  Sivedejiborg .     Manchester. 

This  is  the  probable  date  of  the  first  edition  of  this  im- 
portant pamphlet,  which  has  been  republished  very 
many  times.  We  have  never  seen  a  copy  of  the  first 
edition. 
Hindmarsh,  Robert  :  A  Catalogue  of  the  printed  aiid  unprinted 
works  of  Eniannel  Szcedenboig ,  in  Chronological  order. 
London.     Mentioned  in  /.  1870,  p.  138. 


128  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Salmon,  J.  Joseph  W.:     The  Robes  of  the  Saints  washed  in  the 
Blood  of  the  Lamb.   Leeds.  J.  Bowling.   40  pp. 

A  funeral  discourse,  on  the  death  of   Mrs.  Salmon. — 
A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 
Further  organization  of  the  Universalists  in    America,  by  the  Rev.  John 
Murray,  at  Oxford,  Mass. 
First  convention  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  America  (Philadelphia). 
Dr.  Seabury,  of  Connecticut,  while  on  a   visit  to   Great  Britain,  receives 
consecration  from  the  Scottish-nonjuring  bishops,  the  English  bishops  re- 
fusing to  consecrate  American  bishops. 

1786  France.     A  secret,  pseudo  New  Church  Society  is 

formed  at  Avig^non,  under  the  name  ^^  Academie  on 
Societe  des  Illiimiiies  a) Avignoii^^^  and  under  the  leadership  of 
the  Abbe  Pernety.  Their  tenets  are  a  mixture  of  Free- 
Masonry,  spiritism  and  Jesuitism,  with  the  doctrines  of  Saint 
Martin  and  of  Swedenborg.  Their  members  pretend  to  be 
Newchurchmen,  and  send  out  emissaries  to  various  parts  of 
the  world. — Kahl.  IV.  pp.  83,  84;  N.  J.  M.^  1790,  p.  175. 

Great  Britain.  Liverpool. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced 
here  by  Ralph  Mather  and  Joseph  W.  Salmon;  they  preach 
first  in  the  open  air,  and  afterwards  hire  a  school  room  in 
Lancelot's  Hey. —  G.  H.  p.  60. 

London, — Rev.  James  Hindmarsh,  a  Wesleyan  preacher, 
receives  the  Doctrines  through  his  son,  Robert  Hindmarsh. — 
A'.  P.  59. 

James  Hindmarsh  introduces  the  Doctrines  to  Rev.  Isaac 
Hawkins,  another  Methodist  minister,  who  opens  his  house  in 
Bunhill  Row,  Moorfields,  for  the  public  reading  of  Sweden- 
borg's  Writings,  on  Sunday  evenings.  Mr.  Hawkins  is  called 
to  account  by  John  Wesley  for  these  proceedings,  and  is  forth- 
with expelled  from  the  Wesleyan  connection. —  G.  H.  11;  R, 
P.  262;  /.  1820:  265;   1847:   160;  N.  C.  R.  1851:   100. 

The  New  Church  in  London  at  this  time,  is  visited  by  a 
mysterious  Polish  nobleman,  the  "Count  Grabianka,"  an 
emissary  from  the  Society  in  Avignon.  He  creates  great  ex- 
citement among  the  New  Church  people,  whom  he  secretly, 
though  vainly,  endeavors  to  lead  into  his  mystical  connection. 
—A.  P.  41. 


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1786.  129 

Manchester^  August  26. — Formal  establishment  of  "The 
Manchester  Society  for  Printing  and  Publishing  the  Theo- 
logical Writings  of  the  Hon.  Emanuel  Swedenborg ;"  the  Rev. 
John  Clowes  is  chosen  president,  Mr.  Richard  Meadowcroft, 
treasurer,  and  Mr.  George  Holford,  secretary ;  among  the  more 
prominent  members  are  Messrs.  Sterndale,  F'ogg,  Holt,  Cromp- 
tom,  Alsager,  Mayhall,  Whitehead  and  others. — /.  1857:  342. 

Sweden.  Skara^  April  5. — Rev.  Anders  Levren  is  tried 
for  Swedenborgian  "hersey"  by  the  consistory  of  Skara;  he 
defends  himself  bravely,  and  is  protected  from  further  persecu- 
tion by  the  influence  of  Dean  A.  O.  Knos. — Siindelin^  p.  180. 

Stockholm^  November  i. — Charles  Frederick  Nordenskjold 
and  Charles  B.  Wadstrom  organize  "The  Exegetic- Philan- 
thropic Society,"  for  the  distinct  purpose  of  publishing  the 
writings  of  Swedenborg  in  Swedish,  Latin,  French  and  other 
languages.  Through  the  influence  of  Count  von  Hopken  and 
other  magnates  at  the  Court  of  Gustavus  IH,  a  great  number 
of  men  of  rank  and  distinction  join  the  society.  Among  the 
members  are  Baron  Liljencrantz,  the  first  president  of  the 
society.  Count  Ekeblad,  first  lord  of  the  bedchamber,  Colonel 
Faltstjerna,  Bank  Commissary  Robsahm,  Baron  Lejonhufvud, 
Baron  Silfverhjelm,  Baron  Palmquist,  Royal  Secretary 
Ivcjonmarck,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sturzenbecker,  Professor 
Afzelius,  Rev.  Johan  Tybeck,  Assessor  Bergklint,  Lieutenant 
Gyllenhaal  and  others.  Among  the  foreign  honorary  members 
were  counted  Prince  Charles  of  Hesse,  Governor  of  Schleswig 
and  brother-in-law  of  Gustavus  HI.,  General  Tuxen,  in  Den- 
mark, Bishop  Schiermayer,  of  Lubeck,  Marquis  de  Thome,  of 
Paris,  and  a  great  number  of  other  distinguished  men. — 
Sitndelin  212-214.  See  also  our  history  of  the  society,  in 
Mess.  1897.   (Jan.) 

Upsala.  — Death  of  the  Rev.  C.  F.  Mennander,  the  archbishop 
of  Sweden.  He  was  one  of  Swedenborg's  most  trusted  friends, 
and,  it  seems,  a  receiver  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. — D.  II : 
1135. 


30 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Publications. 


Swedenborg:    Du  del  et  de  V Enfer  (On   Heaven    and   Hell). 
Berlin,  2  vols. 

Pernet3^'s  translation;  second  French  edition. — R.  ly. 
Du  Divhie  Amour  et  de  la  Divine  Sag  esse  (On  the  Divine 
lyove  and  Wisdom).     Lyons.     2  vols.  479  pp. 

First  French  edition;  translated  and  published  by 
Pernety. — A.  I,. 
Ema7iuel  Swedejiborgs  Revision  der  bisherigeri  Theologie 
(Swedenborg' s  revision  of  the  hitherto  prevailing  the- 
ology [=  '  *  A  Brief  Exposition  of  the  Doctrine  of  the 
New  Church"]  ). — Breslau.   Lowe. 

First  German  edition;  translator  unknown;  the  volume 
contains  an    excellent    preface,    defending   Swedenborg 
against  Immanuel  Kant's  malevolent  vituperations. — T. 
M.  104;  D.  II:   1004. — A.  L. 
Nine  Questions  Concerni?ig  the    Trinity.     London.     Hind- 
marsh.     First  English  edition. — D.  II:   10 12. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Co7icerning  the  Lord. 
London.    Hindmarsh.   Second  English  edition,  corrected 
and  published  by  Mr.  George  x'Vdams. — D.  II:  995. 
The  Doctri?ie  of  the  New  ferusale?n  Concerning  the  Sacred 
Scripture.    London.    Hindmarsh.    First  English  edition, 
translated  and  published  by  Mr.  Peter  Provo. — D.   II: 
996. 
The     True     Christiaji    Religion.      London.      Hindmarsh. 
I  vol.     4to.     Second  English  edition. — A,  L. 
Chastanier,    Benedict:      Tableau   atialytique   et   raisonne  de  la 
Doctrine  Celeste  de  V  Eg  Use   de  la   Nouvelle    ferusalem. 
(An  analytical  and  rational   summary  of  the  Heavenly 
Doctrine   of    the   New   Jerusalem    Church.)     London. 
Dedicated  to  the  archbishop  of  Paris. — D.  II:    1177. 
Clowes,    Rev.  John:      The  Necessity,   Nature,  and  Man?ier  of 
Spiritual  Purification.     (Four  sermons  on  Isaiah  I  :  16.) 
Manchester. — B.  M. 
The  true  Christian' s  progress  to  Perfection,  ivith  particular 
applicatio7i   to  the  two   Sacra7ne7its  of  Baptis77i  and  the 
Lord' s  Slipper.     Manchester.     48  pp. — B.  M. 


lySd—iySy.  131 

Johansen,    Christian:      Grimder    for     ett    vacklande    Fbrnuft. 
(Foundation   for   a   doubting    Intellect,  occasioned   by    a 
newly  revealed,  improved  Religion.)      Skara.     8  pp. — 
R.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Outbreak  of  Shay's  rebellion  in  Massachusetts. 

The  Roman  Catholic  archbishops  of  Germany  hold  a  congress  at  Ems,  in 
order  to  adopt  measures  for  the  emancipation  of  the  Church  in  Germany 
from  papal  encroachments  and  usurpations.  The  pope  foments  jealousy  be- 
tween the  bishops  and  the  archbishops,  and  thus  frustrates  the  reformatory 
movement. 

Death  of  Frederick  the  Great. 

Death  of  Moses  Mendelssohn,  the  great  Jewish  philosopher. 


1787  America.    Philadelphia. — Francis  Bailey  prints  A 

'  '  Summary  Viezv  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines.,  the 
first  New  Church  work  published  in  America ;  it  is  distributed 
gratuitously,  as  an  introduction  to  the  further  publication 
which  Mr.  Bailey  had  in  view. — A^.  I  :  539. 

France.  Avignon,  February  24. — The  Count  "Thadee 
Lenige  Grabienska,  Staroste  de  Liys,"  in  a  letter  to  T.  F. 
Gosse,  of  the  Hague,  imparts  some  of  the  pretended  mysteries 
of  the  Avignon  Society  of  Illuminati.  The  letter  is  filled  with 
nonsense,  and  is  published  in  Gosse's  Portfenille,  p.  80. 

Great  Britain.  London,  April  19. — A  number  of  the  mem- 
bers of  "  the  British  Society"  (see  1785)  submit  a  proposition 
for  opening  a  place  of  worship  for  the  New  Church.  The 
proposition  is  negatived  by  a  small  majority  on  the  ground 
that  the  proper  time  had  not  yet  arrived  for  separating  from 
the  Old  Church.  The  minority  begin  to  associate  in  a  new 
society,  without,  however,  discontinuing  their  meetings  with 
the  old  society.  About  this  time  the  Rev.  John  Clowes  visits 
London  in  order  to  dissuade  the  receivers  from  any  attempt  to 
establish  a  separate  worship.  The  continued  discussions  lead 
to  some  bitterness  between  the  two  parties. — R,  P.  54,  55. 

May  7. — The  friends  of  the  separate  establishment  of  the 
New  Church  meet  at  New  Court,  "Middle  Temple,  and- organ- 
ize a  new  society  with  the  name,   "The  Society  for  promoting 


132  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

the  Heavenly  Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church."  It  is 
resolved  to  engage  a  suitable  chapel  for  worship  at  the  first  op- 
portunity. A  committee  is  appointed  to  formulate  rules  and 
regulations.  This  is  the  opening  date  in  the  minute  book  of 
what  was  afterwards  known  as  the  "East  Cheap  Society." — 
R.  P.  55  ;  /.  1873  :  237;  .V.  C.  R.  VI:  543- 

July  2. — The  new  society  adopts  its  first  constitution.  The 
design  of  the  Society  is  declared  to  be  "  to  promote  the  knowl- 
edge and  practice  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines"  by  meetings  for 
the  reading  and  conversing  on  the  writings  of  Swedenborg. 
New  members  are  admitted  only  by  a  unanimous  vote.  Weekly 
meetings  are  henceforth  held  at  the  houses  of  the  members. — 
R.  R  56. 

July  29. — A  select  meeting  of  members  of  the  new  society 
adopts  a  declaration  of  principles,  affirming  that  "introduction 
into  the  New  Church  is  solely  through  the  spiritual  corre- 
spondent, Baptism^  performed  in  that  church,"  and  that  "con- 
junction with  the  Lord,  and  consociation  with  the  angels  of 
the  New  Heavens,  are  effected  by  the  Holy  Suppei-^  taken  in 
the  New  Churchy  according  to  its  heavenly  and  Divine  cor- 
respondences."— R.  P.  58. 

July  31. — The  first  meeting  for  worship,  according  to  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  is  held  at  the  house  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Wright,  No.  6  Poultry  road.  Mr.  James  Hindmarsh 
is  chosen  by  lot  to  officiate  in  the  place  of  a  priest ;  the  Sacra- 
ment of  the  Holy  Supper  is  then  administered  to  elev^en  per- 
sons, after  which  five  others  are  baptized  into  the  faith  of  the 
New  Church.  Robert  Hindmarsh  is  the  first  person  thus  bap- 
tized.—/?.  P,  58  ;  /.  1873  :  237. 

The  communion  cup  used  on  this  occasion  is  still  used  at 
the  Holy  Supper  by  the  society  at  Argyle  Square.  London. — 
M.  L.   1887:  285. 

On  the  same  day  a  "Dissenters'  License"  is  procured  from 
the  Government  for  the  new  religious  community. — R.  P.  61. 

October  3. — The  new  society  resolves  to  rent  a  chapel  in 
Great  East  Cheap.  Robert  Hindmarsh  composes  the  first  New 
Church  Liturgy. — N.  J.  J.  43. 


17^1'  133 

November  5. — The  society  takes  possession  of  the  chapel  in 
Great  East  Cheap.— i^.  P.  59. 

Manchester^  November  14. — Rev.  John  Clowes,  and  his  as- 
sociates, address  a  letter  to  the  society  in  Great  East  Cheap, 
urgently  advising  against  separation  from  the  established 
church. — R.  P.  75 ;  the  text  of  the  letter  is  published  in  Comp- 
ton's  Life  of  Clozves^  p.  48. 

Salisbury. — Ralph  Mather  and  Joseph  Salmon,  the  New 
Church  open-air  evangelists,  preach  on  Milford  Hill  and  in  the 
market  place  of  this  town.  A  number  of  persons  receive  the 
Doctrines,  among  these  Benjamin  Banks  and  Thomas  Davies. 
A  reading  society  is  established,  and  the  Writings  of  Sweden- 
borg  are  read  aloud,  publicly,  three  times  every  Sabbath  day. — 
G,  H.  97;  further  historical,  /.  187 1  :  303. 

Sweden.  Gottenbitrg, — Death  of  Peter  Hammarberg  and  of 
the  Councillor  Wenngren,  both  of  them  wealthy  merchants  of 
Gottenburg,  intimate  friends  of  Swedenborg  and  firm  receivers 
of  the  Doctrines. — D.  II:  1144. 

Stockholm^  January. — The  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society 
begins  to  publish  a  quarterly  magazine,  the  Samlingar  for 
Philantroper^  the  first  distinctively  New  Church  journal  ever 
issued.  The  publication  excites  the  wrath  of  the  famous  poet, 
J.  H.  Kellgren,  who  attacks  the  society  in  his  journal.  Stock- 
holms  Posten.  A  violent  newspaper  controversy  ensues,  pro 
and  con  Swedenborg  and  his  Writings. — Kahl^  III:  78-101  ; 
Sundelin^  p.  231-237;  il/^j>^\,  Jan.,  1897. 

May. — The  king  sends  C.  B.  Wadstrom,  at  the  head  of  a 
scientific  expedition,  to  explore  the  western  coast  of  Africa, 
with  a  view  to  prepare  the  way  for  a  Swedish  colony,  the  main 
object  of  which  should  be  to  operate  against  the  slave-trade. — 
N.  J,  M.  1790:  72;  Siindelin^  p.  260. 

June. — The  society  is  now  at  the  zenith  of  its  activity,  with  a 
membership  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  persons,  nearly  all  of  these 
distinguished  men.  The  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly 
Doctrine  has  been  published,  as  the  firstling  of  the  Writings 
in  Swedish,  and  a  great  number  of  other  translations  are  being 
revised  by  the  society.     A  printing  office  is  about  to  be  estab- 


134  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

lished  in  conjunction  with  that  of  the  Free  Masons;  favored  by 
the  king,  the  crown-prince  and  the  archbishop,  the  members 
of  the  societ}^  dream  of  speedily  converting  the  whole  nation 
to  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. — Siuidelin^  p.  216. 

About  this  time  the  members  of  the  society  begin  to  be 
much  interested  in  the  phenomena  and  practices  of  animal 
magnetism,  then  fashionable  at  most  of  the  European  courts. 
A  rational  and  favorable  explanation  of  these  phenomena  is 
thought  to  have  been  found  in  the  Writings  of  Swedenborg. 
Sick  persons  are  introduced  at  the  meetings  and  treated  by 
mesmeric  methods.  Intercourse  with  the  spiritual  world  is 
sought  by  magical  means.  C.  F.  Nordenskjold,  Bergklint,  and 
a  few  others,  protest  earnestly,  but  in  vain,  against  these  spirit- 
istic practices. — Sundelin^  p.  217,  244;  Mess. ^  Ja.n.^  1S97. 

June  19. — The  society  issues  a  circular  letter  in  Swedish  and 
in  French,  claiming  to  present  the  only  satisfactory  explana- 
tion of  "animal  magnetism  and  somnambulism."  The  letter 
is  sent  broadcast  over  Europe  to  men  and  institutions  of  learn- 
ing, and  excites  much  opposition  and  ridicule. — Gjorwell's 
Allmanna  Tidningar^  ^I'^l  \  vol.  3:  p.  55. 

June  26. — The  publications  of  the  society  having  been 
issued  in  defiance  of  the  law,  the  Consistory  of  Stockholm 
complains  to  the  Chancellor  of  Justice.  The  authorities  at 
first  disregard  the  complaints,  but  are  finally  forced  by  the 
clergy  to  forbid  the  further  publications  of  the  Exegetic- 
Philanthropic  Society.  The  writings  are  henceforth  printed 
in  Copenhagen  and  secretly  introduced  into  Sweden. — Sim- 
delin.  pp.  244-247. 

July. — Kellgren,  in  a  satirical  poem  against  Swedenborg  and 
the  New  Church,  warns  the  king  against  the  possible  revolu- 
tionary tendencies  of  the  society.  The  king,  regarding  with 
suspicion  the  intimate  relations  between  the  society  and  his 
brother,  the  Crown-Prince  Charles,  now  withdraws  his  protec- 
tion from  the  society. — Sundclm.  p.  238. 

August. — Kellgren,  though  an  open  atheist  and  revilei"  of 
all   religion,   calls   upon   the   legal   authorities   to   punish   the 


^7^7'  135 

Swedenborgians  for  their  attacks  upon  Lutheran  orthodoxy. — 
Ibid.  p.  240. 

August  29. — The  crown-prince  (afterwards  Charles  XIII., 
king  of  Sweden)  is  formally  received  as  a  member  of  the 
Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society ;  his  address  on  this  occasion  is 
published  in  A^. /.  A/.  1790:  179.  See  also  Sundelin^  215, 
and  Mess.  1897.  Jan. 


Charles  XIII. 


Publications. 


Swedenborg:  Afhajidling  om  Nya  Jerusalem  och  dess  Him- 
melska  Lara  (Treatise  on  the  New  Jerusalem  and  its 
Heavenly  Doctrine).  Stockholm.  Nordstrom,  284  pp. 
The  first  Swedish  edition  and  the  first  of  the  Writings 
in  Swedish;  translated  by  C.  F.  Nordenskjold  and  pub- 
lished by  the  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society. — A.  L. 
Apocalypsis  Explicata.  Vol,  II.  London.  Hindmarsh. 
4to. 

First  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 
A   Summary    Vieiv  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrine  of  the  New 
Jerusalem  Church   (Extracts  from    the    True    Christian 
Religion).     Philadelphia.      Francis  Bailey.      76  pp. 
Republished  from  the  London  edition  of  1785;  this  is 


136 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

the  first  New  Church  work  pubHshed  in  America. — A.  ly. 

Doctri7ie  de  la  Nouvelle  Jh'usalem  du  Seigneur  (Doctrine 

of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Lord).     London. 

First  French    edition,  translated    and    published   by 

Benedict  Chastenier. — A.  L. 

Du  Dernier  Jugement  et  de  la  Baby  lone  Detruife  (On  the 

Last    Judgement).      With    Co7iti7iuation  du   Jugement 

Dernier  as  an  appendix.   Also  27  pages  "  On  the  Soul," 

from   A.  E.    750,   and    numerous  notes  by  the   editor. 

London. — 371  pp. 

First  French    edition;     translated    and  published  by 
Benedict  Chastanier. — A.  L. 
Eniaiiuel  Swedeiiborgs    Tankar  07n    Tron    (Swedenborg's 
Thoughts  on  the  subject  of  Faith,  /.  e.,  part  of  the  Doc- 
trine concerning  Faith).     Stockholm. — Nordstrom.     67 
pp. 

First  Swedish  edition;  republished  from  Samlingar  for 
Philantroper. — B.  L. 
Extracts  froin  the  Manuscripts  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg 
071  the  Love  of  Uses,  on  Charity,  etc.  London. — Hind- 
marsh.  II  pp. — R.  L. 
O71  the  Ea7'ths  i7i  our  Solar  System.  London. — Hind- 
marsh.   211  pp. 

First   English   edition,  translated  by  Mr.  Clowes   and 
published   at   the  expense  of  the    Manchester  Printing 
Society. — A.  L. 
O71    the    New    ferusale77i    a7id     its    Heavenly     Doctrine. 
London. 

Described  as  the  "  fourth"  English  edition  in  B.  I. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  the  Nezv  ferusaleni  concer7ii7ig  the  Sacred 
Scripture.     London. — Hindmarsh.      173  pp. 

Second   English   edition;  a   reprint  of  the  edition  of 
1786.— B.  L. 
Traits  de  la    Vie  pour  la  Nouvelle  ferusalein    (Doctrine 
of  Life).     London.  —  115  pp. 

First    French    edition,   translated    and    published  by 
Chastanier.— N.  Y.  L. 
Utdrag  af  Ndgra  Bref  af  Ei7ia7iuel  Swede7iborg  (Sweden- 
borg's  correspondence    with    Dr.    Be3'er,   Oetinger   and 
others).     Stockholm. — Nordstrom.     34  pp. 


1787.  137 

This  is  the  only  publication  of  these  documents  in  the 
original  tongue. — A.  L. 
Utkast  om  Aktenskaps  N'djen  (A  Sketch  on  the  Delights 
of  Marriage).     Stockholm. — 48  pp. 

This  is  a  Swedish  translation  "  from  the  M.  S.  of  the 
author,"  of  Swedenborg's  posthumous  Tract  on  Mar- 
riage {''  De  Conjugio  ' ' ) . — Sundelin,  239. — R.  ly. 
Vom  Neiteyi  Jerusale7n  it7id  dessen  himmlischen  Lehre 
(On  the  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine). 
Place  of  publication  not  stated. 

Third  German  edition.— C.  L.  The  "second"  edition 

was  published  in  1776  (no  place  of  publication). — A.  L. 

[Anonymous]  :  A  short  account  of  the  Hon.  Emanuel  Swedenborg 

and  his  theological  writiiigs.     London. — Hindmarsh.     42 

pp. 

This  is  the  first  attempt  in  English  toward  a  biography 
of  Swedenborg. — R.  L. 
Clowes,    Rev.   John:     The  marks  afid  characteristics  of  a  true 
faith.      Manchester.     46  pp. 

A  collection  of  sermons. — B.  M. 
Hodson,  James,  M.  D.:  Jesus  Christ  the  trite  God  and  only  object 
of  Supreme  Adoratio7i.     London.     2  vols. — B.  M. 

This  work  was  written  before  the  author  had  become 
acquainted    with   the    New  Church;  his   attention   was 
called  to  the  similarity  of  his  work  with  the  Heavenly 
Doctrines,  and  this  led  to  his  reception  of  these  Doc- 
trines.— R.  P   175. 
[Johansen,  Christian]  :  Herrans  Bd7ifdrklaradefter  sin  andeliga 
Mening.      (The  Lord's  Prayer,  explained  according  to 
its    spiritual    meaning).     Stockholm.     Nordstrom.      16 
pp.— B.  L. 
Knos,  Rev.  A.    O.:  Nbdvandigheten   att  ej  lixra   an?iorlunda   an 
Guds  Ord  Idrer.  (The  necessity  of  not  teaching  differently 
from  the  teachings  of  the  Word  of  God). — Upsala.     675 
pp .  — Sundelin ,  1 60. 
Liden,  Professor  J.  (Librarian  at  Norrkoping,  Sweden):  An- 
mdrkniiigar  bfver  Magnetismen  och  Swede7iborgia7iismen 
(Observations   on   Magnetism  and  Swedeuborgianism). 
Norrkoping.     Raam.     36  pp. — A.  L. 
Fran  Sdllskapet  ''Pro  Seiisu  Co7n7nu7ii''  rdra7ide  Anima- 


138  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

liska  Mag7ietis7nen,  och  SwedenborgianisTnen.  (From  the 
Societ}'  "For  Common  Sense,"  respecting  Animal  Mag- 
netism and  Swedenborgianism.  (Norrkoping.  Raam. 
15  pp.— A.  L. 

This  brochure,  like  the  one  preceding,  is  an  attack  on 
the  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Societ}',  and  contains  a  col- 
lection of  Kellgren's  atheistic  barkings. 

[Liturgical]  :  The  Order  of  Worship  for  the  Neiv  Church,  signified 
by  the  N'ew Jerusalem  in  the  Revelation.  London.  Hind- 
marsh. 

This  is  the  first  attempt  toward  a  New  Church  Liturgy; 
it  was  composed  by  Robert  Hindmarsh. — R.  P.  60;  /. 
1835:  414.     We  have  never  seen  a  copy  of  this  edition. 

[Nordenskjold,  Augustus]  :  Ta7ikar  oi?t  Falska  Profeter.  (Re- 
flections on  false  prophets.)  Stockholm.  Nordstrom. 
26  pp. 

A  reply  to  Kellgren's  attacks  on  Swedenborg;  re- 
printed from  Sa?nlitigar for  Philantroper. — A,  L. 

[Nordenskjold,  C.  F.]  :  Jiwidiska  Tankar  angdende  Toleransen. 
(Reflections  on  the  subject  of  Toleration,  from  the  stand- 
point of  jurisprudence.)  Stockholm.  Nordstrom.  24 
pp. 

Reprinted  from  Samlingar. — B.  L. 

[Periodical]  :  Journal Noviferusalemite.  London,  4nos.;  edited 
and  published  by  Benedict  Chastanier.  These  four  num- 
bers, the  only  ones  published,  are  occupied  almost  en- 
tirely with  the  French  editions  of  the  Writings,  noted 
above. — D.  II:  1177. 
Samlingar  for  Philantroper.  (Magazine  for  Philanthro- 
pists.)    Stockholm.      Nordstrom.     4  nos. 

A  quarterly  magazine,  edited  by  Charles  Frederick 
Nordenskjold,  and  published  by  the  Exegetic-Philan- 
thropic Society.  The  continued  publication  was  pro- 
hibited b}'  the  censor. — Sundelin,  p.  243. — B.  L. 

Sheringson,  Dr.  R.:  Dissertatio  sistens  Observationes  no7inullas 
de  Philosopia  receiitiorum  Platonicorum,  indolem  atque 
origi7iem  fanatismi  7iostri  cEvi  illustra7ites.  (A  disserta- 
tion presenting  certain  observations  concerning  the  Phil- 
osophy   of    the    Neo-Platonic    school,    illustrating    the 


1787,  139 

genius  and  origin  of  the  fanaticism  of  the  present  age.) 
Upsala.     2  vols. 

An  insidious  and  learned  attack  on  the  Theology  of 
the  New  Church,  attempting  to  prove  that  Swedenborg 
had  borrowed  almost  the  whole  of  his  system  from  the 
neo-platonic  philosophers. — Stmdelin,  pp.  245-246.  — 
R.  L. 

Semler,  Dr.  J .  S. :  Uyiterhalhmg  mit  Herrn  Lavater  i'lber  die  freie 
praktische  Religion;  auch  i'lber  die  ' '  Revision  der  bisheri- 
gen  Theologie  "  (Correspondence  with  Lavater  on  the 
subject  of  a  free  practical  Religion,  and  on  Swedenborg's 
*  *  Brief  Exposition. ' ' )     Leipzig. 

An  attack  on  the  New  Church,  in  support  of  Kant. — 
T.  M.  II:   104. 

[Silfverhjelm,  Baron  K.  G.]  :  Kort  Anlednhig  till  den  e^ida 
tillfredstallande  F'drklariyigen  ofver  den  Aniinaliska  Mag- 
netisme?is  och  Somnambulismejis  verkningar  (A  brief 
Introduction  to  the  only  satisfactory  explanation  of  the 
phenomena  of  Animal  Magnetism  and  Somnambulism, 
derived  from  true  principles  concerning  the  Creator, 
Man,  and  Nature,  and  confirmed  by  experience. )  Stock- 
holm.   Nordstrom.     45  pp. — A.  L. 

An  open  letter,  addressed  to  the  magnetic  society  in 
Strassburg,  known  as  ''  Societe  des  Amis  reunis.''  A 
French  edition  of  this  tract  was  published  at  the  same 
time  with  the  Swedish  edition. 

This  letter,  so  fatal  to  the  Exegetic-Philanthropic 
Society,  has  been  reviewed  \nMess.  1897,  Jan.;  Simdelin, 
pp.  221,  225;  Gforwell,  lySj,  vol.  3,  p.  55;  1788,  vol.  4, 
PP-  52,  53. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  Constitution  of  the  United  States  is  framed  by  the  Convention  in 
Philadelphia. 

The  archbishops  of  Canterbury  and  York  consecreate  the  Rev.  Wilham 
White  and  Dr.  Provost  as  the  first  bishops  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  America. 

Organization  of  the  first  Unitarian  Church  in  America  (Boston). 

Death  of  Rev.  Henry  Miihlenberg,  the  organizer  and  patriarch  of  the 
Lutheran  Church  in  America. 

The  Assembly  of  Notables  meets  at  Versailles. 

Russia  and  Austria  declare  war  against  Turkey. 


140 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


^^00  Germany. — Numerous  reclamations  against   the 

'  '      circular  letter  of  the  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society 

appear  in  the  learned  journals  of  Berlin,  Weimar,  Jena,  Greifs- 
walde,  and  Gotha ;  Klopstock,  Rosenmiiller  and  others  heap 
ridicule  upon  the  doctrines  of  Swedenborg.  —  Gjbrwell^  vol.  V. 

p.  31. 

Great  Britain.     London^  January  27. — The  worship  of  the 

Lord  in  His  Second  Coming  is  celebrated  publicly  the  first 
time  in  this  world,  at  the  opening  services  in  the  chapel  at 
Great  East  Cheap.  Rev.  James  Hindmarsh  delivers  a  sermon 
on  the  text  ''^ Praise  ye  the  Lord-^  {Ps.  cl.),  Rev.  Isaac  Hawk- 
ins reading  the  prayers.  Mr.  Robert  Brant  preaches  in  the 
afternoon.  A  meeting  for  the  public  reading  of  Swedenborg's 
Writings  is  held  in  the  evening. — P.  P.  61, 

The  chapel  is  described  as  situated  in  a  small  narrow  court, 
leading  out  of  the  Great  East  Cheap  street ;  at  the  end  of  this 
court  or  passage  a  board  was  placed  with  the  inscription  "The 
New  Jerusalem  Church,"  and  over  the  chapel  itself  the  words 
"Now  it  is  allowable." — P.  P.  61,  157. 

The  services  are  described  in  a  letter  to  Sweden,  published 
in  Gjorwell,  vol.  V.,  p.  63:  worship  is  conducted  twice  every 
Sunday;  the  public  reading  of  Swedenborg's  Writings  is  a 
special  feature,  attended  with  great  success ;  questions  and  dis- 
cussions are  permitted  at  the  reading-meetings. 

March  21. — Manoah  Sibly  delivers  his  first  "probationary" 
sermon. — /.  1841:  143. 

May  5. — The  Society  at  Great  East  Cheap  adopts  the  name 
"The  New  Church,  signified  by  the  New  Jerusalem  in  the 
Revelation."— ie.  P.  66;  N.  C  P.  VI:  543. 

May. — The  original  London  Society,  instituted  in  1783, 
begins  to  break  up  about  this  time.  The  opponents  to  the 
separate  establishment  of  the  New  Church  continue  to  meet, 
for  a  time,  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Prichard,  No.  5  Vere  street,  near 
Clare  Market,  where  the  record  books  and  documents  of  the 
"  Theosophical  Society  "  are  ultimately  deposited.  Their  present 
whereabouts  are  unknown. — P.  P.  66. 
June    I. — The  first   ordination   of  ministers    for    the    New 


1788,  141 

Church  is  performed  at  Great  East  Cheap:  James  Hind- 
marsh  and  Samuel  Smith, — both  of  them  former  Methodist 
preachers, — are  set  apart  as  candidates  for  ordination ;  twelve 
men  are  chosen  by  lot  to  lay  their  hands  upon  the  candidates ; 
Robert  Hindmarsh,  by  unanimous  consent,  which  is  confirmed 
to  his  own  satisfaction  by  a  private  lot,  reads  the  ordination 
service.  From  this  source,  i.  <?.,  through  James  Hindmarsh 
and  his  successors,  are  derived  all  subsequent  ordinations  of 
ministers  in  the  New  Church  in  Great  Britain. — R.  P.  70 ;  E. 
pp.  Xn-XVL;  /.  1835:  415,416. 

The  propriety  of  this  mode  of  ordination  has  been  discussed 
at  great  length  in  N.  C.  R.  1851,  p.  533;  1852,  pp.  134-30?; 
'^'^'Sh  PP-  44,  229-553;   1854,  p.  107. 

Concerning  Rev.  Samuel  Smith,  who  has  communicated 
some  interesting  facts  respecting  John  Wesley's  relations  to 
Swedenborg,  nothing  further  is  known  in  the  history  of  the 
New  Church. — R.  P.  62,  63  ;  L.  1892:  134. 

November  3. — The  Great  East  Cheap  Society  resolves  to  call 
a  General  Conference  of  friends  and  members  of  the  New 
Church  throughout  the  world.  Invitations  are  issued  in  the 
form  of  folio  circulars. — E.  p.  XIX;  copies  in  A.  A. 

December  7. — The  Society  replies  to  the  communication  of 
Mr.  Clowes  and  the  Manchester  Society  (of  Nov.  14,  1787), 
showing  reasons  for  their  separation  from  the  Old  Church.  The 
reply  is  drawn  up  by  Robert  Hindmarsh,  and  is  signed  by 
seventy-four  members  of  the  Society  ;  of  these  members  the 
following  are  the  best  known  in  the  Annals  of  the  New  Church  : 

Benjamin  Banks,  founder  of  the  Society  in  Salisbury. 

Robert  Brant,  founder  of  the  Society  in  Bristol. 

Benedict  Chastanier,  founder  of  New  Church  among  the 
French. 

Thomas  Dawes,  the  founder  of  the  Church  in  Derby. 

Samuel  Hands,  the  founder  of  the  Birmingham  Society. 

Robert  Hindmarsh,  founder  of  the  New  Church  in  lyondon. 

Ralph  Mather,  founder  of  numerous  societies. 

Henry  Peckitt,  the   president  of  the  first   General    Con- 
ference. 


142  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Joseph  Jerome  Roussell,  founder  of  the  Society   in  Hali- 
fax, N.  S. 
Henry  Servante,   founder    of   the    first    New  Jerusalem 

Magazine. 
Manoah    Sibly,   founder  of    the  Society  in   Friar  street, 

London. 
John  x\ugustus  Tulk,  founder  of  the  Swedenborg  Society, 

London. 
Charles  B.  Wadstroni,  founder   of  the   anti-slavery  move- 
ment. 
From  which  it  may  be  seen  that  the  Church  in  Great  East 
Cheap  was  truly  a  mother  of  churches  in  the  New  Jerusalem. 
—R.  P.  78,  80. 

Sweden.  Gottenlmrg. — Death  of  Rev.  Peter  Olof  Fredell, 
the  eccentric  author  of  Oneiromantien, — Sundelin^  p.  247. 

Skara. — Dr.  Thure  Weidman  succeeds  Forrshenius  as  bishop 
of  Skara.  He  intends,  at  first,  to  eradicate  Swedenborgianism 
among  the  clergy  of  his  diocese,  but  finds,  on  investigation,  that 
all  the  most  efficient  and  prominent  of  the  ministers  are  devoted 
to  Swedenborg's  Writings ;  he  is  thus  compelled  to  give  up 
the  intended  persecution. — Sundeliii^  p.  178. 

Stockholm. — The  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society  continues 
its  publicistic  and  magnetic  activity,  but  under  considerable 
difficulty,  as  the  members  are  not  permitted  to  reply  to  the  sar- 
castic attacks  of  Kellgren  and  other  "wits"  at  the  court. — 
Siuidelin^  244. 

The  orthodox  clergy  and  the  literary  followers  of  Voltaire 
now  join  hands  against  the  New  Church  in  Sweden.  Kellgren 
and  consorts  call  upon  the  clergy  to  have  the  Swedenborgians 
punished  by  the  civil  law,  while  the  clergy  rejoice  in  the  revil- 
ings  and  ridicule  poured  forth  in  the  atheistic  press. — Sundelin^ 
248-254. 

May. — Charles  B.  Wadstrom  returns  to  Sweden  after  a  suc- 
cessful expedition  to  Senegal.  After  a  few  months  he  is  sent 
to  England  in  order  to  interest  the  British  Government  and 
capitalists  in  the  proposed  colonization  of  Sierra  Leone.  When 
leaving    Sweden   Wadstrom   carries   with    him  a    number  of 


n88.  143 

Swedenborg's  unpublished  manuscripts,  which  he  deposits  in 
the  care  of  Benedict  Chastanier,  in  London. — N.  J.  M.  1790: 
73;   Gjbrwell^  V.:  71;  Sundelin^  261;  D.  II:  811. 

July  22. — Letter  from  Baron  J.  F.  Silfverhjelm  to  Lavater, 
concerning  Swedenborg  and  his  revelations. — L.  1890:  215. 

Baron  Silfverhjelm  purchases  the  right  to  Swedenborg's 
from  the  heirs  of  Swedenborg,  but  the  Academy  of  Sciences 
refuses  to  recognize  the  transaction. — /.  1870:   135. 

South  America.  Demerara. — New  Church  worship  is 
conducted  here  by  Mr.  James  Glen,  who  baptizes  several 
persons  and  administers  the  Holy  Supper.  A  small  society  is 
organized  and  remains  for  many  years. — M.  K.  II:   155,  156. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Aiigelic   Wisdom  co7icerning  the  Divine  Love  a?id 
Wisdom.     London. — Chalklen.     461  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Dr.    Tucker,    of 
Hull,  and  publivShed  at  the  expense  of  the  Manchester 
Printing  Society. — A.  L. 
Concerning  Nathaniel  Tucker,  M.    D.,  a  man  of   literary 

celebrity,  see  M.  L.,  1896,  pp.  57,  69,  496. 
Apocalypsis    Explicata.       Vol.     III.       London.  —  Hind- 
marsh.     4to. 

First  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 
Arcana    Ccslestia.       Vol.     III.      London.  —  Hindmarsh. 
528  pp. 

First  English  edition. — A.  L. 
Concerni7ig   the   Last  Jiidgme?it.     London.  —  Hindmarsh. 

154  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  and  published  by  R. 
Hindmarsh. — A.  L. 

Co7icerning  the    White  Hoj^se  in  the  Apocalypse.     With  an 
appendix  concerning  the  souls  of  beasts  and  the  vegeta- 
tive soul,  (from  ^.  vS".).     London. — Hindmarsh.     98  pp. 
First    English   edition,   translated    and    published  by 
Robert  Hindmarsh. — B.  M. 

De  la  No2ivelle  Jerusalem  et  sa  Doctriiie  Celeste.     Stock- 
holm.— Mentioned  in  B.  I. 

Kort  Sammandrag  af  Laran  for  den  Nya  Forsaiyilingen 


144  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

(Brief  Exposition  of  the  Doctrine  of  the  New  Church). 
Copenhagen. — Thiele.      179  pp.     A.  L. 

First  Swedish  edition,  with  a  long  preface;  published  at 
the  expense  of  Baron  Liljencrantz,  governor  of  the  prov- 
ince of  Sodermanland — Sundelin,  244. 
O71    the    hitercourse    between    the    Soul    and     the    Body. 

London. — Hindmarsh.      103  pp. 
Third    English    edition;   new    translation,   by    R.    Hind- 
marsh. — A.  L. 
Vom   Neuen    Jcrusale7n    und    dessen    Himvilischen  Lehre 
(On  the  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine). 

Fourth  German  edition,  Altenburg,  translated  by  Mr. 
Cude.— r.  M.     II:   102;  D.  II:  982. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Brotherly  Love,  co7isidered  as  the  sigii  ayid 
p7'oof  of  the    ChristiayV  s  growth   in    Divme   Grace.      Three 
discourses.      Manchester. — B.   M. 
Dialogues    on  the  Natjire,  Design    a7id    Evide7ice   of    the 
Writi7igs  of  the  Ho7i.  E77ia7mel  Swedenborg;  with  a  brief 
account    of    his    Philosophical    Works.       Manchester. — 
B.  M. 

This  is  the  tirst  edition  of  an  important  evangelistic 
•  work,  which  has  been  republished  a  number  of  times, 
and  has  been  translated  into  French,  German,  and 
Swedish. 
[D'Aillant  de  la  Touche,  of  Nancy]:  Abrege  des  ouvrages 
d' Ema7iuel  Swede7iborg  (Abstract  of  the  works  of 
Emanuel  Swedenborg,  containing  the  Doctrine  of  the 
New  Heavenly  Jerusalem;  with  an  introductory  dis- 
course, examining  the  life  of  the  author,  the  quality  of 
his  Writings,  and  their  relation  to  the  present  times). 
Stockholm  and  Strassburg.     396  pp. 

This  work  was  published  by  the  Exegetic-Philanthropic 
Society.  The  author  afterwards  went  into  Spiritism. 
The  work  has  been  translated  into  Swedish,  German, 
Dutch  and  English,  but  is  quite  untrustworthy,  and  has 
been  severely  criticized  in  /.  I:  368. — A.  L. 
[Hindmarsh,  Robert]  :  Reaso7is  for  Separati7ig  froTn  the  Old 
Church.     London.     Hindmarsh.     22  pp. 

An  abstract  of  this  important  document  is  published 
in  R.  P.  75,  80. 


17^8.  145 

The  full  text  has  been  republished  in  Odhner'sZ,^^  of 
R.  Hindmarsh,  p.  65. — A.  L. 

Hodson,  James:    The  Worship  0/  Jesus  Christ  vindicated.     Lon- 
don.    58  pp. — A.  L. 

[Liturgical]  :  The  Order  of  Worship,  and  Form  of  Prayer,  for  the 
Neiv  Church,  signified  by  the  New  ferusalem  in  the  Reve- 
lation, together  with   the  forms  for  the  administratio7i  of 
Baptism  and  the  Holy  Supper.     London.     Hindmarsh. 
Ill  pp. 

The  second  edition.  A  copy  is  preserved  in  the 
library  of  Rev.  Frank  Sewall. 

The  Psalms  of  David,  accordi7ig  to  the  Bible  version; 
together  with  a  Suynmary  Exposition  of  the  Internal  Setise 
co?itai7ied  therein.     London.     Hindmarsh. — B.  L. 

Moller,  Rev.  Johan:  Ofdrgripliga  Tajikar  om  Sdttet  att  bemota 
swdrfnaktiga  upptdger  och  willfarande  religio7is  me7iingar, 
sdrdeles  de7i  sd  kallade  Swedenborgianismen ,  (Frank 
views  on  the  best  method  of  treating  fanatical  vagaries 
and  erroneous  opinions  in  Religion,  especially  the  so- 
called  Swedenborgianism.)  Stockholm.  Carlbohm. 
120  pp. 

This  work  claims  to  be  a  systematic  critique  of  the 
True  Christia7i  Religio7i.  It  recommends  governmental 
violence  and  atheistical  ridicule  as  the  best  means  of 
annihilating  the  New  Church.  The  book  was  approved 
by  the  Swedish  Diet  of  1789,  and  the  author  was  elevated 
to  the  Bishopric  of  Visby,  as  a  reward  for  his  zeal  for 
orthodoxy. — Su7idelin,  252;  D.  II:  365. — R.  L. 

[Periodical]:  Medborgaren  (The  Citizen).  A  semi-weekly, 
religio-political  journal,  edited  by  C.  F.  Nordenskjold, 
at  Stockholm.  It  reached  four  volumes  and  had  a  wide 
circulation,  but  was  interdicted  by  the  government  in 
1790. — D.  I:  622;  Sundelin.  256. — R.  L. 

Rosenmuller,  Johann  Georg:  Brief e  uber  die  Phd7iome7ie  des 
thierische7i  Magnetismus  U7id  Som7ia77ibulismus .  (Letters 
on  the  phenomena  of  animal  Magnetism  and  Somnambu- 
lism.)    Leipzig.      124  pp. 

An  attack  on  the  letter  of  the  Kxegetic-Philanthropic 
Society. — A.  L. 

[Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan]  :      07n  de7i  barmhej'tige  Sa77iarita7ie7i,  fdr- 


146  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

klarad  efter  dess  andeliga  Meimig  (On  the  good  Samar- 
itan, explained  according  to  the  spiritual  sense.)  A 
sermon.     Copenhagen.     P.  M.  Hoffner.     28  pp. — R.  L 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  first  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  America  is  held 
at  Philadelphia.     The  Westminster  Confession  is  adopted. 

A  majority  of  the  United  States  ratify  the  Constitution.  Foundation  of 
Cincinnati. 

Death  of  Charles  Wesley,  the  brother  and  fellow-laborer  of  John  Wesley, 
and  the  first  great  hymnologist  of  the  Methodist  Church. 

George  III.  becomes  insane. 

Death  of  Bufifon,  the  French  naturalist. 

Sweden  declares  war  against  Russia. 

T^Hn  America.      Philadelphia. — Francis    Bailey  issues 

'  ^'  invitations  to  subcribe  for  the  publication  of  the 
True  Christian  Religion.  Having  secured  fifty  subscribers, 
among  whom  were  Benjamin  Franklin,  Robert  Morris  and 
several  other  distinguished  men,  he  publishes  one  volume  of 
this  work  in  separate  numbers. — N.  I:  539. 

Denmark.  Elsinoer^  November  10. — Augustus  Nordenskjold 
visits  General  Tuxen,  obtaining  from  him  valuable  testimony 
concerning  Swedenborg.  While  here  he  writes  a  very  peculiar 
plan  for  the  external  establishment  and  order  of  the  New 
Church.— A".  /.  J/.  1790:   113 ;  Z^.  1 :  642. 

Great  Britain.  Birmingham.  Readers  of  Swedenborg's 
Writings  begin  to  meet  together  in  a  room  in  the  upper  part 
of  Great  Charles  street.  Mr.  Samuel  Hands  is  one  of  the  lead- 
ing members. — M.  L.  1889:   181. 

Keighley.  Yorkshire. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  here 
by  Mr.  William  Illingworth,  son-in-law  of  Rev.  James  Hind- 
marsh,  who  had  labored  in  this  place  while  still  a  Wesleyan 
preacher.  A  small  New  Church  Society  is  formed,  with 
Joseph  Wright  as  leader. — M.  L.  1890:  227. 

London^  April  13-17. — The  first  General  Conference  of 
members  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church  is  held  at  Great 
East  Cheap ;  it  is  attended  by  about  eighty  members  from 
various  places  in  England,  Sweden  and  North  America. 
Henry  Peckitt  is  elected  president,  and  Robert  Beatson  secre- 


lySg.  147 

tary.  A  series  of  thirty  resolutions  is  adopted,  setting  forth 
the  faith  of  the  Conference  in  the  doctrines  of  the  New 
Church,  as  revealed  in  the  writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg. 
Numerous  letters  are  read;  a  committee  is  appointed  to  draw 
up  a  catechism  for  the  instruction  of  children ;  a  circular  letter 
is  drawn  up,  addressed  to  the  members  of  the  New  Church  at 
large;  the  members  dine  together  each  day  of  the  Conference. 
A  sphere  of  great  harmony,  peace  and  gladness  prevails. 

An  account  of  the  proceedings  is  published  in  R.  P.^  84- 
104.  Additional  details  are  given  in  E.  pp.  XX-XXIV.  A 
report  of  the  meetings  was  also  published  separately. 

The  following  places,  containing  individual  or  societies  of 
receivers,  were  represented  at  this  Conference :  Chester,  Derby, 
Keighley,  Liverpool,  London,  Nantwich,  Norwich,  Quidhamp- 
ton,  Rotherham,  Salisbury  and  Warrington. 

May  4,  1789. — April  11,  1790. — The  records  of  the  meet- 
ings held  by  the  society  in  Great  East  Cheap  during  this  whole 
period  have  been  torn  out  of  the  original  minute  book.  Rev. 
Manoah  Sibly  has  reported  that  these  lost  minutes  contained 
the  record  of  "many  solemn  meetings,"  resulting  finally  in  the 
exclusion  of  Robert  Hindmarsh  and  five  other  prominent 
members  from  the  society,  on  account  of  the  emphasis  which 
these  members  laid  upon  the  teachings  concerning  con- 
cubinage, as  set  forth  by  Swedenborg  in  the  latter  part  of 
Conjiigial  Love.  No  imputation  of  evil  was  made  against  the 
excluded  members,  and  Robert  Hindmarsh  continued  to  act  as 
the  secretary  and  actual  leader  of  the  society.  All  the  docu- 
ments relating  to  this  occurrence  have  been  brought  together 
and  discussed  in  our  Life  of  Robert  LLindmarsh^  pp.  25-31. 

The  Rev.  Francis  Leicester,  a  talented  and  learned  clergy- 
man of  the  Established  Church,  comes  openly  into  the  New 
Church.  This  is  the  only  case  of  the  kind  in  the  history  of 
the  New  Church  in  England. — M.  K.  II :   10. 

Norwich.  Ralph  Mather  and  Joseph  Salmon,  continuing 
their  open-air  evangelistic  journeys,  come  to  Norwich  and  re- 
ceive permission  to  preach  in  the  Baptist  chapel,  Mr.  Hunt, 
the  owner,  being  much  impressed  with   the  New   Doctrines. 


148  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHbRCH. 

Rev.  Joseph  Proud,  the  popular  Baptist  preacher,  who  officiated 
in  the  chapel,  vehemently  opposes  the  New  Church  evangelists; 
immediately  afterwards  he  feels  a  doubt  as  to  his  course,  and  is 
led  by  a  passage  in  the  Word  {Hab.  I-,  5),  to  examine  the 
Writings  and  to  embrace  with  fervent  faith  the  Heavenly 
Doctrines. — /.  1826:  349. 


Rev.  Joseph  Proud. 

Sweden.  Stockholm^  January. — The  members  of  the  Ex- 
egetic-Philanthropic  Society,  in  a  communication  to  the  king, 
deny  the  accusations  that  have  been  made  against  their  loyalty 
to  the  government ;  they  also  repudiate  their  connection  with 
Halldin,  the  former  favorite  of  Gustavus  III.,  who  had  lately 
proclaimed  that  this  monarch,  though  still  living,  was  in  the 
sixteenth  degree  among  the  damned. — Sundelin^  p.  258. 

February  11. — The  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society,  in  a 
communication  to  the  New  Church  in  London,  reports  a  mem 


i78g^  149 

bership  of  over  two  hundred  persons,  with  a  library  of  four 
thousand  volumes ;  meetings  are  still  held  once  a  week ;  Baron 
Siven  Liljencrantz  is  the  president  and  chief  protector  of  the 
society. — N.J.  M.  1790:  25. 

November. — A  second  communication  describes  the  great 
extension  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  among  the  Clergy  of  the 
Established  Church  of  Sweden.  In  the  diocese  of  Gotten- 
burg,  alone,  forty-six  of  the  clergymen  are  receivers  of  the 
doctrines,  and  in  the  diocese  of  Skara  sixty  per  cent,  of  the 
Clergy  are  similarly  indoctrinated. — Ibid^  p.  63. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:    A  Brief  Expositioji   of  the   Dodriyie  of  the  New 
Church.     London.     Hindmarsh.      182  pp. 

Second  English  edition;  translated  and  published  by 
Hindmarsh. — A.  L. 
Apocalypsis   Explicata.     Vol.  IV.     London.     Hindmarsh. 
4to. 

First  Latin  edition,  completed. — A.  L. 
Arcana  Coelestia.     Vol.  IV.   London.   Hindmarsh.  485  pp. 

First  English  edition. — A.  L. 
A  Sketch  of  the  Chaste  Delights  of  Co7iJ2igial  Love.  London. 
Denew,     91  pp. 

Extracted  and  translated  from  A.  E. — B.  L. 
De  Divino   A  more   et   de   Divina    Sapientia    (On    Divine 
Love  and  Divine  Wisdom).     First  Latin  edition;  pub- 
lished as  appendix  to  Vol.  IV.  of  Apocalypsis  Explicata. 
Passages  co^icerning  the   Lord' s   Prayer.     Extracted  from 
the  Writings.     London.     Chalklen.     57  pp. — S.  S.  L. 
The     Trjie    Christian    Religioti.      Vol.    I.      Philadelphia. 
Francis  Bailey.     First  American  edition. — A.  L. 
Adams,  George:    A 71   Essay  on    Vision,    briefly  explai7iing  the 
Fabric  of  the  Eye.     London.     Hindmarsh. — A.  L. 

New  Church  principles  are  introduced  into  this  work 
by  the  author,  who  was  "  mathematical  instrument- 
maker  to  His  Majesty  "  and  a  prominent  member  of  the 
New  Church  in  London. 
[Anonymous]:  Des  H err 71  Em.  von  Schwedenburgs  lezten 
Worte  U7id  Prophezeyung  vo7i  de7i  Schicksal  der  Christen 


I50 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


(Swedenborg's  last  words  and  prophecy  of  the  fate  of  the 
Christians).     Altona.     60  pp. 

A    ludicrous   mass   of    phantastic   stories    concerning 
alleged  miracles  by  Swedenborg. — L.  1891  :  85. — A.  I^. 

[D'Aillant  de  la  Touche] :  Em.  Swedenborgs  Theologische 
Werke,  nebst  einer  Abhandlung  I'lber  das  Leben  des 
Verfassers.     Leipzig.     P.  Kummer.     526  pp. 

Translated  from  the  French  edition  of  1788. — M.  36  : 
441. — A.  Iv. 

Duche,  Rev.  Jacob:  Discourses  on  Varzo?is  Subjects.  2  vols. 
IvOndon.      Phillips.     792  pp. 

A  collection  of  sermons. — M.  38  :  565. — A.  Iv. 

Hartley,  Rev.  Thomas:  Extracts  from  the  Doctrine  of  the  New 
feriisalem  Church,  with  comments  by  Mr.  Hartley. 
Birmingham.     Piercy.     33  pp. — A.  L. 

Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:  fehovah's  Mercy  made  known  to  all  Man- 
kind in  these  last  days ;  or  an  Invitation  to  all  7nen  of 
Religio7i  to  accept  the  Mercy  of  the  Lord  as  now  manifested 
by  His  Messenger  and  Scribe,  the  Hon.  Emanuel  Sweden- 
borg.     A  poem.     London.     Hindmarsh.      15  pp. — A.  L. 

Provo,  Peter:  Wisdom's  Dictates;  or  a  Collection  of  Maxim-s^  on 
Divine  and  Spiritual  Trjiths,  from  the  Works  of  Em,. 
Swedenborg .     London.     Chalklen.     204  pp. — A.  L. 

[Report]  :  Minutes  of  a  Ge7ieral  CoJifereiice  of  the  Members  of  the 
New  Church,  held  iii  London,  April,  178 p.  London. 
Hindmarsh.     42  pp. — A.  L. 

Schneider,  C.  W.:  Nachricht  von  der  so-ge?iannten  Neuen 
Kirche,  oder  dem  Neueji  ferusalem  der  Anhd^iger  Em. 
Swedenborgs,  und  von  ihren  Gottesdienstlicheji  Versa77t- 
lungen  in  England  (Information  concerning  the  so- 
called  New  Church,  or  the  New  Jerusalem  of  the  fol- 
lowers of  Swedenborg,  and  concerning  their  meetings 
in  England).     Weimar.      130  pp. 

Anti-New  Church;  dedicated  to  Superintendent  Rosen- 
miiller  in  Leipzig. — A.  L. 

[Thorild,  Thomas]  :  The  Sermo7i  of  Sermojis;  or  the  Impiety  of 
Priests  and  the  Fall  of  Religion.  London.  Mentioned 
in  N.  C.  A.      1844  :  259. 

The  author  was  a  famous  Swedish  poet,  and  a  former 
pupil   of  Beyer  and  Rosen  in  Gottenburg.     He  resided 


ij8g — 1790. 


151 


at  this  time  in  London,  and  associated  with  the  mem- 
bers of  the  New  Church. 

[Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan] :  Predikan  pa  Fjerde  Sdndagen  efter 
Pdsk  (Sermon  delivered  on  the  fourth  Sunday  after 
Easter,  1786).     Copenhagen.     36  pp. — A.  L. 

Wadstrom,  C.  B.,  and  Augustus  Nordenskjold  :  Plan  for  a 
Free  Commimity  upon  the  Western  Coast  of  Africa. 
London.     Hindmarsh.     51  pp.     4to. — A.  L. 

Reviewed  in  A^. /.  J/.      1790:142.     Sitndelin.  261. 

Contemporary  E^vents, 

George  Washington  is  elected  president  of  the  United  States. 

The  organization  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States 
is  completed  (Philadelphia,  July  28);  the  English  "Book  of  Common 
Prayers,"  slightly  revised,  is  adopted. 

Beginning  of  the  French  Revolution.  The  "States  General"  meet  at 
Versailles. 

The  National  Assembly  is  constituted.  The  Bastille  is  destroyed.  The 
nobles  begin  to  emigrate.  Feudal  rights  and  privileges  are  abolished.  The 
king  is  forced  to  remove  to  Paris.  All  ecclesiastical  property  is  transferred 
to  the  State. 

The  Turks  are  defeated  by  the  Austrians  and  Russians. 


1790. 


America.  Philadelphia. — Judge  John  Young  re- 
moves from  Philadelphia  to  Greensburgh,  Pa.     He 

is  the  chief  means  of  intro- 
ducing the  Doctrines  west 
of  the  Allegheny  moun- 
tains.— A^.  Ill:  231. 

Mr.  James  Vickroy,  a 
New  Churchman  of  Johns- 
town, Pa.,  surveys  and 
plans  the  present  site  of 
Pittsburgh. — A^.  ibid. 

''Old  Parson  Schlatter,'^ 
the  organizer  of  the  Ger- 
man Reformed  churches 
in  Pennsylvania,  receives 
the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church. — Mess.  vol.  62  : 
251. 

Maryland. — Lord  Thos. 
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152  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Va.,  and  Dr.  John  J.  Cabell,  of  Nelson  Co.,  are  the  first  New 
Churchmen   in  this  part  of  the  country. — Mess.  vol.  47:   187. 

Ohio. — Mr.  Thomas  Newport  receives  the  Heavenly  Doc- 
trines. He  is  the  first  New  Churchman  west  of  the  Alle- 
ghenies. — Mess.  vol.  44:  292;  vol.  55:  90. 

Virginia. — Colonel  Robert  Carter,  of  Nomony  Hall,  Lan- 
caster Co.,  Va.,  receives  the  Doctrines.  On  coming  into  the 
New  Church,  he  manumits  his  numerous  slaves.  Further 
particulars  in  Mess.  vol.  58:  8;  vol.  60:  281;  vol.  63:  9. 

Denmark.  Copenhagen^  November  12. — Letter  from  Prince 
Charles,  of  Hesse,  generalissimo  of  Denmark,  to  the  Exegetic- 
Philanthropic  Society,  of  which  he  is  an  enthusiastic  member. 
—R.  P.  115;  N.J.  M.  1790:  307. 

France.  Paris^  July. — Augustus  Nordenskjold  leaves  Lon- 
don for  Paris,  where  he  takes  part  in  Federation  F'ete  on  the 
Champs  de  Mars,  and  in  other  revolutionary  movements.  He 
is  immediately  recalled  to  Sweden  by  the  king. — Sundelin^ 
263. 

Rouen^  March  5. — Readers  of  Swedenborg  form  themselves 
into  a  ^^  Societe  des  Amis  de  la  Paix^^  for  the  purpose  of  pub- 
lishing all  the  theological  and  scientific  works  of  Swedenborg. 
— R.  P.  115-116;  N.  J.  M.  1790:  176.  Nothing  further  is 
known  of  this  society. 

Germany.  Death  of  Ludwig  IX.,  Landgrave  of  Hesse- 
Darmstadt,  who  had  corresponded  with  Swedenborg  on  spirit- 
ual subjects. — D.  11:   1 1 54. 

Great  Britain. — A  general  account  of  the  New  Church  in 
England  is  published  in  N. /.  M.  1790:  175.  Societies  exist 
in  Birmingham,  Bristol,  Chester,  Isle  of  Wight,  Leeds,  Liver- 
pool, Norwich,  and  in  three  different  districts  of  London. 

Dublin^  Ireland. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  here  by  Mr. 
Joshua  Pickering. — M.  K.  I:   354. 

London.  —  A  "Swedish  philosopher"  (probably  Thomas 
Thorild)  visits  the  New  Church  in  London.  He  insists  upon 
the  notion  that  Swedenborg  had  not  died,  or  else  that  his  body 
had  been  taken  up  into  heaven.  To  convince  him,  a  party  of 
New  Churchmen  visit  the  Swedish  church,    where  Sweden- 


borg's  coffin  is  opened,  and  the  body  found  well  preserved. — 
R,  P.  339,  401 ;  Goyder's  Autobiography^  p.  136. 

January.— Appearance  of  the  first  number  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem Magazine,  the  first  New  Church  journal  in  English. 

March. — Publication  of  the  first  number  of  the  Magazine  of 
Knowledge. 

April  5-7. — The  Second  General  Conference  of  members  of 
the  New  Church  is  held  at  Great  East  Cheap.  Samuel  Hands, 
of  Birmingham,  is  elected  president,  and  Rev.  Francis  Lei- 
cester, secretary.  A  Catechism,  drawn  up  by  Robert  Hind- 
marsh,  and  a  Hymnbook,  composed  by  Mr.  Proud,  are  adopted. 
The  "Order  of  Worship"  is  revised  and  amended.  The  pro- 
priety of  a  fixed  form  of  Prayers  is  considered  affirmatively. 
The  ordination  of  Joseph  Wright  and  of  Manoah  Sibly  is  ap- 
proved. A  circular  letter  to  the  members  of  the  Church  at 
large  is  adopted. — R.  P.  109-111. 

April  7.— Joseph  Wright,  of  Keighly,  in  Yorkshire,  and 
Manoah  Sibly,  of  London,  are  ordained  into  the  Ministry  of 
the  New  Church  by  Rev.  James  Hindmarsh. — R.  P.  m. 

The  subjects  of  Animal  Magnetism  and  intercourse  with 
Spirits  are  discussed  in  the  Magazine  of  Knowledge!'.  123, 
404. 

June. — The  publication  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Magazine  is 
suspended,  owing  to  lack  of  sufficient  encouragement. — R.  P. 
108. 

November  25. — The  Rev.  Francis  Leicester,  and  Mr.  Robert 
Jackson,  of  Jamaica,  are  ordained  into  the  Ministry  of  the 
New  Church,  by  James  Hindmarsh.  These  ordinations  were 
performed  with  the  approbation  of  the  London  Society. — E,  p. 
XXV. 

Robert  Jackson,  immediately  after  his  ordination,  returns  to 
Jamaica,  intending  to  introduce  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  among 
the  negroes  in  the  West  Indies.— A". /.  M.  1790:  308. 

Manchester. — A  movement  for  the  distinct  establishment  of 
the  New  Church  is  set  on  foot  by  some  of  the  members  of  Mr. 
Clowes'  congregation.     Mr.   Samuel  Mann  and   Mr.   Richard 


154  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Jones  are  the  leaders  of  this  movement. — /.  1832:  339;  1835: 
450. 

Middleton. — A  circle  of  New  Churchmen  is  formed  here. — 
/.  187 1 :  434. 

Ringlcy^  Lancashire. — A  Society  is  formed  here,  through 
the  influence  of  Mr.  Clowes.  The  members  become  known  as 
the  "Top  o'tli'  Brow  folks."  An  interesting  description  of 
early  times  among  the  New  Church  people  in  Lancashire  is 
published  in  /.  1871 :  230. 

Wales. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  into  this  principality 
by  Mr.  Matthew  Williams,  of  Landislovawr,  Carmarthenshire. 
—R.  P.  112. 

Holland.  Mynheer  Ysbrand  von  Hamelsveld  publishes  New 
Church  works  in  Dutch,  at  Amsterdam. 

M.  Pierre  F.  Gosse  advertizes  all  New  Church  works  in 
French  at  The  Hague. 

Sweden.  Stockholm.^  February  20.  —  The  Exegetic  and 
Philanthropic  Society  presents  a  printed  address  to  the  king, 
asking  for  full  religious  liberty  for  the  New  Church,  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  Church  to  be  arranged  according  to  the 
eccentric  plan  drawn  up  by  Augustus  Nordenskjold.  The 
petition  is  received  unfavorably  by  the  king — A^.  J.  M.  1790: 
178. 

March  9. — Death  of  Count  Anders  Johan  von  Hopken,  ex- 
prime  minister  of  Sweden,  Swedenborg's  intimate  friend,  and 
the  chief  patron  of  the  Exegetic  and  Philanthropic  Society. — 
N.J.  M.  1790:  302;  D.  I:  631.     L.  1898:   107. 

May. — Baron  K.  G.  Silfverhjelm  is  chosen  president  of  the 
Society.  He  is  the  most  zealous  of  the  magnetizers,  and  pro- 
duces much  disharmony,  resulting  before  long  in  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  Society. — Sundelin.,  p.  269. 

Captain  Frederic  Herman  von  Walden  asks  permission  of 
the  king  to  print  a  reply,  in  Sweden,  to  Professor  MoUer's 
attacks  on  the  New  Church.  Permission  being  refused,  the 
reply  is  printed  at  Copenhagen. — Su7idelin^  p.  254. 

Swedenborg's  personal  effects,  which  had  remained  at  his 
home  on  Hornsgatan,  are  sold  at  public  auction.     The  por- 


i79o>  155 

trait  of  himself,  which  had  hung  in  his  bedchamber,  is  pur- 
chased by  Mr.  Carl  Deleen  Its  subsequent  history  is  described 
in  D.  II:  1197  and  L.  1881,  June.  It  is  now  owned  by  the 
Academy  of  the  New  Church. 

Publications. 
Swedenborg:  Angelic  Wisdom  conceiving  the  Divine  Providence, 
London.     Hindmarsh.     597  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Dr.  Tucker  and 
published  by  the  Manchester  Pr.  Soc. — A.  L. 
Gmcerning  the  Sacred  Scripture  {''  De  Verdo").     An  im- 
perfect translation  of  this  posthumous  work  of  Sweden- 
borg's  is  published  in  JV.  /.  Af.  ly go:   133. 
On  the    Worship  and  Love  of  God.     A   translation  of  this 
work  begun,  but  not  finished,  in  M.  K.\\  377;  II:   167. 
The  Delights  of  Wisdom  respecting  Conjugial  Love.     The 
beginning  of  Mr.  Clowes'  translation  of  this  work  is  pub- 
lished as  an  appendix  to  A^.  /.  M.  1790. 
The   Doctrine   of   the  New  Jerusalem   concerning    Faith. 
Manchester.     80  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  the  Rev.  William 
Cowherd,  and  published  by  the  Manchester  Pr.  Soc. — 
B.  E. 
[Anonymous]  :  A  short  accomit  of  the  Hon.  Ejnaimel  Swedenborg 
and  his  Theological  Writi?igs.  Eondon.  Hindmarsh. 
42  pp. 

Second  edition;  a  copy  in  the  Eibrary  of  Congress  at 
Washington. 
Swedenborg  Triumphaiit,  or  intelligence  Extraordinary 
from.  New  Jerusalem;  being  pious  a?id  political  dialogues 
of  the  liviyig  with  the  dead.  Com77iunicated  by  Peregrinus 
Spiritualis.     Oxford.      172  pp. 

A    scurrilous    and    blasphemous    assault    upon    the 

Church;  reviewed  in  M.  K.  I:  367;  R.  P.,  164.— A.  E. 

Clowes,    Rev.  John:  Dialogues  sur  le  Nature,  le  But,  et  V Evi- 

dcjice  des  Ecrits   Theologiques  d' Emajiuel  de  Swedenborg. 

London.     Hindmarsh.      160  pp. 

Translated  into  French  by  Mr.  William  Gomm,  of  The 
Hague. — A.  E. 


156  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Sermons  on  Various  Subjects.  Manchester.  264  pp. — 
M.K.I'.  330. 
Dawson,  Rev.  John:  Jesus  our  Elder  Brother.  In  a^iswer  to 
Besor's  \=Hodson's^  notioyis  in  his  book  entitled  '^  Jesus 
Christ  the  true  God  and  only  object  oj  Adoration.'' 
Birmingham.      77  pp. 

An  attack  upon  the  New  Chuch,  mentioned  in  R.  P. 
164.  The  date  and  place  of  publication  of  this  book 
have  hitherto  been  unknown,  but  we  have  recently  dis- 
covered a  copy  in  the  library  of  Mrs.  Milo  G.  Williams, 
at  Urbana,  Ohio. 
Hindmarsh,    Rev.  Robert:  A  Catechism  Jor  the  use  of  the  New 

Church.     London.     63  pp. — B.  L. 
[Liturgical] :  Liturgie,  on  Fdrmulaire  de  Prieres  de  la  Nouvelle 
Eglise.     London. 

This  is  a  translation  of  Mr.   Hindmarsh' s   "  Order  of 
Worship"  of  1787.     It  is  published  as  an  appendix  to 
the  French  edition  of  Clowes'  Dialogues. — A.  L. 
Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  for  the  use  of  the  Lord' s  New 
Church.     London.     Hindmarsh.     288  pp. 

This  is  the  first  New  Church  Hymn-book,  and  was 
composed  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  Proud  within  the  space  of 
three  months. — B.  L. 
Nordenskjold,  Augustus:  Fdrsamli^igsforrjien  ^lii  del  Ny a  Jeru- 
salem (The  Form  of  Ecclesiastical  Government  in  the 
New  Jerusalem).     Copenhagen.  Thiele.   52  pp.  4to. 

This  singular  work  was  written,  professedly,  by  im- 
mediate inspiration  from  Heaven.  It  is  a  remarkable 
mixture  of  interior  perceptions  of  truth  with  absurd  and 
erratic  notions.  The  book  was  at  once  interdicted  by 
the  Swedish  government.  It  has  been  reviewed  at  length 
in  L.  1884,  p.  181.  See  also  The  Medium,  1851,  p.  309, 
and  Su7ideli?i,  p.  261. — A.  L. 
[Periodicals]:  The  Neiv Jerusalem  Magazine,  or  a  Treasury  of 
celestial,  spiritual  and  7iatural  knowledge.  London,  No. 
45  Upper  Marybone  street.  Edited  and  published  by 
'  *  several  members  of  the  London  Universal  Society  for 
the  promotion  of  the  New  Church." 

Only  six  monthly  numbers  appeared  of  this  highly  in- 
teresting journal,  which  was  the  first  English  periodical 


lygo.  157 

of  the  New  Church.   An  appendix  was  pubHshed  in  May, 
1 79 1.     Mr.  Henry  Servante  was  editor-in-chief. — R.  P. 
108.— A.  L. 
The  Neiv  Magazine  of  Knowledge  concerni7ig  Heaven  and 
Hell.     Vol.  I.     I^ondon.     Hindmarsh. 

An  ably  conducted,  monthly  Magazine,  published  by 
"  a  society  of  gentlemen."  Robert  Hindmarsh  was  the 
editor.—^.  P.  108.— A.  L. 
[Report]  :  Minutes  of  a  General  Confereyice  of  the  Members  of  the 
New  Church ,  held  in  Great  East  Cheap,  Lo7idon,  lypo. 
London.     Hindmarsh.      15  pp.     Reprinted  in  E.  p.  45- 

57- 
[Thorild,    Thomas] :     True   Heavenly    Religion   Restored    and 
demonstrated   upon    eter7ial  principles.       With  a  call  to 
Christians   of  higher  sense.     By   a    Philosopher  of   the 
North.     London.  Hindmarsh.      138  pp. 

Mentioned  in  /.    1863:  p.    222;  A^.   C.  A.    1844:  259; 
Kahl.  IV:  p.  43;  Su7ideli?i,  p.  114. — A.  L. 
Van   Hamelsveld,   Ysbrand:    Brief swyze    Verhandeling  betref 
feyide  het  Leven  van  Etnanuel  Swedenburg  (Letters  on 
the    Life    of    Swedenborg).       Amsterdam.       Wessing. 
100  p. — A.  L. 
Evianud     Swedenburg ,      Godgelee?'d    Samenstel    of    Kort 
Uittrekzel  uit  ' s  Mayis  Schriften    (Abstract  of   Sweden- 
borg's  Theological    Writings).     Amsterdam.     Van  der 
Heij.     340  pp. 

This  is  mostly  a  translation  of  de  la  Touche's  Abrege. 
A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Organization  of  the  Irish  Wesleyan  Conference. 

The  Constituent  Assembly  of  France  abolishes  all  titles  of  nobility  and 
decrees  the  civil  constitution  of  the  clergy. 

Death  of  Joseph  II.,  of  Austria;  his  reformatory  movements  are  crushed 
by  papal  intrigues. 

Naval  victor}^  of  Gustavus  III.  over  the  Russians  in  the  Gulf  of  Finland. 
Russia  concludes  peace  with  Sweden. 

First  general  organization  of  the  Universalists  in  America. 

Steain  navigation  is  introduced  by  Fitch  on  the  Delaware,  but  is  soon 
abandoned. 

Death  of  Benjamin  Franklin. 


158  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

j>yp.y  America.      Jarnaica^     Kingston^    January     27.  — 

'  ^  Letter  from  Rev.  Robert  Jackson  to  the  New  Jeru- 
salem Magazine ;  he  describes  his  disappointment  regarding 
the  American  negro's  receptivity  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines ; 
the  writer  is  opposed  to  any  sudden  emancipation  of  the 
slaves. — N.  J.  M.  1791;  Appendix  p.  308. 

Nova  Scotia^  Halifax^  November  19. — Letter  from  Joseph. 
J.  Russell  to  frien  Is  in  London,  stating  that  the  New  Church 
society  in  Halifax  consisted  of  members  who  had  separated 
themselves  from  the  Old  Church ;  the  London  Liturgy  is  used 
in  the  public  worship;  meetings  are  held  on  Sundays  and 
Fridays;  New  Church  Baptism   has  been  introduced. — R,  P. 

139. 

France.  Amgiwji.  —  Swedenborg's  work  on  Conjiigial 
Love  is  forbidden  in  the  x\vignon  Society,  as  being  "a  dam- 
nable book;"  the  ''mystico-cabalistic  magnetical"  practices 
of  the  members  are  described  in  M.  K.  I:  406 ;  Siuidelin^ 
p.  262;  Spence's  Essays^  p.  61. 

Germany.  Sechaiisen^  February  i. — Letter  from  Baron 
Friedrick  von  Biilow,  on  the  New  Church  in  the  interior  of 
Africa,  published  in  A^.  J.  M.  1791;  app.  p.  275. 

Great  Britain.  Bimimgham^  June  19. — Dedication  of  the 
newly  built  Temple  of  the  New  Church  in  Birmingham,  the 
first  New  Church  house  of  worship  ever  erected  in  this  world. 

The  services  are  conducted  by  the  Rev.  James  Hindmarsh, 
of  London,  and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Proud,  the  local  pastor,  both 
robed  in  representative  garments;  worship  is  held  three  times 
during  the  day  before  crowded  audiences.  Among  the  visitors 
is  the  celebrated  Unitarian  preacher,  Dr.  Priestley,  who  on  the 
same  day  converses  with  Robert  Hindmarsh  on  the  subject 
of  the  New  Church. 

The  Temple  (which  was  situated  in  Newhall  street  and 
afterwards  became  known  as  Zion  Chapel)  had  been  erected  at 
the  sole  expense  of  Mr.  Samuel  Hands,  who  remains  as  the 
owner;  the  building,  the  dedication,  and  the  beginning  of  the 
New  Church  in  Birmingham,  are  described  in  R.  P.  128;  M. 


VP^.  •        159 

K.  II:  234;  /.  1826:  349;  1835:  450;  N.  C.  A.   1844:  157  ; 

M.  n.  s.  XVI:  543;  M.  L.   1889:  181. 

(The  accompanying 
cut  is  from  a  medal- 
lion, struck  at  the  time 
to  celebrate  the  event 
and  offered  for  our  use 
by  the  owner,  Mr. 
Francis   W.   Doughty, 

First  N.  C.  Temple  in  Birmingham.  r    r,  ^^     ^^  ^ 

of  Ramapo,  N.  Y.) 
July.— The  New  Church  Temple  in  Birmingham  narrowly 
escapes  destruction  during  a  series  of  politico-religious  riots 
(the  "Tory  riots")  directed  especially  against  the  Unitarians, 
whose  two  churches  are  demolished  by  a  mob,  infuriated  by 
the  sympathy  which  Dr.  Priestley  and  the  Unitarians  had 
shown  toward  the  French  revolutionary  movements.  The 
house  and  library  of  Dr.  Priestley  are  destroyed,  and  with  these 
the  first  manuscript  of  his  work  against  the  New  Church. 
The  Temple  of  the  New  Church  is  also  attacked,  but  is  saved 
by  Mr.  Proud,  who  lived  in  the  adjoining  house  and  who, 
with  great  presence  of  mind,  scatters  among  the  crowd  the  last 
Sunday's  collection  of  money,  at  the  same  time  exclaiming 
that  the  New  Church  was  neither  Unitarian  nor  enemical  to 
the  government;  the  mob  hereupon  disperses,  shouting  "New 
Jerusalem  for  ever."— ^.  P.  131;  M.  n.  s,  XII:  249;  M.  L. 
i88q:   182. 


Bolto7i. — The  society  here  is  increasing  in  numbers ;  great 
activity  and  an  extravagant  zeal  are  shown  for  a  time ;  the 
building  of  a  temple  is  begun,  but  internal  troubles  soon  arise 
and  retard  the  progress  of  the  church. — A.  I:  177.  See,  also, 
James  Dakeynes'  History  of  the  Bolton  Society,  1888. 

Bristol. — The  Rev.  Robert  Brant  settles  as  the  pastor  of  the 
society  here,  remaining  the  minister  until  1802. — M.  L.  1895  : 
168. 

Keighley,  Yorkshire,  September  5.— A  provincial  conference 
of  New  Churchmen  is  held  here;  Nordenskjold's  "Plan  of 
organization"   is  read   and   rejected;  the   propriety  of  a  paid 


l6o  •       ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

ministry  is  denied;  the  unanimous  opinion  is  expressed  that 
no  minister  should  be  permitted  to  baptize  an  adult  person 
without  the  consent  of  the  society  of  which  such  person  in- 
tends to  become  a  member ;  a  number  of  other  peculiar  resolu- 
tions are  adopted. — E.  p.  131. 

Liverpool^  October  16. — A  New  Church  place  of  worship  is 
opened  in  Key  street.  Great  interest  is  excited  in  the  city  by 
the  novelty  of  the  Doctrines,  as  well  as  by  the  superb  repre- 
sentative robes  of  the  minister,  Mr.  Ralph  Mather,  who,  on 
the  same  day,  is  ordained  into  the  priesthood  by  members  of 
his  congregation.  (He  had  previously  received  a  preacher's 
license  from  the  government  and  from  the  Great  East  Cheap 
Society.)—^.  P.  138;   G.  H,  60;  L.  1896:  154.. 

London^  April  25-29. — The  Third  General  Conference  of 
members  of  the  New  Church  in  Great  Britain  is  held  at  Great 
East  Cheap.  Mr.  Benjamin  Banks,  of  Salisbury,  is  chosen  presi- 
dent, and  Robert  Hindmarsh  secretary.  Admission  to  voting 
membership  in  the  Conference  is  restricted  to  friends  of  the 
separate  establishment  of  the  New  Church.  An  Executive 
Committee  of  twelve  persons  is  appointed.  Letters  are  read 
from  various  places  in  England,  Sweden  and  America.  A  reso- 
lution is  adopted  placing  the  Clergy  and  the  Laity  on  an  equal 
footing  in  the  deliberations  of  the  Conference.  The  propriety 
of  consecrating  temples  is  agreed  upon,  and  a  form  of 
consecration  is  adopted.  The  propriety  of  Ministers  wearing 
representative  garments,  while  officiating,  is  also  agreed 
upon  and  a  form  of  such  vestments  recommended.  Socie- 
ties in  various  parts  of  the  Kingdom  are  recommended 
to  hold  provincial  conferences.  The  members  of  the  Church 
in  Great  East  Cheap  form  themselves  into  a  particular  Society 
and  transfer  to  the  Conference  all  such  powers  as  they  have 
exercised  as  the  first  Society  of  the  New  Church.  The 
form  of  ordination  and  the  list  of  the  ordained  ministers  are 
revised.  It  is  resolved  that  no  ordinations  are  to  take  place  in 
the  future,  except  by  the  recommendation  of  a  Society,  and  by 
the  approbation  of  the  Conference.     Consent  is  given  to  the 


ordination  of  Joseph  Proud  and  Robert  Brant. — See  Minutes 
of  the  meeting,  and  R.  P.  1 17-126. 

May  3. — The  Rev.  Joseph  Proud  and  Mr.  Robert  Brant  are 
ordained  into  the  Ministry  of  the  New  Church,  by  Rev.  James 
Hindmarsh. — R.  P.  Appendix. 

May  30. — The  Executive  Committee  of  the  General  Con- 
ference applies  to  Parliament  for  permission  to  bring  in  a  Bill, 
allowing  the  New  Church  full  recognition  as  a  Religious  Body, 
under  tlie  protection  of  the  laws  of  Toleration.  The  petitioners, 
in  reply,  are  recommended  to  prepare  their  Bill,  but  no  further 
steps  are  taken  by  the  New  Church  at  this  time,  owing,  prob- 
ably, to  the  disunion  which  now  set  in  among  the  members, 
and  the  consequent  discontinuance  of  the  General  Conferences. 
— R,  P.  127;  the  full  text  of  the  Petition  is  published  in  M. 
K.  II  :  393. 

July. — The  subject  of  "Re-baptism"  is  discussed  in  the 
Magazine  of  Knowledge ;  Robert  Hindmarsh  tersely  presents 
his  views  in  an  article  containing  "Fifteen  reasons  for  being 
re-baptized  in  the  New  Church." — M.  K.  II :  302. 

September. — The  controversy  between  friends  and  opponents 
of  the  separate  establishment  of  the  New  Church  is  growing 
more  and  more  pronounced.  An  article  presenting  "  Reasons 
for  not  separating  from  the  Old  Church,"  by  M.  B.  G.,  of  Man- 
chester, is  answered  by  Hindmarsh  and  Chastanier  in  M.  K. 
II :  368,  424. 

October. — Appearance  of  Dr.  Priestley's  Letters  to  the  Mem- 
bers of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church,  containing  a  would-be 
formidable  attack  on  the  Heavenly  Doctrines.  A  meeting  of 
the  members  of  the  New  Church  in  London  is  immediately 
called,  and  Robert  Hindmarsh  is  requested  to  prepare  a  reply 
to  Dr.  Priestly ;  the  history  of  the  controversy  is  given  in  R.  P. 

December. — Publication  of  Robert  Hindmarsh's  Answer  to 
Dr,  Priestley. — R.  P.  132-134. 

During  the  year  Mr.  Robert  Beatson,  of  Rotterham,  pre- 
sents a  thorough  refutation  of  John  Wesley's  calumnies  against 
Swedenborg. — M.  K,  II:  80,  91,  204,  257,  328. 


1 62  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Benedict  Chastanier  issues  a  proposal  to  publish  Sweden- 
borg's  Spiritual  Diary ^  the  manuscript  of  which  has  been  de- 
posed with  Chastanier. — N.J.  M.  1791,  304. 

Manchester^  October  (about). — A  general  meeting  of  New- 
churchmen  in  this  city  is  held  to  consider  the  propriety  of  form- 
ing a  society,  distinct  from  the  Established  Church ;  a  great 
majority  decides  to  withdraw  from  the  Church  of  England;  they 
form  themselves  into  a  separate  society  and  open  subscriptions 
for  the  building  of  a  temple. — R.  P.  145  ;  L.  1893  :  187  ;  /^  5.  3. 

Sweden.  Stockholm.,  May  16. — A  letter  to  London  from  a 
member  of  the  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society  encloses  a  letter 
from  Prince  Charles  of  Hesse;  Admiral  Chapman  is  mentioned 
as  a  new  receiver  of  the  Doctrines ;  some  of  the  learned  mem- 
bers of  the  society  are  at  work  on  a  new  translation  of  the 
Word.— 7?.  P.  115. 

December. — The  society  is  dissolved  toward  the  close  of  the 
year,  owing  to  external  persecutions  and  to  the  lack  of  harmony 
among  the  members,  caused  by  the  introduction  of  magical 
and  spiritistic  practices. — Sundelin.,  270. 

The  dissohition  of  the  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society  is  fol- 
lowed by  a  long  continued  state  of  prostration  in  the  New  Church 
in  Sweden,  the  receivers  becoming  isolated  and  each  thinking 
that  he  is  the  last  remaining  member.  A  few  individuals 
k?ep  up  some  literary  activity,  but  no  organized  efforts  are 
made  until  the  year  1796. 

For  historical  accounts  of  the  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society 
see  Kahl^  part  3,  pp.  78-101 ;  Sundelin.,  193-279  ;  C.  F. 
Norlenskjold's  Memoirs,  M.  34:  179,  and  our  sketch  in  Mess.^ 
vol.  72.,  pp.  ']Z,  91,  112. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:   Conti7iuation  Concerning  the  Last  Judg^nent.   Lon- 
don.    Hindmarsh.     80  pp. 

First   English    edition,   translated    and    published  by 
Robert  Hindmarsh. — A.  L. 
De   Ctdtu  et  A  more  Dei,  Pars  II  (On  the   Worship  and 
Love  of  God,  2nd  Part).     London.      Hindmarsh.     4to. 
26  pp. 


I79I'  i63 

Second    Latin    edition,    edited    and    published    by  R. 
Hindmarsh. — A.  I^. 
Det  Nya  Jerusalems  Lara  om  Herren  (Doctrine  concerning 
the  Lord).     Copenhagen.     Thiele.     90  pp. 

First  Swedish  edition,   pubHshed  at    the  expense  of 
Baron  Liljencrantz. — R.  L. 
The  Apocalypse  Revealed.     2  vols.     Manchester.    Wheeler. 
First   English    edition,   translated    by  Dr.  Tucker,  of 
Hull,  and  published  by  the  Manchester  Pr.  Soc. — A.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  Life  for  the   New  Jerusalem.     London. 
Hindmarsh.      147  pp. 

This,  on  the  title  page,    is   called    "  Fourth  English 
edition;"   the  "second  "  edition  was  published  in  1785; 
we  have  never  seen  any  "  third  "  edition. — A.  L. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Concerning   the   Lord. 
London.     Hindmarsh. 

Third  English  edition.— N.  Y.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concer^iing  the  Sacred 
Scriptures.     London.     Hindmarsh.     214  pp. 
Third  English  edition.— A.  L. 
[Anonymous]  :    Htifvudgrunder  til  Christendo?nen  i  sin  Renhet 
(Fundamentals  of  Christianity  in  its  purity.)     Copen- 
hagen.    Thiele.     40  pp. 

A  very  interesting  New  Church  Catechism;  the  un- 
known author  appears  to  have  been  a  clergyman  of  the 
Established  Church  of  Sweden. — A.  L. 
[Beyer,  Rev.  Gabriel  A.]  :  Andelig  Vdgvisare  for  Barn  och 
Yjiglingar  (A  Spiritual  Guide  for  Children  and  Young 
People).     Copenhagen.     Thiele.      176  pp. 

A  New  Church  Catechism,  pubHshed  at  the  expense  of 
Mr.    Mannerfelt  twelve   years   after   the   death   of   the 
author. — Kahl.  3:    14;  R.  P.  114. — A.  L- 
[Chastanier,  Benedict]  :  Emanuel  Swedenborg-' s  iVezv  Year's  Gift 
to  His  Readers.     London.     40  pp. 

A  very  peculiar  publication,  written  as  if  by  Sweden- 
borg's  spirit;  it  affirms  the  separate  organization  of  the 
New  Church,  but  denies  the  eternal  duration  of  the 
hells.  This  position,  and  the  whole  style  and  tone  of 
the  pamphlet,  prove  Chastanier  as  the  author;  he  after- 
wards receded  from  this  error. — A.  L. 


164  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

[Circular]  :  Reasons  for  an  Application  to  Parliament,  by  the  Mem- 
bers   of   a    Religious    Commzifiity    called    "  The     New 
Churchy     London.      Hindmarsh.      19  pp.     Small  folio. 
A  ver}^  interesting  document,  drawn  up  by  R.   Hind- 
marsh. — S.  S.  Iv. 

Cowherd,  Rev.  William:  The  Prisoner' s  Select  Ma7iual  of  De- 
vout Exercises.    Manchester.  Swindells.     82  pp. — A.  L. 

Hartley,  Rev.  Thomas:  The  Doctri7ie  of  a  Divine  Trinity  in 
the  Divi7te  Nature,  deferided.  London.  E.  Hodson. 
69  pp. 

The  second  edition;    mentioned  in  A^.    C.    M.  1891: 

134- 

[Liturgical]  :  Forms  for  Public  Worship  According  to  the  Pri^ici- 
plcs  of  the  New  Church.  **New  edition."  London. 
Hindmarsh. 

Advertised  in  N.  f.  M.  1791:  305. 

[Periodical]:  The  New  Magazine  of  Knowledge.  Vol.11.  Lon- 
don.    Hindmarsh. 

This  useful  and  interesting  journal  ceased  in  October, 
1791.—^.  P.  108.— A.  L. 

Priestley,  Rev.  Joseph:  Letters  to  the  Members  of  the  New  feru- 
salem  Chiirch,  formed  by  Baron  Swedeiiborg.  Birming- 
ham.    J.  Thompson.   70  pp. 

A  Unitarian  attack  on  the  New  Church;  we  have 
found  a  copy  of  this  extremely  rare  publication  in  the 
Library  of  Harvard  University,  Cambridge,  and  another 
in  the  library  of  Captain  James,  of  Urbana,  O. 

Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:  A  Candid  Reply  to  Dr.  Priestley s  ''Letters 
to  the  Members  of  the  New  ferusalem  Church.'"    Birming- 
ham.    Belcher.     82  pp. — A.  L. 
Two  Discourses  delivered  at  the  opening  a7id  consecratio7i  of 
the  New  ferusale77i    Temple  i7i  Birmi7igha7n.     Birming- 
ham.    Belcher.     47  pp. — A.  L- 

[Report]  :  Mi^iutes  of  a  Ge7ieral  Co7ifere7ice  of  the  Me77ibers  of  the 
Neiv  Church,  held  in  Lo7ido7i,  April,  1791.  London. 
Hindmarsh.     16  pp. — Reproduced  in  ^.  p.   61. 

Von  'Walden,  Frederick:  Ar  del fbrsvarligt  inf'dr  Giid att  smada 
S2vede7iboi'gs  Skrifter?  (Is  it  defensible  before  God  to 
calumniate  Swedenborg's  Writings?).  Copenhagen. 
Thiele.— R.  L. 


I7gi-i7g2.  165 

Ofdrgripliga  Tankar  i  anled^mig  af  Professor  Mollcrs 
"  Tankar  am  Swede7ibo7gianismen  "  (Frank  views  on 
Prof.  Moller's  "Thoughts  on  the  subject  of  Sweden- 
borgianism ").     Copenhagen.     Thiele.      16  pp. — A.  L. 

Tankar  om  Sattet  att  blifva  lycklig  (Thoughts  on  the  mode 
of  securing  happiness).  Copenhagen.  Thiele.  8  pp. 
—A.  L. 
[Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan]  :  E71  Sa7nling  af  utvalda  och  g7'undrika 
Predikningar  (A  collection  of  selected  and  original  dis- 
courses).    Copenhagen.     Thiele.     360  pp. — R.  ly. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  John  Wesley,  the  founder  of  the  Methodist  Church  (March  2). 

Death  of  the  Countess  of  Huntingdon,  the  patroness  of  George  White- 
field,  and  organizer  of  the  *'  Lady  Huntingdon's  Connection  "  of  Calvinistic 
Methodists. 

Publication  of  "  The  Rights  of  Man,"  by  Thomas  Paine. 

Death  of  Johann  Semler,  professor  at  Halle  and  founder  of  modern 
Biblical  criticism. 

Death  of  Johann  David  Michaelis,  the  eminent  German  theologian  and 
orientalist. 

Death  of  Mozart,  the  German  composer. 

The  royal  family  of  France  attempts  to  escape  abroad,  but  is  captured  and 
imprisoned.  Avignon  is  taken  from  the  Pope  by  the  French  revolutionists. 
The  Legislative  Assembly  is  constituted.     Death  of  Mirabeau. 

Peace  is  concluded  between  Austria  and  Poland. 

Insurrection  of  the  negroes  in  Hayti  against  the  whites. 

Galvani  publishes  his  discoveries  in  animal  electricity, 

1702  America.     Baltimore^  April  i. — The  Rev.  James 

■^  Wilmer,  an  Episcopal  clergyman,  preaches  the  first 

New  Church  sermon  ever  delivered  in  America. — R.  P.  152. 

April  10. — Letter  from  Mr.  Christian  Kramer  to  R.  Hind- 
marsh,  describing  the  rise  of  the  New  Church  in  Baltimore, 
where  a  society  of  twenty-two  persons  is  now  existing. — R.  P. 
150. 

April  23. — Letter  from  the  Rev.  James  Wilmer,  describing 
his  reception  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  and  his  present  ex- 
ertions in  their  behalf — R.  P.  153  ;  Mess.  vol.  62:  257. 

April  25. — Letter  from  the  Society  in  Baltimore  to  the  Lon- 
don Society,  giving  further  particulars  as  to  the  movement. — 
R.  P.  ibid. 


1 66  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Col.  Robert  Carter  takes  up  his  residence  in  Baltimore,  where 
he  becomes  the  leader  of  the  Church  and  the  3upporter  of  Mr. 
Wilmer.  He  organizes  the  receivers  into  a  very  peculiar  "  In- 
dependent Congregation." — Mess.  1856:  186;  also  vol.  47: 
186  ;  vol.  62  :  249,  250,  403,  415. 

Bath^  Maine. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  here  by  Dr. 
Cummings,  a  Baptist  clergyman.  They  are  received  first  by  a 
Mr.  Allen,  of  Bath. — Mess.  vol.  52  :  70. 

Nezv  York. — Dr.  Joseph  Russell,  formerly  the  leader  of  the 
New  Church  in  Halifax,  N.  S.,  removes  to  New  York.  He  is 
the  first  New  Churchman  in  that  city. — N.  I:  401. 

Philadelphia. — The  Rev.  Ralph  Mather,  of  lyiverpool,  settles 
in  German  town.  He  institutes  the  first  regular  meetings  for 
worship  in  this  city.  The  members  here  are  becoming  more 
active,  and  publish  several  works.  The  state  among  them  is 
described  in  A^.  I:  399-402;  M.  44:  178. 

Germany. — Nordenskjold's  Forsamlingsfor^nen  is  translated 
into  German  and  published  in  Dr.  F.  Miinter's  Magazine  fiir 
Kirchengeschichte  des  Nor  dens. — Sundelin^  262. 

Great  Britain.  Bolton, — Death  of  John  Walmsley,  the 
chief  supporter  of  the  New  Church  in  this  town. — A.   I:   135. 

Bristol. — A  New  Church  place  of  worship  is  opened  here, 
with  the  Rev.  Robert  Brant  as  minister. — R.  P.  139. 

Liverpool^  May  or  June. — Mr.  Mather  resigns  from  the 
pastorate,  intending  to  emigrate  to  America.  Before  leaving, 
he  ordains  C.  W.  Leadbeater,  of  Chester,  into  the  Ministry 
of  the  New  Church.—  G.  H.  60. 

Mr.  Mather  is  succeeded  as  pastor  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Hill, 
an  ordained  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England,  but  an 
ardent  New  Churchman,  who,  for  a  time,  preaches  with  great 
success  until,  suddenly,  a  split  occurs  in  the  Society,  Mr.  Hill 
and  the  wealthier  members  withdrawing  from  external  con- 
nection with  the  New  Church.  The  remaining  members  re- 
move from  the  chapel  in  Key  street,  and  obtain  a  room  in 
Marble  street,  where  worship  is  conducted  by  Rev.  C.  W. 
Leadbeater.  —  G.  H.  ibid, 

London. — Johanna  Swedenborg,  an  orphaned  grand-niece  of 


7792.  167 

Emanuel  Swedenborg,  resides  at  this  time  in  London,  and  is 
supported  at  school  by  the  charity  of  some  New  Churchmen. — 
Spence's  Essays^  p.  43;  N.  J.  J.  72. 

Peter  Provo  again  visits  Richard  Shearsmith  and  obtains 
from  him  additional  testimonies  respecting  Swedenborg.  These 
appeared  first  in  N.  C.  M.  1885:    381. 

The  ieelings  between  "separationists"  and  "  anti-separa- 
tionists"  are  very  bitter  at  this  time,  as  may  appear  from  the 
controversies  on  the  subject  in  The  New  Jerusale^n  Journal 
and  in  Dr.  Spence's  Essays. 

January. — Publication  of  the  first  number  of  The  New 
Jerusalem  Journal^  a  monthly  magazine,  edited  and  published 
by  Robert  Hindmarsh. — R.  P.  139. 

Among  the  most  interesting  articles  in  this  journal  may  be 
mentioned  one  on  "The  necessity  of  a  new  translation  of  the 
Word,"  by  Hindmarsh,  and  the  controversy  on  the  nature  of 
the  Lord's  resurrection-body. — N.  J.  J.  7,  30-36. 

April  9-13. — The  fourth  General  Conference  of  members  of 
the  New  Church  is  held  at  Great  East  Cheap.  Mr.  Anthony 
Hunt,  of  Bristol,  is  elected  president,  and  Robert  Hindmarsh, 
secretary.  A  committee  of  "Directors"  is  appointed  to  man- 
age and  direct  the  affairs  of  the  Church  at  large.  Resolutions 
are  adopted  recommending  various  measures  for  the  organiza- 
tion and  representation  of  the  individual  societies.  Mr. 
Samuel  Hands,  of  Birmingham,  recommends  that  each  society 
form  itself  into  a  trading  company.  The  Conference  is  dis- 
tinctly divided  into  a  majority  and  a  minority,  the  latter  ob- 
jecting to  the  democratic  spirit  which  prevails  in  the  assembly. 
Robert  Hindmarsh  reads  a  paper,  signed  by  the  members  of 
the  minority,  warning  against  democratic  rule,  and  favoring  an 
episcopal  form  of  government  for  the  New  Church.  The 
minority  virtually  withdraws  from  the  Conference.  The 
minutes,  of  which  two  differing  editions  are  published,  are 
signed  only  by  the  members  of  the  majority — R.  P.  140-142  ; 
E.  pp.  xxvii-xxxi;  pp.  139-153. 

May  13. — Soon  after  this  Conference  the  members  of  the 
Great  East  Cheap  Society,  with  the  exception  of  Robert  Hind- 


i68 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


marsh  and  six  others,  leave  the  chapel,  and  engage  a  tem- 
porary place  of  worship  in  Store  street,  Tottenham  Court 
Road,  with   the   Rev.  Manoah   Sibly   as   pastor.      Hindmarsh, 

with  his  friends,  keep  the 
chapel  in  Great  East 
Cheap  open  for  worship 
for  a  little  over  a  year. — 
R.  P.  143. 

The  causes  of  this  di- 
vision were  differences  of 
opinion  as  to  the  orderly 
form  of  government  for 
the  Church,  and  Mr. 
Hind  marsh's  attempt  to 
enforce  his  own  views  on 
this  subject. — E.  p.  xxxii ; 
N.  C  R.  1853:  545;  R. 
R.  96,  112,  113. 

Manchester.  —  The 
friends  of  the  separate 
establishment  of  the  New  Church,  early  in  the  spring  of  this 
year,  begin  to  erect  a  temple  in  Peter  street. — R.  P.  145. 

Sweden. — Augustus  Nordenskjold  undertakes  a  scientific 
expedition  to  Africa.  Arriving  at  Sierra  Leone  he  sets  out  on 
a  journey  towards  the  interior,  but  is  robbed  of  all  his  posses- 
sions and  expires  alone,  at  Port  Logo,  either  from  exhaustion 
or  from  maltreatment. — D.  I  :  642 ;  Sicndeltn,  263  ;  Mess. 
vol.  71:  410.     /.  1866:  531. 

The  popular  feeling  against  Swedenborgians  is  increased  by 
the  connection  which  Aug.  Nordenskjold  and  some  other  re- 
ceivers had  had  with  the  king's  alchemistic  gold-factory,  which 
at  this  time,  through  an  unworthy  royal  favorite,  Count  Munck, 
had  become  an  establishment  for  the  coining  of  spurious 
Swedish  money.  The  Newchurchtnen,  however,  were  proved 
innocent  of  any  connection   with  this  crime. — Sundelin.^  265. 

Publications. 
Swedenborg :  An   Hieroglyphic  Key  to  Natural  and  Spiritual 
Mysteries.     London.      Hindmarsh.     83  pp. 


Rev,   Manoah  Sibly. 


First    English   edition,    translated    and   published  by 
Robert  Hindmarsh. — A,  L. 
Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vol.  5.     London.    Hindmarsh.    451  pp. 

First  English  edition. — A.  L. 
Ni7ie  Questions  respecting  the  Trinity.    Baltimore.     Samuel 
and  John  Adams. 

First  American  edition,  published  together  with 
Sandel's  Eulogiiun. — R.  P.  152. 
Swedenborg  on  the  Trinity.  (Extracts):  Baltimore. 
Adams.  Sold  for  6  d.  Advertised  in  the  Baltimore 
Liturgy  of  1792. 
The  Doctidne  of  Life  for  the  Nezv  Jerusalem.  London. 
Hindmarsh.      123  pp. 

Fifth  Enghsh  edition.— A.  L. 
The  Doctrl7ie  of  Life  for  the  New  Jerusalem.     Philadel- 
phia.    Francis  Bailey.      140  pp. — A.  L. 

First   American  edition;    contains  also   Mr.    Duche's 
preface  and  14  pages  of  extracts  from  Heaven  and  Hell. 
The  New  Jerusalem  a?id  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.     Bradforth. 
127  pp. 

Fifth  English  edition. — A.  L. 
It  was  distributed  gratis. — N.  I:  539. 
The     True    Christian    Religio?i.      Vol.    2.      Philadelphia. 
Bailey.     478  pp. 

First  American  edition. — A.  L. 
[Anonymous]:  A  Short  Accou7it  of  the  Hon.  Emariuel  Sweden- 
borg, (^founder  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Doctrines) ,  and  his 
Theological    Writings.     Baltimore.     S.  and   J.  Adams. 
Sold  for  II  d. 

Advertised  in  the  Baltimore  Liturgy  for  1792. 
Some  Short  Strictures,  addressed  to  the  members  of  the  New 
Jerusalem   Church,  occasioned  by  readiyig  Dr.    Priestley' s 
Letters.     By  a  reader  of  Baron  Swedenborg.     London. 
M.  Sibly.      28  pp. 

The  author  was  probably  Dr.  Wm.  Spence.     (See  his 
Essays,  p.  95.) — A.  L. 
Bellamy,    John:  Jesus    Christ  the  only  God.     Addressed  to  Dr. 
Priestley.     London.      M.  Sibly.      iiQ  pp. 

The  author  was  at  this  time  an  active  member  of  the 
New    Church.      He    afterwards    became    famous  as  the 


lyO  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

author    of    an    independent    (but     not    New     Church) 
translation  of  the  scriptures. — A.  L. 

Clowes,  Rev.  John:  An  Address  from  the  Translator  of  the 
Theological  Writings  of  Baron  Sivedenborg ^  iyitended  to 
poi7it  ont  the  ge?ieral  desigJi  and  teyidency  of  those 
writings,  a7id  particularly  to  shoiv  that  they  do  not 
a^ithorize  the  readers  iti  a  separation,  at  the  present  time, 
fro77t  exter7ial  co7n77iu7iion  with  other  p7'ofessed  Christians. 
Manchester. 

Mentiont^d  in  Conipton's  I-.ife  of  Clowes,  p.  53. 

Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert:  iMters  to  Dr.  Priestley,  containing 
Proofs  of  the  Sole,  Supreme  a7id  Exclusive  Divinity  of 
Jesus  Christ,  a7id  of  the  Divi7ie  Missio7i  of  E7nanuel 
Swede7iborg .     London.     Hindmarsh.     395  pp. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  able  polemical  works  ever 
written  in  defense  of  the  New  Church.  It  has  been  re- 
viewed in  /.  1835:  405,  and  has  seen  many  editions. — 
A.  L. 

[Liturgical]  :  The  Eitiugy  of  the  New  Church,  together  with 
Hym7is.  Baltimore.  Samuel  and  John  Adams.  343 
pp.  7x4.  "The  Fourth  Edition,"  and  the  first  New 
Church  Liturgy  published  in  America. 

This  is  a  reprint  of  Hindmarsh' s  Liturgy  and  Cate- 
chism and  Proud' s  Hymns.  It  was  published  at  the 
expense  of  Col.  Robert  Carter. — N.  1:  540;  III:  232;  M. 
44:  178;  Mess.  vol.  62:  250.  A  copy  is  preserved  in 
the  library  of  Rev.  Frank  Sewall. 

[Periodical]  :  The  New  ferusalc77i  Jour7ial,  or  Treasury  of  Divine 
K7iowledge ;  bei7ig  a  Repository  of  Miscellaneous  Essays 
a7id  Productio7is ,  7-elative  to  the  True  Christian  Religion, 
as  professed  a7id  7nai7itai7ied  by  the  me77ibers  of  the  New 
Church.     London.      Hindmarsh.      464  pp. 

A  monthly  journal,  edited  and  published  by  Robert 
Hindmarsh.  from  January  to  October,  1792. — R.  P.  139. 
—A.  L. 

Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:   Ge7ieral  P7vofs  that  the  Second  Adve7it  of 
the  Lo7'd  hath  take7i  place.      Bristol.      W.  Pine.      33  pp. 
—A.  L. 
Jesus  Christ  the  Sup7'e77ie  Head  of  His  Chu7'ch.     Birming- 
ham.    J.  Belcher.      20  pp. — A.  L. 


1792'  171 

The  Nature  of  Triie  Greatness.     A  Sermon.      Manchester. 

C.  Wheeler.      14  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Twenty  Sermons  on  the  Doctrines  and  Truths  of  the  Lord's 
New  Chiirch.     Birmingham.     Belcher.     302  pp. — B.  L. 
[Reports]  :   Minutes  of  a  General  Conference  of  the  Members  of  the 
Nezv  Chnrch,  held  in  Lo?ido?i,  April  gth   to  13th,  I'jgs. 
London.      15  pp.     Reprinted  in  E.  p.  75. 
Minutes  of  a  General  Co7iference  of  the  Members  of  the  New 
Church,  held  in  Londo7i,  in  Easter  week,  1792.     London. 
R.  Hindmarsh.      15  pp. 

This  report  differs  in  many  respects  from  the  one  pre- 
ceding.    See  E.  pp.  xxvii-xxxi,  75,  139. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah  :    Three  Sermons  preached  at  the  Nezv  feru- 
sale?n    Church,   in  Store  street,    Tottenham   Court   Road, 
Lo7idon,  May  20th,  2yth,  and  fime  3d,  1792.     London. 
Hindmarsh.     67  pp. — A.  L. 
An  Answer  to   the  Important  Question  :    Who  is  the  Lord  f 
London.     Hindmarsh.     Mentioned  in  A^. /.  y^.     London. 
1826:  2. 
Spence,  William,  M.  D:  Essays  in  Divinity  and  Physics.      With 
a?i  Expositio7i  of  Ani77ial  Mag7ietism  a7id  Magic,  a7id  an 
Appe7idix    concerni7ig    the    Impolicy   of   Separating,    at 
present,  from   Co7n77iunion  with   the  Established  Church. 
London.     Hindmarsh.      108  pp. 

A  curious  but    highly  entertaining   work,    throwing 
valuable  side-lights  upon   the  contemporary  history  of 
the  New  Church.— A.  L. 
Wetherill,  Samuel:    The  Divi7iity  of fes2is  Christ  proved,  bei7ig  a 
reply  to  Dr.   Priestley's   ''Appeal  to  the  Serious,''   with 
some    observations    upon     Aria7tis7n.     Philadelphia.     F. 
Bailey  and  Th.  Lang.     68  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Wilmer,  Rev.  James  :  A   Ser77ion  on  the  Doctri7ie  of  the  New 
ferusale7n  Church  :  bei7ig  the  first  pro7nulgated  within  the 
U7iited  States.     Baltimore.     W.  Goddard.     24  pp. 
Dedicated  to  "  Robert  Carter,  Esq." — Cin.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Foundation  of  the  "Baptist  Missionary  Society  for  the  East  and  West 
Indies,"  by  William  Gary,  at  Nottingham.  This  marks  the  beginning  of  a 
general  awakening  of  zeal  for  missionary  work  for  the  Gentile  world. 

Johanna  Southcott,  an  English  "prophetess,"  creates  much  excitement 
by  her  pretended  revelations;  her  numerous  followers  organize  the  sect  of 
Southcottians,  or  "New  Israelites." 


172 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Publication  of  "The  Rights  of  Man,"  by  Thomas  Paine. 

Death  of  Bishop  Spangenberg,  the  successor  of  Zinzendorf,  and  the  or- 
ganizer of  the  Moravian  Church  in  America. 

The  property  of  French  emigres  is  confiscated.  The  guillotine  is  intro- 
duced. War  is  declared  against  Austria,  Prussia  and  Sardinia.  The  Insur- 
rectionary Commune  is  established  at  Paris.  The  Tuileriesare  attacked  and 
the  royal  family  imprisoned.  The  first  Revolutionary  Tribunal  is  estab- 
lished by  the  Jacobins.  The  "September  massacres"  in  Paris  follow. 
France  is  declared  a  Republic  by  the  National  Convention,  Sept.  21st.  Louis 
XVI.  is  placed  on  trial.     The  French  army  occupies  Belgium  and  Savoy. 

Russia  makes  peace  with  Turkey  and  invades  Poland. 

Gustavus  III.  is  shot  by  Anckarstrom  at  a  masked  ball,  March  15th.  He 
is  succeeded  on  the  throne  of  Sweden  by  his  son,  Gustavus  IV.  Adolphus. 

-r>^r\^  America.    Baltimore,  ^2.xv<\2,xy  22. — The  members 

'  '^^'  of  the  New  Church  present  a  copy  of  the  True 
Christian  Religion  to  General  Washington,  then  President  of 
the  United  States,  together  with  an  address,  assuring  the 
President  of  the  exalted  esteem  of  the  signers.  To  this 
the  President  returns  a  reply,  expressing  appreciation  of  this 
testimony  of  esteem  and  confidence,  referring  all  glory  to  the 
overruling  Providence,  and  concluding  with  good  wishes  for 
the  signers. — R.  P.  154  ;  A.  I:  52. 

With  this  may  be  compared  the  statement,  made  by  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Washington  family,  that  the  General,  in  his  last 
years,  was  a  reader  of  Swedenborg's  Writings.  (Reported  by 
the  Rev.  P.  B.  Cabell,  in  Mess.,  vol.  62  :  75.) 

New  York. — The  first  meetings  of  New  Church  people  in 
New  York  are  held  this  year;  the  circle  consists  of  Dr.  Russell, 
of  Halifax,  N.  S.,  and  the  families  of  Bragg  and  Mott,  from 
Birmingham,  and  Banks,  from  Norwich,  England. — Mess, 
1856:   159;  vol.  24:   225;  M.  n.  s.  xvi:  544. 

Great  Britain.  Birmingham,  March  10. — A  second  at- 
tempt is  made  to  destroy  the  temple  of  the  New  Church,  un- 
known persons  throwing  a  hand-grenade  through  one  of  the 
windows,  thereby  destro\ing  a  large  and  costly  baptismal  font 
of  gilded  cut-glass,  and  burning  several  of  the  pews.  An  ad- 
dress of  sympathy  is  sent  to  Mr.  Proud,  the  pastor,  by  the 
prominent  citizens  of  Birmingham. — M.L.  1889:  182  ;  M.  n.  s. 
xii  :  249. 


^793'  173 

April  I  and  2. — A  fifth  "General"  Conference  is  held  at 
Birmingham  by  such  members  of  the  New  Church  as  uphold 
the  principles  adopted  by  the  majority  in  the  Conference  of 
1792.  Mr.  Samuel  Mann,  of  Birmingham,  is  elected  presi- 
dent, and  Mr.  Charles  Leadbeater,  of  Chester,  secretary ;  reso- 
lutions are  adopted,  affirming  the  principle  of  majority  rule,  and 
placing  disobedient  societies  under  general  censure  ;  rebaptism 
into  the  New  Church  is  declared  non-essential ;  Rev.  William 
Cowherd  (or  "  Coward,"  as  the  name  is  printed  in  the 
Minutes)  appears  to  have  been  the  ruling  spirit  of  the  Confer- 
ence.— E.  93. 

Soon  after  this  Conference  the  temple  in  Birmingham  is 
sold,  owing  to  the  financial  failure  of  the  proprietor,  Mr.  Samuel 
Hands ;  several  families  emigrate  to  America  (New  York) ; 
after  seven  months  the  remaining  members  erect  a  new,  smaller 
chapel,  in  Paradise  street,  on  the  site  of  the  present  Queen's 
College. — /.  1826:  349 ;  J/^^^.  vol.  24:  225;  M.  n.  s.  xvi : 
543;  M.  L.  1889:   181. 

Bolton. — The  members  of  the  New  Church,  sixteen  in  num- 
ber, erect  a  small  chapel,  adjoining  the  residence  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Bullock,  in  Bullock  street,  a  minister  of  All  Saints'  Church 
and  a  reader  of  the  Writings ;  they  continue  here  until  1797. — 
/.  1847:   159;/  D.  p.  4. 

Haslingden. — The  Heavenly  Doctrines  are  introduced  here 
by  Mr.  Richard  Ash  worth,  who  had  received  them  from  Mr. 
Bradley,  of  Liverpool,  a  convert  of  Ralph  Mather's. — M.  L. 
1890:   196. 

Keighley^  May  22. — A  provincial  meeting,  held  here,  adopts 
an  hierarchical  form  of  Church  government,  in  conformity  with 
the  plan  proposed  by  the  Ivondon  Conference  of  1793. — E.  p. 
211. 

London^  ^.'^iW.  1-5. — Another  "fifth  General"  Conference 
is  held  at  Great  East  Cheap  by  the  minority  in  the  Conference 
of  1792.  James  Hindmarsh  is  president,  and  Robert  Hind- 
marsh,  secretary.  The  Episcopal  form  of  government  is 
strongly  emphasized  at  this  meeting,  and  a  trine  in  the  Min- 
istry is  adopted,  but  is  not  carried  into  effect,  except,  for  a  short 
time,  at  Keighley.     After  this  meeting  no  General  Conference 


174 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


is  held  in  England  until  the  year  1807.  A  state  of  general 
disunion,  weakness  and  inactivity  now  sets  in  upon  the  New 
Church  in  Great  Britain.— A^.  C.  R.  1853  :  546  ;  R.  P.  155- 
157;  R,  R.  115;  ^.157-210. 

May  12. — Mr.  Sibly's  congregation  removes  from  Store 
street  to  Red  Cross  street,  Cripplegate;  the  Society  is  more 
formally  organized  and  a  new  Liturgy  is  adopted. — /.  181 2: 
199;  R.  P.  143. 

December. — The  chapel  in  Great  East  Cheap  is  given  up  by 
the  remaining  members  of  the  original  society,  who  hereafter 
keep  together  by  meeting  at  each  others'  houses,  until  the 
year  1796. — R.  P.  157,  166;  R.  R.  113. 

Manchester^  August 
II.  —  The  New  Church 
Temple  in  Peter  street  is 
formally  opened  by  Rev. 
William  Cowherd,  the 
pastor,  assisted  by  Rev. 
Joseph  Proud,  of  Birming- 
ham. Mr.  Proud  remains 
here  for  a  time,  as  assist- 
ant minister,  and  preaches 
with  great  success,  but  is 
soon  forced  to  resign, 
owing  to  Mr.  Cowherd's 
intense  jealousy,  and  re- 
turns to  Birmingham. — 
/.  1826:  349;  R.  P.  79,  147;   G,  H.  69;  F.  S.  I,  3. 

Wigan.  —  Three  believers  in  the  Heavenly  Doctrines 
organize  as  a  society  and  lay  the  foundation  of  a  New  Church 
here;  they  meet  together  in  a  house  on  "Starvation  Brow." — 
M.  L.  1893:  466. 

Sweden.  Skbfde^  January  13. — Death  of  the  Rev.  Arvid 
Ferelius,  the  clergyman  who  administered  the  last  communion 
to  Swedenborg.  During  his  latter  years  Ferelius  became  an 
ardent  receiver  of  the  Doctrines.  His  eldest  daughter  married 
Mr.  C.  J.  Schonherr,  a  liberal  financial  supporter  of  the  New 
Church  in  Sweden ;  another  daughter  married  Mr.  Gustaf  J. 


Temple  in  Peter  street,  Manchester. 


n93'  175 

Billberg,  president  of  the  Society  ^^  Pro  Fide  et  Charitate^^^ 
and  a  third  daughter  married  Dr.  Levin  Olbers,  the  most 
prominent  of  the  New  Churchmen  in  Gottenburg-.  See 
Carlson's  History  of  the  Swedish  Church  in  Lojidon^  p.  153; 
also  D.  1 :  704. 

Publications. 

Bliss,  Thomas:    The  Scripture  Doctrine  of  the  absolute  essential 

Deity   of   our   Lord    fesus    Christ,    plaiyily    explamed. 

Yarnscombe.     Devonshire. 

The  Author  of  this  New  Church   work  was  Vicar  of 

Ashford  and  Yarnscombe;  the  book  is  mentioned  in  N. 

C  A.    1843:  259. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Sermons  preached  at  the  Parish  Church  of 

St.    [olui,    Manchester.      Vol.    I.      London.      Hodson. 

272  pp. — Cin.  L. 
The  Character  of  the  Young  Christia7i .     London.     Hodson. 

12  pp. — A.  L. 
Johansen,    Christian:     Oin  det  Afideliga  i   Verlden.     (On  the 

spiritual  in  the  World).     Copenhagen.     45  pp. 

An  open  letter  to  a  Swedish  clergyman  who  had  re- 
ceived the   Heavenly   Doctrines;  the  author  holds  that 

the  Old  Christian  Church,  by  an  unconscious  permeation 

of  new  truth,  will  become  the  real   New  Jerusalem. — 

Sundeli?!.   279. — A.  L. 
[Liturgical]:    T/ie  Liturgy  of  the  Lord's  A^<?ze'   Clnirch,  formed 

up07i  that  of  the  ChurcJi  of  Englaiid.      Manchester.     C. 

Wheeler.     400  pp. 

Compiled  by   Rev.    William   Cowherd;  it  is  severely 

criticised   in  R.  P.    146;  Mess.    vol.  36:   359;  a  copy  is 

preserved  in  the  library  of  Rev.  Frank  Sewall. 
[Reports]  :   Minutes  of  a    Ge7ieral  Confererice  of  the  me77ibers  of 

the   New    ChurcJi.     held  in    Birmingha77i,    ApiHl  i,    2. 

Birmingham.     Belcher.     8  pp. — Reprinted  in  E.  93. 
Minutes  of  a  Ge7ieral  Coifere7ice  of  the  77ier7tbers  of  the  New 

ChiuTh,  held  i7i  London  i7i  Easter  week,  1793.     London. 

Hindmarsh.      56  pp. — Reprinted  in  ^.  157. 
Von     Walden,     Frederick:       Upplys7iing      0771      Swedenborgs 

Sk7'ifter.       (Information     respecting     the    writings    of 

Swedenborg).     Copenhagen.     Thiele.     215   pp. — A.  L. 


176 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Contemporary  Events. 

Beginning  of  Washington's  second  administration. 

The  right  of  voting  at  elections  is  restored  to  the  Roman  Catholics  of 
England. 

Execution  of  Louis  XVI.,  Jan.  21.  A  grand  coalition  against  France  is 
formed  by  England,  Austria,  Prussia,  the  German  Empire,  Holland,  Spain, 
Naples  and  other  States.  Danton,  Marat  and  Robespierre  inaugurate  the 
"  Reign  of  Terror."  Outbreak  of  a  great  royalist  insurrection  in  the 
Vendees.  The  "  Committee  of  Public  Safety  "  is  instituted.  The  Girondists 
fall.  Marat  is  assassinated  by  Charlotte  Corday,  July  13th.  Toulon  is  taken 
by  the  English.  The  revolutionary  Calendar  is  introduced.  Terrible 
massacres  are  committed  at  Lyons.  Marie  Antoinette  is  executed,  Oct.  i6th. 
The  "Worship  of  Reason"  is  decreed  by  the  Convention,  Nov.  loth. 
Napoleon  Bonaparte  recaptures  Toulon  from  the  English.  The  French  Re 
public  is  excomnumicated  by  the  Pope. 

Second  partition  of  Poland  by  Russia  and  Prussia. 


1794 


America.  Bedford.^  Pa. — The  circle  of  receivers 
in  this  place  is  described  in  A^.  Ill:  232. 
Boston^  Mass. — The  Rev.  William  Hill,  of  Liverpool,  emi- 
grates to  America,  and  re- 
sides, at  first,  in  or  near 
Boston,  where  he  publishes 
a  number  of  New  Church 
works,  and  deposits  a  set  of 
the  Arcana  Ccelestia  in  the 
Library  of  Harvard  College. 
— L.  1896:  103,  104;  N.  I: 

538. 

During  his  residence  here, 
the  Doctrines  are  received 
by  Dr.  Samuel  Brown,  Dr. 
James  Mann,  Miss  Mar- 
garet Cary  and  a  Mr. 
Craigie.  —  Mess.  vol.  47  : 
130. 

Philadelphia. — The  New 
Church  meetings  here  still 
continue  under  the  leadership  of  Ralph  Mather,  who  also  ad- 
ministers the  sacrament  of  Baptism. — A^.  I:  72. 


Rev.  William  Hill 


I 


1794'  ^11 

A  laudatory  poem  "On  The  Hon.  Emanuel  Swedenborg's 
Universal  Theology,"  by  the  poet,  Philip  Frenau,  is  published 
by   Mr.  Bailey   in  his   Freeman^ s  Journal. — M,  n.  s.  ix  :  652. 

[Vest  Indies. — Death  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Jackson,  in  Jamaica. 
—O.  I:  311. 

Great  Britain.  Londo7i.  —  Robert  Hindmarsh  makes  an 
unsuccessful  attempt  to  establish  an  institution  for  the  gratis 
distribution  of  the  Word  and  the  Writings  of  the  New  Church 
among  the  poor. — R.  P.  167. 

Keighley.  June  9,  10. — A  Council  of  members  of  the  New 
Church  is  held  here.  The  regulations  adopted  at  the  pro- 
vincial conference  of  1793  are  confirmed.  Notes  on  the  spirit- 
ual sense  of  the  Ten  Commandments  are  selected  from  the 
Writings  for  the  settling  of  possible  disputes  respecting  doc- 
trines, etc.  The  Rev.  Joseph  Wright  is  "Superior  Ecclesiastic 
Governor  of  the  Province  of  Yorkshire,"  and  William  Water- 
house  is  "Chief  Civil  Governor"  over  the  Church  in  the  same 
district.  It  does  not  appear  that  any  further  provincial  councils 
were  held. — E.  215. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  A  Gerieral  Explicatio7i  of  the  Decalogue.    London. 
Hindmarsh.      185  pp. 

Translated   from   the  Apocalypsis  Explicata  by  Rev. 
William  Hill.— A.  L. 
Angelic  Wisdom  concerning  the  Divine  Love  and   Wisdom. 
Boston.     Folsom  &  Andrews. 

First  American   edition,   published  by  Rev.   William 
Hill.— A^.  I  :  540.— B.  L. 
Arcana  Coelestia.     Vol.  I.,  nos.  1-319.     Boston.     J.  Belk- 
nap. 

A  tentative  publication  by  Mr.  Hill.    Nothing  further 
appeared. — A.  L. 
A  Treatise  on  the  Nature  of  Influx.     Boston.     Thomas  & 
Andrews.      174  pp. 

First  American  edition,  published  by  Mr.  Hill. — A.  L. 
Den  Nya  Him^nelens  och  defi  Nya  Forsamlingens  Tro.   (The 
Faith  of  the   New   Heaven  and  of  the  New  Church). 
Copenhagen.     4  pp.     4to. — R.  L. 


178  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

A   sheet,    containing    the   introduction    to    the     True 
Christia7i  Religion. 
Extracts  fro77i  the  Theological  Works  of  the  Hon.   Emanuel 

Swedenborg.     London.     Hindmarsh.     230  pp. — B.  L. 
O71  the  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.     Boston. 
Thomas  Hall.      127  pp. 

First  American  edition,  published  by  Mr.  Hill. — B.  L. 
The  Delights  of  Wisdom  respecting  Coiijugial  Love.     Lon- 
don.    Hindmarsh.     4to.     523  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Rev.  John  Clowes 
and  published  by   the   Manchester   Printing  Society. — 
A.  L. 
[Anonymous]  :  A  Short  Paraphrase  on  the  Lord's  Prayer,  by  a 
metnber  of  the  Lord's  New  Church,  who  was  taught  the 
same   by  the   Lord  Himself  appea^-irig    to   him,    in   His 
Hu7nanity,  07i  Sabbath  eve7ii7ig,  May  2pth,  lygi. 
Hull.  T.  Briggs.     20  pp.— Cin.  L. 
The  unknown  author,  who  here  claims  the  privilege 
of  an  immediate  Divine  Revelation,  signs  himself   "  T. 
N,"    with   the   additional   letters,    "  N.  E.  M."    which, 
possibly,  stand  for  "  Tucker,  Nathaniel,  Novae  Ecclesiae 
Minister."     This,  however,  is  merely  conjectural. 
Ko7't  Efterret7ii7ig  077i  de  ivigtigste   Lcerdo7n7ne  i   Herrens 
Nye  Kirke   (A   Short  Account   of    the   most  important 
teachings  in  the  Lord's  New  Church).     Copenhagen. 
Translated  from  the  English  by  P.  Selmer. — C.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Dialogues  07i  the  A^at7C7r  of  the  Sacrame?its. 
Boston.     94  pp. 

Published  by  Mr.  Hill.     Copy  in  Harvard  Library. 
[Fordyce,  Rev.]:  A71  hiquiry  i7ito  the  Co77i77iissio7i  and  Doctrine 
of  the  7iew  apostle,  E7na7iuel  Swede7iborg .     By  a  member 
of  the  Old  Chu7xh.      Manchester.     68  pp. 

"  A  scandalous  perversion  of  the  truth."  The  author 
was  an  Independent  Minister,  who  afterwards  became  a 
Deist.— i?.  P.  164;  /.  1821  :  521. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  James  :  A  New  Dictio7iary  of  Co7^respo7ide7ices, 
Represe7itatio7is,  etc. ,  or  of  the  Spiritual  significatio7is  of 
words  a7id  se7ite7ices  z;^  the  Holy  Scriptures.  London. 
Hindmarsh.  348  pp. — /.  1847  :  160. — A.  L. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert  :    The  Plan  a7id  Design  of  a  Society, 


1794— 1795'  179 

purposed  to  be  instituted  for  the  free  distribution  of  Bibles, 

and  of  the   Writings  of  the  Hon.  Emanuel  Swedenborg. 

London.     Hindmarsh. — S.  S.  L 
H olden,  J.:    The  Divinity  of  the  Redeemer.     Boston.     Published 

by  Mr.  Hill.— tV.  I:  540. 
[Liturgical] :    The  Order  of  Worship  of  the  Society  of  the  New 

Church  Meeting  at  Red  Cross  Street,  London.     London. 

Printed  for  the  Society.      126  pp. 

A  copy  is  preserved  in  the  Hbrary  of  Captain  James, 

of  Urbana,  O. 
Nicholson,  George  :  Essays  on  the  7nost  esseiitial  subjects,  par- 
ticularly  on    the  Divine   Huma7iity   of  the    Lord,    etc., 

together  with  an  iyitroductory  Preface  for  the  promulgation 

of  the  New  ferusalem    Church.     London.     Hindmarsh. 

148  pp. — A.  L. 
Provo,  Peter  :  Aphorisms  of  Wisdom  [="  Wisdom' s Dictates''']. 

Boston.     Folsom.     214  pp.     Published  by  Mr.   Hill. — 

A.  L. 
[Report]  :    Mifiutes  of  a   Coujicil  of  the  Members  of  the  New 

Church,    held  at   Keighley,    fune   pth   and  loth,   1794.. 

London.     Hindmarsh.      16  pp.     Reprinted  in  E.    217. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:     The  Lord,    our  Father  in  the  Heavens. 

A  sermon.     London.     Hindmarsh.   28  pp. — A.  L. 
^Vadstrom,  C.  B.:  Essay  o?i  Colonization   in   Sierra  Leone  arid 

Boulama.     London.     Hindmarsh.      196  pp. — A   L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

The  "Whisky  insurrection"  in  Pennsylvania.  Thomas  Paine  published 
his  "The  Age  of  Reason." 

Execution  of  Danton  and  Camille  Desmoulins,  April  5th.  The  "  Fete  de 
V Eire  Supreme,'"  in  Paris,  June  8th.  Execution  of  Robespierre  and  his 
followers,  July  28th.  End  of  the  "  Reign  of  Terror."  Victories  of  Jourdan 
and  Pichegru  over  the  Austrians,  Naval  victories  of  the  English  over  the 
French  fleet. 

A  great  rising  of  the  Polish  people,  led  by  Kosciuzko,  is  put  down  by  the 
combined  armies  of  Russia,  Prussia  and  Austria. 

Death  of  Gibbon,  the  historian,  and  of  Lavoisier,  the  French  chemist. 

j/^Qr  Africa.     The  English-Swedish  anti-slavery  colony 

'  -^^       at   Boulama,  on   the   coast  of  Sierra   Leone,  which 

had  been  founded  by  Wadstrom  and  Nordenskjold,  is  destroyed 

by  French  privateers.     Most  of  the  colonists  are  killed ;  among 


l8o  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

those  that  escape  is  the  famous  Swedish  botanist,  Adam  Afzelius, 
an  ardent  Newchurchman,  who  finally  arrives  in  Sweden,  after 
many  adventures  and  sufferings.  Charles  B.  Wadstrom  here- 
upon repairs  to  France,  to  demand  satisfaction  from  the  Re- 
public; this  is  refused,  but  Wadstrom  himself  is  appointed 
chief  director  of  the  agricultural  bank  of  Paris. — Simdelin^ 
263  ;  B.  von   Beskow's  Memoir  of  C.  B.  Wadstrom^  218-224. 

America.  Baltimore.  —  The  Rev.  James  Wilmer,  dis- 
couraged at  the  slow  reception  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines, 
returns  to  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  Robert  Carter 
now  keeps  up  the  worship  of  the  New  Church  in  his  own 
house,  where  he  preaches  and  administers  the  Sacraments. 
]\Ir.  Mather,  still  residing  in  Philadelphia,  occasionally  visits 
the  Society  in  Baltimore. — Ex.  75  ;  i^.  43  :  477. 

Rev.  Adam  Fonerden,  a  former  Methodist  preacher,  receives 
the  Doctrines  at  this  time. — M.  14:   183. 

New  York^  August  3. — Rev.  William  Hill,  now  residing  in 
the  "neat  Dutch  village  of  Flat  Bush,  Long  Island,"  in  a  let- 
ter to  Mr.  Fonerden,  describes  the  state  in  New  York  as  not 
favorable  to  the  reception  of  the  Doctrines. — Ibid.  p.  184. 

Mr.  Hill,  in  a  letter  to  Mr.  Carter,  mentions  the  intention  of 
Rev.  Joseph  Proud  to  come  over  to  America,  as  he  had  now 
severed  his  connection  with  the  Birmingham  society. — M.  n.s. 
xvi:  291. 

December  16. — Mr.  Hill,  in  a  letter  to  Mr.  Fonerden,  men- 
tions his  intention  to  return  to  Boston  and  thence  to  England ; 
he  has  advertised  the  Writings  in  the  newspapers  of  New  York, 
and  has  placed  copies  in  the  various  public  libraries. — M.  14 : 

185. 

Philadelphia^  April  24. — Francis  Bailey,  in  a  letter  to  Mr. 
Carter,  mentions  certain  persecutions  which  he  has  suffered  on 
account  of  his  publication  of  the  New  Church  works. — 
M.  71.  s.  xvi :   290. 

Steubenville^  O. — Mr.  William  Grant,  who  has  received  the 
Doctrines  from  Francis  Bailey,  removes  to  Ohio,  and  becomes 
the  founder  of  the  Steubenville  society. — N.  J.  Miss.  176. 

Great  Britain.     "  Nothing  remarkable  appears  to  have  oc- 


1795'  i8i 

curred  in  England,  relative  to  the  New  Church,  during  the 
year."— i?.  P.  i68. 

Birmifigham,  February  8. — Henry  Barry  Peacock  is  or- 
dained into  the  Ministry  of  the  New  Church,  by  Joseph  Proud. 
— R,  P.  Appendix. 

Manchester^  December. — Mr.  Clowes,  in  a  letter  to  William 
Hill,  describes  the  desolate  state  of  the  New  Church  in  England : 
"  for  a  time,  at  least,  the  dissemination  of  the  Doctrines  is  sus- 
pended."— M.  30:   103. 

Switzerland.  Basle. — "A  private  and  honorable  society" 
of  readers  of  Swedenborg  is  formed  here,  for  the  purpose  of 
publishing  the  Writings  in  German.  Herr  Donat,  a  Swiss 
clergyman,  is  the  translator. — Conv.  R.  1853:  43. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Anglavisheten  om  den  Gudomliga  Karleke^i  och 
Visheten.  (Angelic  wisdom  concerning  the  Divine 
I^ove  and  Wisdom).     Copenhagen.     Thiele.     456  pp. 

First  Swedish  edition,  translated  by  Professor  P.  Falk, 
and  published  by  Baron  Liljencrantz.     See  i^th  Report 
of  the  Manchester  Printing  Society. — A.  L. 
Arcmia  Coelestia.     Vol    VI.     London.     Hindmarsh.     545 
pp. 

First  English  edition. — A.  L. 
Beschliiss  Oder  Anhang  zur   Wahren  Christliche^t  Religion 
(The  Coro7iis).     Basel.     S.  Flick.     30  pp. 

First  German  edition,  published  as  appendix  to  the 
True  Christian  Religion. — N.  Y.  L. 
Dm    Sanna    Christna    Religion      (The     True    Christian 
Religion).     Copenhagen.     Thiele.     3  vols.      1827  pp. 

First  Swedish  edition,  translated  by  the  Rev.  Jonas 
Pehrson  Odhner,  dean  of  Wadsbo  and  Lyrestad,  near 
Skara.  This  Lutheran  clergyman,  as  also  his  son,  grand- 
son and  great-grandson,  have  been  closely  connected 
with  the  New  Church. — A.  L. 
Die  Ganze  Theologie  der  Neue7i  Kirche  (The  universal 
Theology  of  the  New  Church).  Basel.  S.  Flick.  2 
vols.      1733  pp. 


1 82  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

Second   German   edition,  translated  by  Pastor   Donat 
and  published  by  a  society  in  Basel.     The  first  volume 
contains  40  pages  of  extracts  from   the   latter  part  of 
Conjugial  Love;  the  second  volume  contains  48  pages  of 
extracts  from  Arcana   Ccelestia. — /.  1830:  6. — N.  Y.  I,. 
Forslag  till  vart  My?its  och   Mdls  indebiing    (Proposition 
for  the  regulation  of  the  coinage).      Stockholm. 
The  second  edition. — N.  Y.  I^. 
Hieroglyphisk    Clav    till    Andliga    och    Naturliga    Hem- 
ligheter.      (Hieroglyphic  Key).     Stockholm. 
First  Swedish  edition. — R.  L. 
Prodro7nus  co7icerning  the  Infinite.     Manchester.      188  pp. 
First  English   edition,    translated   by    Rev.    William 
Cowherd. — A.  L. 
The  Doctri?ie  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerni?ig  the  Lord. 
Boston.     Folsom.      194  pp. 

First   American  edition,   published  by  Rev.    William 
Hill.— A^.   I:  540.— B.  L. 
The  Doctrifie  of  the  New  Jerusalem  conceriiitig  the  Sacred 
Scripture.     Boston.     Folsom.      186  pp. 

First  American  edition,  published  by  Rev.  William 
Hill.— A^.  I:  ibid.—N.  L. 
The   True  Christian  Religion.     London.     Hindmarsh.      i 
vol.     4to.      729  pp. 

Third  English  edition.— A.  E- 
[Anonymous] :  N^ya  Kyrkans  Cateches  (The  Catechism  of  the 
New  Church).  Copenhagen.  Thiele.  24  pp. — R.  E. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  Letter  of  exhortation  a7id  adm^onition  to 
all  such  as  cordially  receive  the  Testimo7iy  of  the  Hon. 
Emanuel  Swede?ibo?g.  Philadelphia.  Francis  Bailey. 
24  pp. 

The  author  here   argues  against   separation  from   the 

Old  Church.     The  pamphlet  was  published  by  Robert 

Carter,  of  Baltimore. — M.   n.  s.  xvi:   290. — A.  E. 

Dialogues   on    the   Nat7ire,    Desig7i    a7id    Evidence   of   the 

Theological  Writi7igs  of  the  Hon.  E77ia7iuel  Swede7iborg . 

Second  edition.     Eondon.     Hindmarsh.     285  pp. — B.  E. 

[Tybeck,    Rev.  Johan]  :    Prcdika7i  i7i7iehalla7ide  Bevis  att  den 

gd7igbara   Ldraii  ar  falsk    (Sermon,'  showing   that   the 

generally    accepted    Doctrine    is    false).       Copenhagen. 

Thiele.— A.  E. 


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1795—179^'  1 83 


Contemporary  Events. 

Foundation  of  the  "London  Missionary  Society;"  the  first  African 
Mission  is  established, 

Unitarianism  is  now  making  great  progress  among  the  Presbyterian 
Churches  in  England. 

Foundation  of  "Union  College,"  at  Shenectady,  N.  Y. 

The  French  complete  the  conquest  of  Holland  and  proclaim  the  Batavian 
Republic. 

Belgium  is  annexed,  and  Germany  invaded  by  the  French. 

Bonaparte  subdues  a  royalist  rising  in  Paris.  Installation  of  the  "Di- 
rectory." 

Final  partition  of  Poland  between  Russia,  Prussia  and  Austria.  Stanislaus 
Poniatowski  resigns  the  crown. 

The  English  take  the  Dutch  colony  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 


T7nfS  America.     Bedford^  Pa.^  February  28. — Death  of 

'  -^  *  Miss  Hetty  Barclay,  the  first  New  Church  woman 
known  in  the  history  of  the  Church.  Her  biography  is  pub- 
lished in  N.  HI :   231. 

Boston^  February. — Rev.  William  Hill  pays  a  second  visit  to 
Boston  ;  the  small  circle  of  receivers  here  is  described  in  M, 

30  •  393- 

June  2. — Mr.  Hill  returns  to  England. — M.  14:  187. 

Lancaster^  Pa. — Baron  Heinrich  von  Biilow,  brother  of  the 
General  von  Biilow  of  Waterloo  fame,  settles  in  America,  and 
is  very  active  in  spreading  a  knowledge  of  the  Doctrines  in 
and  about  Lancaster. — N.  \\\  40  ;  Mess.  vol.  47  :  39;  M.  n.  s, 
xvii:    145,  304. 

Great  Britain.  London^  May  5. — Robert  Hindmarsh,  Rich- 
ard Thompson,  Ralph  Hall,  with  other  remaining  members  of 
the  original  society  in  Great  East  Cheap,  having  purchased 
ground  for  a  temple  in  Cross  street,  Hatton  Garden,  the  corner- 
stone of  the  temple  is  laid  on  this  day  by  the  Rev.  Francis 
Leicester. — R.  P.  169,  170;  /.  1828:  61. 

Manchester,  October  16. — Mr.  Hill,  in  a  letter  to  Robert 
Carter,  states  that  he  has  found  "  the  external  zeal  of  the  New 
Church  in  England  in  general  abating,"  but  believes  that 
there  is  considerable  internal  growth.  He  declines  an  invita- 
tion to  become  the  pastor  of  the  New  Church  in  Baltimore,  as 


184  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

he  is  opposed  to  the  separate  establishment  of  the  New 
Church. — M.  14:   221. 

Middletoti. — A  few  receivers  here  begin  to  meet  together  on 
Sundays  at  the  house  of  Mr.  James  Davenport,  to  study  the 
Writings;  they  open  a  Sunday  School  in  1798  or  1799. — ^• 
L.  1896:459. 

Sweden.  Stockholm^  January  i. — "  Some  genuine  friends 
of  the  New  Doctrine "  organize  the  society  "  Pro  Fide  et 
Charitate^^^  for  the  purpose  of  continuing  the  publication  of 
the  Writings  in  Swedish.  Political  discussions  and  the  prac- 
tices of  animal  magnetism  are  strictly  avoided  in  the  new 
society.  Among  the  principal  members,  at  this  time,  are  the 
Councilor  Schonherr,  Major  Gyllenhaal,  Professors  C.  J.  Knos 
and  Adam  Afzelius,  Christian  and  Anders  Johansen,  Assessor 
Bergklint,  Rev.  Jonas  Pehrson  Odhner,  and  his  son,  Rev.  Pehr 
Hemming  Odhner,  Rev.  Johan  Tybeck,  with  a  rmmber  of 
other  Lutheran  clergymen.  The  society  is  kept  secret  or 
private,  in  order  to  avoid  external  persecutions ;  communica- 
tion between  the  members  is  kept  up  by  means  of  a  MS. 
journal,  entitled  Fbrsamlmgstidning^  edited  by  Bergklint,  and 
continued  some  twenty  years.  The  MS.  is  now  preserved  in 
the  library  of  "  Nykyrkliga  Bokforlaget"  in  Stockholm. — 
Kahl.  3:  10 1 ;  Simdelin^  281;  R.  P.  26()\  Z).  I  :  54  :  i^tk 
Report  of  the  Manch.  Pr.  Soc.  p.  14. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  Angelic  Wisdom  concerning  the  Divine  Providence. 
Boston.     Thomas  &  Andrews.     542  pp. 

First  American  edition,  published  by   Mr.   Hill. — N. 
I  :  540.— B.  L. 
07n  Inflytelse  eller  Genienskap  Tuellan  Sjal  och  Kropp   (On 
Influx,   or  the   Intercourse   between  Soul  and    Body). 
Copenhagen.     Thiele.     46  pp. 

First   Swedish    edition,    published    by    Baron    Liljen- 
crantz  from  a  MS.  translation  by   Dr.  Beyer. — Simdelin, 
81.— R.  Iv. 
The  Delights  of  Wisdom  coiicerning  Coiijiigial  Love.   Phila- 
delphia.    Francis  Bailey. 


jjg6—i797'  185 

First  American  edition,  published  at  the  joint  expense 
of  Messrs.  Bailey  and  Carter. — N.  I  :  539. — A.  L. 
The  Doctrines  of  Life  for  the  New  Jerusalem.     Chester. 

Sixth  English  edition;  mentioned  in  B.  I. 
The  True  Christian  Religion.     Chester.     3  vols.    1054  pp. 
Fourth  English  edition,  published  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Eead- 
beater. — A.  L. 
Clowes    Rev    John  :  Sermons  preached  at  the  Parish  Church  of 
St.  Johns,    Majichester.      Vol.   II.      London.     Hodson. 
257  pp.— Cin.  E. 
Sermons  on  a  true  Faith,  and  on  the  Householder  and  the 
Labourers  i7i  the    Vineyard.     2  vols.     London.     Hind- 
marsh. — B.  M. 
The   T'ue  End  a7id  Design  of  the  Holy  Sacrament  of  the 
Lord's   Supper.     Manchester.     C.   Wheeler.     60  pp. — 
Cin.  L. 
Proud,  Rev.  Joseph  :  A  Fast-Sermon,  in  which  the  real  causes 
of  all  wars  are  explained.  Birmingham.   Belcher.   28  pp. 
—A.  L. 
Two  Sermons  on  the  great  Importance  of  improving   Time 
a?td  preparing  for  Eteriiity.      Birmingham.      Belcher. 
32  pp.— A.  L 
Salmon,  Joseph  W.:  Moral  Reflections,  in    Verse.     London. — 

B.  L. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah  :   O71  the  Call  of  the  Jews.     Two  Sermons. 
London.     Mentioned  in  A^. /.  y^/.     London,  1826:  2. 
Twelve  Sermons  on  hnportant  Subjects.     London.     Hind- 
marsh. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Foundation  of  the  "  Scotch  Missionary  Society."  Death  of  Robert  Burns, 
the  Scotch  poet. 

Bonaparte  is  placed  at  the  head  of  the  French  army  in  Italy,  where  he 
defeats  the  armies  of  Austria  and  Sardinia.  General  Hoche  pacifies  the 
Vendee.     Ferdinand  IV.,  of  Naples,  makes  peace  with  France. 

Spain  declares  war  against  England. 

Death  of  Catharine  II.  of  Russia;  she  is  succeeded  by  her  son,  Paul  I. 

^^^rj  America.     Baltimore.  —  The    Rev.    John    Har- 

i  y  I  '     grove,  a  Methodist  clergyman,  settles  in  Baltimore, 

where  he  becomes  acquainted  with  Ralph  Mather,  Col.  Carter, 


1 86  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

and  other  New  Church  people,  and  receives  the  Heavenly  Doc- 
trines.— M.  14:488. 

June  25. — Col.  Carter  effects  a  reorganization  of  the  society 
undtr  his  leadership;  he  introduces  many  peculiar  novelties 
which  cause  the  withdrawal  of  many  of  the  members,  who 
ultimately  form  another  society. — Mess.  vol.  63:  59. 

Dover^  N.  H, — Mr.  Joseph  Leigh,  the  first  New  Churchman 
in  New  Hampshire,  calls  public  attention  to  the  Doctrines 
through  the  secular  newspapers. — M.  15:  100. 

Philadelphia. — Rev.  William  Hill  returns  to  America  and 
resides  for  some  time  in  Philadelphia.  Here  he  renews  his 
intimacy  with  Rev.  Jacob  Duche,  through  whom,  in  London, 
1787,  he  had  received  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. 

June  2. — Mr.  Hill  marries  Miss  Esther  Duche  ;  this,  as  far 
as  is  known,  was  the  first  New  Church  marriage  in  this  world. 
—M.  14:  223;  30:  393. 

Jonathan  W.  Condy,  Esq.,  counsellor  at  law,  receives  the 
Heavenly  Doctrines  about  this  time. — M.  44:  390. 

Great  Britain.  Birmingham^  May  7. — Mr.  William  Fara- 
day is  ordained  into  the  Ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  Rev. 
Joseph  Proud,  who  soon  afterwards  removes  to  London.  The 
Birmingham  society  then  divides  into  two  congregations.  Rev. 
H.  B.  Peacock  ministering  to  the  one,  and  Mr.  Faraday  to  the 
other. — R.  P.  Appendix;  I.  1878:  291. 

Bolton. — The  Society  here,  under  the  leadership  of  Mr. 
Samuel  Dawson,  enlarges  its  place  of  worship,  and  opens  a 
day  school  and  a  Sunday  School  for  two  hundred  children. — 
R.  P.  200;  A.  I:  177;  /.  D.  5. 

Dalton. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  here  by  Mr.  Joseph 
Senior,  and  a  society  begins  to  be  formed.  Historicals  respect- 
ing this  society  are  given  in  /.  1875  :  5o6- 

London^  July  30. — The  new  temple  in  Cross  street,  Hatton 
Gardens,  is  formally  consecrated  and  opened  for  public  worship. 
The  Rev.  Joseph  Proud  is  engaged  as  pastor,  and  attracts  great 
multitudes  by  his  unusual  eloquence.  A  new  Liturgy  is  in- 
troduced at  the  same  time.  Mrs.  Shearsmith,  who  had  waited 
upon  Swedenborg  in  his  last  illness,  is  engaged  as  janitress  at 
the  temple. — R.  P.  171;  /.  1826:  349. 


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1791'  i87 

Publication. 

Swedenborg:    Arcana   Ccelestia.      Vol.    VII.      London.     Hind- 
marsh. 

First  English  edition. — A.  L. 
Exposition  Sommair  de  la  Doctrine  de  la  Noiivelle  Eglise. 
Paris. 

First  French  edition,  translated  by  M.  Meet,  formerly 
Royal  Librarian  at  Versailles. — N.  Y.  L. 
Indexes  to  the  Apocalypse  Revealed.     London.     Hindmarsh. 
230  pp.     4to. 

First    English    edition,    translated   from    the    original 
MS.  of  Swedenborg,  and  published  by  John  Aug.  Tulk, 
Esq.— B.  L. 
Nya  Jerusalems  Lara  om  Herren     (The  Doctrine  concern- 
ing the  Lord).     Copenhagen.     Thiele. 

Second   Swedish   edition,    published   by    the    society 
"  Pro  Fide  et  Charitater 
Nya  Jerusalems  Lara  ojn  deii   Heliga   Skrift      (Doctrine 
concerning  the  Sacred  Scripture).     Stockholm. 

First  Swedish  edition,  mentioned  in  D.  II:  996. — C. 
L. 
Anonymous]  :  A   check  to  the  dangerous  and  delusive  doctrines 
of  Bar 071  Szvede7iborg . 

An  abusive  pamphlet  published  by  a  minister  at  High 
Wycombe,  England;  mentioned  in  ^.  P.  171. 
Barruel,   Abbe   Augusta:    Memoirs  illustrati7ig  the  History  of 
Jacobinis7n.     London.     4  vols. 

Translated  from  the  French  by  Hon.  R.  Clifford. 
The  author  was  a  French  Jesuit,  who  here  makes  a 
venomous  attack  upon  the  Writings  of  the  New  Church. 
— B.  M. 
Hodson,  Dr.  James:  A  Catechis7n  on  the  Christian  Name  and 
the  Naticre  of  the  Baptismal  Vow.  London.  E.  Hodson. 
59  pp.— A.  L. 
Kurd,  Dr.:  A  Short  Accoiuit  of  the  Hon.  Ema7iuel  Swedenborg 
a7id  his  Theological  Writings.     Bolton.      30  pp. 

Extracted    from   Bishop    Hurd's  History  of  the    Re- 
ligions of  All  Natio7is. — R.  L. 


1 88  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

[Liturgical]  :    The  Liturgy  of  the  New  Church,  with  a  Catechism. 

London.     Hindmarsh.     85  pp.     5th  ed. 

This  edition  contains  a  number  of  new  features;  it  was 

adopted  by  the  Cross  Street  Society. — R.  P.  171. — A.  L. 
Tybeck,    Rev.    Johan  :     Den    Andliga     Wedergdlljiings-ratten 

(The    Spiritual    Law   of    Retribution).       Copenhagen. 

Thiele.— R.  L. 
De   Stora    och   lycksaliga     Werkningar    som  f'drorsakas   i 

Herre?is  Rike     (The  great  and  blessed  effects  which  are 

caused  in  the  Lord's  Kingdom).    Copenhagen.    Thiele. 

— R.  L. 
Jemnf'drelse  mellan  Her7'e7is  Regerifig  och  Helve tets    Wdlde 

ibland   menniskor      (Comparison   between   the   Govern- 
ment of  the  Lord  and   the  dominion  of   Hell  among 

men).     Copenhagen.     Thiele. — R.  L. 
Om  Menyiiskans  Vilja  och  dess  F'drbattrande     (On  the  will 

of  man  and  its  reformation).    Copenhagen.     47  pp. — A. 
L.     Sunda  och  wdrdiga    Tankar  om  Herrens   Underwerk. 

(Sound  and  worthy  thoughts  on  the  Lord's  Miracles). 

Copenhagen.     Thiele.     52  pp. — R.  L. 
Von  Walden,  Frederic:    Upplysning  om  Swedenborgs  Skrifter 

(Information  respecting  the  writings  of  Swedenborg). 

3rd  part.     Copenhagen. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

A  general  division  takes  place  among  the  English  Methodists;  the 
"  Methodist  New  Connection  "  is  organized  by  Alexander  Kilham. 

Bonaparte  invades  the  dominion  of  Pius  VI.;  the  pope  is  forced  to  sue  for 
peace.  Austria  is  invaded  by  the  French,  who  effect  the  peace  of  Campo 
Formio.     Bonaparte  returns  to  Paris  in  December. 

John  Adams,  President  of  the  United  States. 

T7o8  America.    Baltimore.V^hxwdsy  <^. — Robert  Carter, 

'  ^  '  in  a  letter  to  Col.  Arthur  Campbell,  of  Virginia,  de- 
scribes the  troubles  in  his  society ;  he  objects  to  the  Episcopal 
form  of  government,  and  declares  that  he  will  correspond  no 
more  with  Robert  Hindmarsh. — Mess.  vol.  63:  139. 

June  5. — -Rev.  John  Hargrove  and  Rev.  Adam  Fonerden, 
issue  a  "  Valedictory  Address  to  the  people  called  Methodists." 
Mr.  Hargrove  subsequently  suffers  much  persecution  from  the 


ij^Y—ijgS, 


189 


Methodists  and  is  thrown  out  of  his  employment  as  a  teacher, 
but  is  encouraged  by  his  wife  in  his  determination  to  devote 
his  life  to  the  service  of  the  New  Church. — M.  14 :  489  ;  R.  P. 
176;  ^.1:6. 


Rev.  John  Hargrove. 

June  27. — A  new  society  is  organized,  with  Mr.  Hargrove 
as  president.  The  ordination  of  Ralph  Mather,  who  now  has 
settled  in  Baltimore,  and  of  John  Hargrove,  is  decided  upon. — 
M,  43 :  546. 

July  8. — Ralph  Mather  and  John  Hargrove  are  ordained 
into  the  Ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  "  ten  elders  or  repre- 
sentatives" of  the  Church  in  Baltimore  laying  their  hands 
upon  the  candidates  for  ordination.   This  marks  the  beginning 


190  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

of  the  distinctive  Priesthood  of  the  New  Church  in  America. — 
M.  43:  547;  Ex.  77-82. 

Philadelphia^  January  3. —  Death  of  Rev.  Jacob  Duche. 
Biographical  notices  of  this  New  Church  pioneer,  who  is  noted 
also  in  the  political  history  of  the  United  States,  will  be  found 
in  ^.  30 :  95  ;  34 :  274 ;  38  :  496,  620 ;   O.  1 :  80. 

Portsmouth^  N.  H.^  September  8. — Mr.  Joseph  Leigh,  in  a 
letter  to  James  Glen,  of  Demerara,  describes  his  evangelistic 
activity  in  behalf  of  the  New  Church ;  he  proposes  to  raise  a 
fund  for  the  support  of  an  itinerant  preacher  in  the  United 
States.—^.  1 :  282  ;  R.  P.  178. 

Stetibenville^  O. — Mr.  David  Powell  receives  the  Heavenly 
Doctrines  through  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Thomas  Newport, 
and  inaugurate-^  a  successful  pr  >paganda  in  his  neighborhood. 
Mess.  vol.  55:  13S. 

Great  Britain.  Alloa. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  here 
by  ]\Iessrs.  Wright  and  Hands,  two  copper  miners  in  this  dis- 
trict of  Scotland. — /.  1840  :  338. 

London^  June  3. — Mr.  Samuel  Noble  becomes  acquainted 
with  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  by  accidentally  attend- 
ing the  services  in  Cross  street.  He  afterwards  becomes  a  most 
useful  and  distinguished  servant  of  the  Church. — /.  1839:  605. 

Sweden.  Stockholm. — According  to  the  doubtful  testimony 
of  F.  von  Walden,  the  Doctrines  are  at  this  time  making  great 
progress  in  Sweden.  In  two  churches  in  Stockholm  the  services 
are  said  to  be  regularly  performed  according  to  the  principles 
of  the  New  Jerusalem. — R.  P.  179. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Intercourse  between  the  Soul  and  the  Body.   London. 

Fourth  English  edition  mentioned  in  B.  I. 
Clowes,   Rev.  John:  A  Letter  of  Exhortatio?i  and  Admonition^ 

etc.     Manchester.     Wheeler.     24  pp. — A.  L. 
[Liturgical] :  Hymns  and   Spiritual  Songs  for  the  use  of  the 

Lord's  New  Church,  by  Rev.  foseph  Protid.     N.  H.   M. 

{^NovcE  HierosolymcB  Minister^.     London.     E.   Hodson. 

345  pp. 

••Third  edition. "—A.  L. 


Ijg8—i799'  191 

Prince,  J.  H.:  A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  Joseph  Proud ^  wherein  his 
opi7iions  are  examined  a7id  shown  to  be  totally  repugnant 
to  and  subversive  of  Christian  Unity.  London.  18  pp. 
The  author,  otherwise  unknown,  continued  for  a 
number  of  years  to  pursue  Mr.  Proud  with  similar 
pamphlets.  We  have  found  a  copy  of  the  above  in  the 
library  of  Harvard  University. 

Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:  A  fiaieral  sermo7i  071  the  death  of  JoJui 

Harrison,    M.    D.,   late    of   Hatto7i   Garden.      London. 

24  pp. — Cin.  ly. 

On  the  true  nature,  extent  and  perpetual  operatio7i  of  Divi7ie 

Grace.     A  sermon.     London.  Hodson.   24  pp. — Cin.  L. 

Sibly,  Rev.  yi.\  A  pharaphrase  of  the Inter7ial Sense  of  Genesis, 
Chapter  I.     Mentioned  in  TV. /.  yl/.     London.      1826:  2. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Organization  of  the  "Congregational  Union  of  Scotland,"  the  first  gen- 
eral body  of  Scotch  Independents  or  Congregationalists. 

Death  of  Christian  F.  Schwartz,  the  eminent  German  missionary  to  India, 
in  the  employ  of  the  London  Missionary  Society. 

A  great  rebellion  of  Irish  Catholics  is  suppressed  after  much  bloodshed. 

The  French  occupy  Rome,  abolish  the  papal  government,  proclaim  the 
Roman  Republic,  and  carry  the  pope  a  prisoner  to  France.  Bonaparte 
embarks  on  his  expedition  to  Egypt;  he  defeats  the  Mameluks  in  the  battle 
of  the  Pyramids. 

Admiral  Nelson  destroys  the  French  fleet  at  Aboukir. 

I70Q  America.      Baltimore. — The  Rev.  Ralph  Mather 

'  ^^  acts  as  pastor  to  the  society,  with  the  Rev.  John 
Hargrove  as  assistant  minister  and  president.  Subscriptions 
are  received  from  New  Churchmen  in  various  parts  of  the 
country  for  the  erection  of  a  Temple,  and  the  building  is  com- 
pleted at  the  end  of  the  year. — A.  I:   210. 

Philadelphia^  December  13. — Letter  from  Rev.  William  Hill 
to  Mr.  Fonerden :  the  writer  again  declines  a  suggestion  to 
become  the  pastor  of  the  Baltimore  society.  He  has  now 
nearly  completed  the  translation  of  the  Apocalypsis  Explicata 
into  English. — M.  14  :  296. 

France.  Paris,  April  5th. — Death  of  Charles  Bernhard 
Waldstrom,  the  Swedish  New  Churchman,  philanthropist  and 
original  anti-slavery-trade  agitator. 


192  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Biographies  will  be  found  in  D.\\  646;  O,  I:  418;  but 
especially  il/^^^i-.  1897,  Jan. 

Great  Britain.  Heathy  near  Wakefield,  January. — Death  of 
Lady  Georgiana  Smith,  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Grafton  and 
wife  of  Sir  S.  Smith,  one  of  the  lords  of  the  Treasury.  She, 
as  well  as  her  husband,  were  intimate  friends  of  Air.  Clowes 
and  "great  admirers  of  the  Baron's  works,"  which  they  lent 
freely  to  their  friends. — O.  I:  421  ;  vi :  32. 

Birmingham. Rev.  W.  Faraday,  in  a  letter  to  the  Aurora, 

describes  the  divided  and  unsatisfactory  condition  of  the  Church 
in  this  city. — A.  1 :  382. 

Dublin,  Irelaiid,  June. — Some  New  Church  people  in  this 
city  are  heard  from. — A.  1:49. 

Dudley. — A  New  Church  society  is  organized   here. — A.  I : 

381. 

Hull,  August  20. — Letter  to  the  Aurora  from  Mr.  Roger 
Bernet,  on  "  the  two  distinct  classes  of  reader,"  which  are  to 
be  found  in  all  parts  of  the  New  Church,  the  one  class  hold- 
ing "that  the  Writings  of  the  New  Church  are  the  very  Word 
of  God;"  the  other  class  maintaining  that  Swedenborg  was 
not  inspired,  but  only  "illuminated." — A.  I  :  235. 

Liverpool. — A  second  division  takes  place  in  the  New 
Church  in  this  city.  A  number  of  the  members  leave  ]\Ir. 
Lead  beater's  society  and  open  a  place  of  worship  in  Pool  Lane, 
with  Mr.  Barton  as  leader.  A  re-union  is  effected  after  some 
years. — G.  H.  60. 

London,  May. — Publication  of  the  Aurora,  a  monthly  New 
Church  magazine,  edited  by  Messrs.  Sibly,  Proud  and  Hodson. 
—R.  P.  180. 

June. — Article  in  the  Aurora  by  "Philanthropos"  (Rev. 
Francis  Leicester),  on  "A  key  to  the  right  understanding  of 
the  theological  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg;"  the  writer 
holds  that  these  Writings  are  "  the  Word  itself,  in  the  interior 
sense,  made  manifest." — A.  1 :  78. 

September  29. — Owing  to  financial  and  doctrinal  disagree- 
ments with  the  proprietors  of  the  Temple  in  Cross  street,  Mr. 
Proud,  with  nearly  the  whole  of  the  congregation,  leaves  the 


1799'  193 

Temple  and  removes  to  a  chapel  in  York  street,  St.  James' 
Square.  The  remaining  members  keep  the  Temple  open  for 
worship,  until  it  is  engaged  by  Mr.  Sibly's  congregation,  in 
February,  1800. — R.  P.  173;  R.  R.   114. 

December. — The  discussion  on  the  divine  authority  of  the 
Writings  is  continued  in  the  Aurora.  The  authority  is 
denied  in  a  letter  from  the  Manchester  society,  but  is  defended 
by  the  editors  and  John  Augustus  Tulk,  Esq. — A.  1 :  293-305. 
Manchester. — Mr.  Clowes,  in  a  letter  to  Robert  Hindmarsh, 
describes  how  he  had  composed  his  Letters  to  a  Member  of 
iR2r/^<2;;^^;^/,  by  the  direct  dictation  of  spirits. — /.  1832:   124. 

France.  Paris,  April  5. — 
Death  of  Charles  Bernhard  Wad- 
Strom,  the  Swedish  New  Church- 
man, philanthropist  and  original 
anti-slavery  agitator.  The  ad- 
joined portrait  shows  Mr.  Wad- 
strom  in  the  costume  of  the 
French  revolutionists.  Just  be- 
fore his  death  he  was  high  in 
favor  with  the  members  of  the 
Directory  and  with  General  Bona- 
parte. 

c.  B.  wadstrom.  Swcdeii.      Skara. — Death    of 

the  Rev.  Anders  Olofson  Knos,  D.  D.,  Arch-dean  of  Skara,  and 
leader  of  the  "  Swedenborgians "  among  the  IvUtheran  clergy- 
men of  Westergothland. — Sundelin  117. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vol.  VIII.     497  pp. 

First  English  edition.      '*  Printed  under  the  inspection 
of  R.  Hindmarsh,  Late  Printer."— A.  L. 
A    Summary    ExpositioJi    of    the    hiternal    Sefise   of   the 
Prophets  and  the  Psatms.     Chester.      288  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  and  pubhshed  by  the 
Rev.  C.  W.  Leadbeater.  The  translation  is  severely 
criticized  in  ^.  I:  p.  41. — A.  E. 


194  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

0?i   the    Worship  and  Love  of  God.     The  beginning  of  a 
translation  is  published  in  A.  I. 
[Anonymous]  :  A  Catechism  for  the  New  Church.     Philadelphia. 
Francis  Bailey.     Distributed  gratis. — A^.  I:  539. 
Ofver  Herr  Assessor  Swedeiiborgs   Samtal  vied  Andarne. 
Stockholm.     Sylvenius.     16  pp. 

Third   edition;    the   first   edition    was    published   at 
Gottenburg,  1771. — R.  I^. 
Clowes,    Rev.  John:  Letters  to  a  Member  of  Parliamejit  07i   the 
Character  and    Writiiigs  of  Baron   Szvedenborg .     Man- 
chester.    300  pp. 

A  refutation  of  the  calumnies  published  by  the  Jesuit, 
Abbe  Barruel;  reviewed  in  A.  I:  205. — B.  M. 
Security,  the  Exclusive  Privilege  of  God' s  Elect.     A  sermon. 

Manchester.     Wheeler.     30  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Protection  Mark,  or  a  View  of  the  Pri7iciples  most  con- 
ducive to  National  and  i7idividual  Security,  at  this  ^nost 
important  Crisis.     A  sermon.      Manchester.     Wheeler. 
26  pp. — A.  L. 
Hodson,  Dr.  James:  fesus  Christ,  the  True  God  a7id  only  object 
of  Supre77ie  Ado}'atio7i.      lyondon.     Aurora  Press.      189 
pp.— A.  L. 
Peacock,  Rev.  H.  B.:  A  Letter  to  the  Societies  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem  Church,  071  the  subject  of  the  Theological   Writings 
of  E77ianucl  Swedenborg.      Birmingham.     Belcher.     39 

PP, 

A  radical  attack  on  the  authority  of  the  Writings; 
severely  criticized  in  A.  I:  349. — B.  M. 
A  Manual  of  Practical  a7id  Expe7'i77ie7ital  Precepts,  on  the 
most  useful  Religious  Subjects.     Birmingham.     Belcher. 
68  pp;  reviewed  in  A.  I:   276. — A.  L. 
A  Summary    View  of  the  Essential  Doctri7ies  of  the   Chris- 
tian Faith,  i7i  a  Series  of  Extracts  from  the  Hon.  Eman- 
uel Swede7iborg .      With  elucidatory  7iotes  by  a  Mi7iister  of 
the    New    Church.       Birmingham.       Belcher.      112    pp. 
Reviewed  in  A.  I:  241. — R.  L. 
Fiuieral    Co7isolatio7is ,    on    the   Decease   of   Mr.    Abraham 
Perki7is.     Birmingham.     Belcher.     22  pp. 
Severely  criticized  in  ^.  I:   350. — A.  L. 
The  Holy  Rem7ia7it,  showi7ig  the  cause  which  has  hitherto 


ijgg—iSoo,  195 

preserved  this  Kingdom  from  destruction.     Manchester. 

R.  Dean.     9  pp. — Cin.  L. 
[Periodical]  :    The  Aicroi^a  or  Dawn  of  Ge?iinne    Truth.     Being 

a  Repository  of  Spirituat,  Rational  and  Useful  Knowledge, 

designed  for  the  benefit  of  every  serious  enquirer  after  true 

wisdom.     Vol.  I.     London.     Aurora  Press.— A.  L. 
Sibly,    Rev.    Manoah:  A   Paraphrase  of  the  hiternal  Sense  of 

Genesis.     Chapter  11.     Mentioned  in  N.  f.  M.     London. 

1826:    2. 
O71  the  Resurrection  of  the  Lord.     A  sermon.     London. 

Mentioned  ibid. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Death  of  George  Washington.- — December  14th. 

The  first  religious  "camp-meetings  "  in  the  United  States  are  held  on  the 
banks  of  Red  River  in  Kentucky;  the  custom  of  holding  such  assemblies 
spreads  with  great  rapidity  and  causes  much  discussion  and  many  divisions 
in  various  sects. 

Rationalism,  of  a  gross  form,  is  at  this  time  triumphant  in  most  of  the 
theological  schools  of  the  IvUtheran  Church  in  Germany. 

Publication  of  Laplace's  "  Mechanique  Celeste." 

France  renews  the  war  against  Austria  and  Russia.  Suvaroff  defeats  the 
French  under  Joubert,  but  the  Russians  are  in  turn  defeated  by  Massena  in 
Switzerland  Bonaparte  enters  upon  his  Syrian  campaign,  but  is  forced  to 
retreat  to  Egypt,  where  he  leaves  Kleber  in  command  and  embarks  for 
France.  When  again  in  Paris,  he  overturns  the  "  Directory  "  and  proclaims 
the  Consulate,  making  himself  First-Consul. 

Death  of  Pope  Pius  VI. 

1800.  America.      Baltimore,    January     2,     Sunday. — 

Consecration  of  the  Temple  of  the  New  Church  in 
Baltimore  (at  the  corner  of  East  Baltimore  St.  and  Exeter  St.), 
the  first  New  Church  temple  in  America. — M.  43  :  553 ;  Mess. 
vol.  62 :  260. 

October  2. — Death  of  Mrs.  Hargrove,  from  the  yellow 
fever.— J/.  14:  489;  R.  P.  181. 

After  the  opening  of  the  public  worship  the  Church  makes 
rapid  progress  in  this  city,  some  forty  families  joining  the  so- 
ciety in  about  a  year. — M.  44 :  285. 

Disagreements  arising  between  Mr.  Hargrove  and  Mr. 
Mather,  the  latter  leaves  America,  and  removes  to  France.  Mr. 


196  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Hargrove  now  becomes  the  sole  pastor  of  the  Baltimore  So- 
ciety.— M.  ibid,;  Ex.  80,  81,  93. 

Philadelphia,  May  23. — Letter  from  Mr.  Hill  to  Mr.  Har- 
grove, again  declining  the  pastorate  in  Baltimore. — M.  14  : 
491;   15:  18. 

September. — Francis  Bailey,  having  met  with  great  finan- 
cial losses,  removes  from  Philadelphia  to  Lancaster. — M.  15  : 

74. 

October  20. — Letter  from  Mr.  Hill  to  Mr.  Hargrove  ;  the 
writer  thinks  that  a  church  will  soon  be  formed  in  Philadel- 
phia.— M.  ibid. 

France,  Paris. — Mr.  Mather,  while  residing  in  Paris, 
opens  his  house  for  meetings  of  New  Churchmen.  He  is 
visited  by  Benedict  Chastanier  and  Baron  Heinrich  von 
Billow. — N.  n  :   260. 

Great  Britain.  Edinburg. — A  small  New  Church  Society 
exists  here  at  this  time.  Some  of  the  higher  clergy  are  said  to 
be  favorably  disposed  towards  the  Doctrines. — A.  1 :  387. 

London,  January. — The  discussion  on  the  authority  of  the 
Writings  is  continued  in  the  Aurora. — A.  1 :  329-345. 

February  16. — Mr.  Sibly's  congregation  removes  to  the 
New  Church  Temple  in  Cross  street,  Hatton  Garden.  They 
continue  here  until  Christmas,   1801. — R.  P.  143;  /.  I:   199. 

March. — Mr.  Clowes'  Letters  to  a  Member  of  Parliament 
are  favorably  reviewed  in  The  Monthly  Magazine  and  the 
GentlerneiC s  Magazine. — /.  HI :  477. 

April. — Important  article  in  the  Aurora,  "On  the  Exter- 
nal Worship,  and  the  Priesthood  of  the  New  Dispensation." — 

^'  t:  434,  438- 

May. — Article  on  the  disorderly  state  of  the  New  Church  in 
England.  A  desire  is  expressed  for  an  annual  conference  and 
a  general  government  for  the  Church. — A.  II :  29. 

September. — Articles  on  the  necessity  of  New  Church  edu- 
cation and  distinctively  New  Church  schools. — A.  II :  165, 
209,  249. 

November   27. — Death  of  the    Rev.    Francis    Leicester. — 


i8oo.  197 

R.  P.  170;  A.  II:  320.     A 
brief  biography,   with   por- 
trait, is  published  in  M.  K. 
II:   10. 
\  December  25. — Mr.  Geo. 

Nicholson,  M.  A.,  is  or- 
dained into  the  Ministry  of 
the  New  [Church,  by  Rev. 
Joseph  Proud.—/?.  P.  Ap- 
pendix. Mr.  Nicholson  was 
at  this  time  ministering  to 
a  society  in  Hull,  where  he 
had  unpleasant  experiences. 
—  a  I:  311. 

Middleton.  —  A   New 
Rev.  Francis  Leicester.  Church  suuday  school  is  es- 

tablished in  this  town. — /,  1871  :  436. 

Manchester. —  Rev.  Francis  Marcellus  Hodson,  and  Mr. 
Richard  Jones  are  at  this  time  joint  preachers  to  the  society 
worshipping  in  the  Temple  in  Peter  street. — Mess.  vol.  47  : 

165. 

Orkney  Islands. — Readers  of  the  Writings  are  said  to  exist 
in  these  remote  islands. — A.  I:  387. 

Yoxall^  Stafiordshire. — Mr.  Edward  Madeley  receives  the 
Doctrines  through  Mr.  Thomas  Dawes. — /.  1852:  476. 

Sweden.  Adam  Afzelius  (a  famous  Swedish  chemist),  "a 
true  recipient  of  the  Doctrines,  returns  to  Sweden  with  inter- 
esting news  from  Africa." — O.  I:  313. 

He  had  accompanied  Aug.  Nordenskjold  to  Sierre  Leone  in 
1792,  and  had  remained  there  until  this  time. 

Death  of  Bishop  Lars  Benzelstjerna,  a  nephew  of  Sweden- 
borg.  Of  all  the  Swedish  bishops  he  is  said  to  have  been  the 
one  most  favorable  to  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. 
Swedenborg  spoke  highly  of  his  rational  form  of  mind  in  theo- 
logical matters. — D.  I:  6ri. 


198  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  Coelestia.   Vol.  IX.     London.    J.  Hodson. 
629  pp. — A.  L. 

First  English  edition. 
Arca?ia   Cctlestia.     Vol.    X.     London.     J.    Hodson.       562 
pp.— A.  L. 

First   English   edition.     Some   copies  of  this  volume 
have  the  \^ear  1801  imprinted  on  the  title  page. 
A    Summary     Expositioji    of    the   Inter?ial    Sense   of   the 
Prophetical  Books  of  the  Word  of  the  Old  Testament,  and 
the  Psalms  of  David;  with    a  twofold  hidex.     London. 
i2mo. 
Second  English  edition;  translated  b}'  Rev.  Robert  Hind- 
marsh,  and  published  by  J.  A.  Tulk,  Esq. — R.  P.  Ap- 
peiidix;  reviewed  in  A.  11:  30,  103,  137. 
Passages  concer7iing  the  Lord's  Prayer,  extracted  from  the 
Theological  Writings  of  Ema7iuel  Swedenborg .     London. 
Hodson.     36  pp. — A.  L. 
Heaven  and  Hell.     Chester.     J.    W.    Leadbeater.     Third 

English  edition. — A.  L. 
Responsum  ad  Epistolam.  The  Latin  original  reprinted 
in  A.  II:  224. 
[Clowes,  Rev.  John]  :  Re^narks  on  the  Assertio7is  of  the  author 
of  the  ''Memoirs  of  facobinis7n,'''  respecti7ig  the  character 
of  Ema7iuel  Swedenborg  a7id  the  te7ide7icy  of  his  Writi?igs. 
Manchester.     37  pp. — B.  M. 

An  edition  of  this  tract,  which  consists  mostly  of  ex- 
tracts from  the  Letter  to  a  Me77iber  of  Parlia7ne7it,  was 
published  at  Philadelphia  in  the  the  same  year,    "for 
Mr.  John  Ormrod."— Cin.  L. 
The    Caterpillar  and  the    Goose be7'ry   Bush.      Manchester. 

Reviewed  in  ^.  I:  454. 
The  War7iifig,   reco7nme7ided  to  the  serious  attentio7i  of  all 
Christia7is.     Manchester.      i2mo. — B.  M. 
Hargrove,    Rev.    John:     On    the    True    Object   a7id  Nature   of 
Christia7i  Worship.     Baltimore. 

A  sermon  delivered  at  the  opening  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem Church  in  Baltimore,  on  January  2nd,  1800. — M. 
14:   490. 


i8oo.  199 

Hodson,  Dr.  James:  The  Yoiaig  Christian' s  Introduction  to  the 
Knozvledge  of  Jesus  Christ.  London.  Aurora  Press. 
35  pp.— A.  L. 

[Liturgical]  :    The  Liturgy  of  the  New  Church,  as  used  iji  York 
St.  Chapel,   St.  James'   Square,    Westmirister.     London. 
Reviewed  in  A.  II.  p.  63. 

Nicholson,  Rev.  George:  A  New  and  Comprehe^isive  Diction- 
ary of  Correspondences.  An  important  publication,  re- 
viewed in  A    II.  p.  354. 

Peacock,  Rev  H.  B.:  The  Poor  Man's  Guide  to  Glory;  being 
the  essential  a^id  saving  Doctrines  of  the  Christian  Faith, 
adapted  to  the  capacity  of  Sunday  Schools  and  the  illiterate 
Poor.     Birmingham.     8  pp. — B.  M. 

[Periodical]:  The  Aurora  or  Dawn  of  Genuine  Truth.  Vol. 
II.     London.     Aurora  Press. — A.  L. 

Pernety,  Abbe  A.  J.:  Granshmig  af  Emanuel  Szvede^iborgs 
Lefnad  och  Lara  (Examination  of  Swedenborg's  Life 
and  Doctrine,  together  with  a  complete  catalogue  of  all 
his  works,  and  various  anecdotes,  illustrating  the  biog- 
raphy of  this  remarkable  man).     Stockholm. — A.  L. 

Translated  from  Pernety 's  preface  to  the  French  edi- 
tion oi  Heaven  and  Hell.     Berlin.      1782. — /.  1836:  22. 

Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah.  On  Repentance  a7id  Coftversioji.  Two 
sermons.     London.     Hodson.     47  pp. — Cin.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  seat  of  the  government  of  the  United  States  is  removed 
from  Philadelphia  to  Washington.  Thomas  Jefferson  is  elected  president, 
and  Aaron  Burr  vice-president. 

Organization  of  the  "Reformed  Presbyterian  vSynod  in  America"  by 
Scotch  ''anti-burghers;"  they  are  opposed  to  all  oaths,  civil  citizenship, 
voting,  etc.  A  small  remnant  of  the  sect  still  exists,  with  headquarters  at 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

The  German  Methodists  in  the  United  States  organize  in  two  denomina- 
tions: "the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,"  under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  Otter- 
bein,  and  "  the  Evangelical  Association,"  also  known  as  "Albrights." 

England.     Death  of  Cowper,  the  poet. 

France.  The  war  between  France  and  Austria  continues.  General  Bona- 
parte leads  his  army  over  the  great  St.  Bernard,  invades  Italy  and  wins  the 
battle  of  Marengo. 

Germany.  Beginning  of  the  period  of  '■^  Ratio7ialistnus  vulgaris''''  in 
German  Philosophy  and  Theology. 


200  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Italy.     Pius  VII.  is  elected  pope;  he  is  at  first  disposed  to  a  conciliatory 
policy  toward  France  and  Napoleon  Bonaparte. 


yO^y  America.     Baltimore^   March    9. — The    members 

of  the  New  Church  send  a  congratulatory  address  to 
Thomas  Jefferson  upon  his  inauguration  as  President  of  the 
United  States.  The  President  returns  thanks  to  the  senders. — 
R.  P.  181. 

March  14. — Letter  from  Mr.  Hargrove,  describing  the 
progress  of  the  Church  in  this  city. — R.  P.  ibid. 

Boston^  October. — Mr.  Hill  resides  again  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Boston,  where  he  preaches  the  Doctrines  of  the 
New  Church  in  old  church  pulpits. — M.  14  :  342. 

Ohio. — Jonathan  Chapman  ("Johnny  Appleseed"),  a  primi- 
tive New  Church  evangelist,  begins  to  traverse  the  new  settle- 
ments in  Southern  Ohio,  distributing  apple  seed  and  New 
Church  literature. — Mess.  vol.  45:   10. 

France.  Avignon. — Death  of  x\bbe  A.  J.  Pernety. — D.  I : 
636;  /.  1879:  376. 

Paris. — Letter  from  Benedict  Chastanier  to  C.  F.  Norden- 
skjold.  He  proposes  to  publish  the  Apocalypse  Revealed  in 
French. — D.  II:   1179;  /.  1870:   139. 

Great  Britain.  Acer ing ton. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced 
here  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Dean,  curate  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Blackburn.  A  society  is  formed,  with  George  Haworth  and 
James  Garsden  as  leaders;  a  Sunday-school  is  opened. — G.  H. 
41;  R.  P.  185;  /.  vi.:  547;   1871:  407;  Mess.  vol.  47:  178. 

Birmingham,  May  i. — Death  of  Rev.  Henry  Barry  Pea- 
cock. A  biographical  account  is  found  in  J.  R.  Boyle's  Pros- 
pectus to  a  Bibliography  of  New  Church  Literature. 

London,  October. — The  publication  of  the  Aurora  is  sus- 
pended.~i?.  P.  180. 

December  13. — Mr.  William  Pownall,  of  Bristol,  is  or- 
dained by  Mr.  Sibly. — R.  P.  Appendix. 

December  25. — Mr.  Sibly's  congregation  removes  to  a 
hall  in  Cateaton  St.,  near  Guildhall.  The  three  societies  in 
London  begin  to  work  on  the  composition  of  a  new  Liturgy, 


l8oi.  20I 

to  obtain  uniformity  in  the  public  worship. — R.  P.  143  ;  /.  I : 
199. 
Switzerland.     Lausanne^     October    28. — Letter    from     J. 

F ,  a  clergyman  who   has  received  the   Doctrines    of   the 

New  Church. — /.  1870-    139. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:      Ajxana     Ccelestia.       Vol.     X.     London.     Hod- 
son. — A.  L. 
Nya  Jerusalems  Lara  ot7i  de7i  Heliga  Shift  ( Doctrine  of 
the  Sacred  Scripture).     Stockholm.     Carl  Deleen. 

Second  Swedish  edition  ;  mentioned  in  the  15th  Report 
of  the  Manchester  Printing  Society,   p.  16. 
Oil  the  Worship  and  Love  of  God.    London.   Hodson. 

First  English  edition  ;  published  as  appendix  to  the 
Aurora. — A.  L. 
Select   Extracts  from   the    Writings  of  Emanuel   Sweden- 
borg.    London.     Hodson.     81  pp. — A.  L. 
Benzelstjerna,  C:    Forteckyiing  pd  framledne  Assessor  Sweden- 
borg's  samtlige  egeyihdndige  Majiuscrip ter  {CdiisXogMO:  of 
Swedenborg' s     Manuscripts).      Stockholm.      16     pp. — 
A.  L. 
Clowes,    Rev.  John:      The  present   scarcity ;  its  causes^  and  its 

cure.  A  sermon.  Manchester. — B.  M. 
[Periodical]:  The  Aurora.  Vol.  III.  The  volume  was  not 
finished. — A.  L. 
The  Temple  of  Truth  ;  or  a  vindication  of  various  passages 
and  Doctrines  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  lately  ifnpeachedin  a 
Deistical publicatio7i  printed  in  Philadelphia.  Baltimore. 
13  numbers  of  16  pp.  each. 

This  small  New  Church  periodical,  the  first  published 
in  America,  was  edited  by  John  Hargrove      It  was  com- 
menced  on  August   I,  and  was  suspended  on  October 
31.     See  M.  14  :  490  ;  44  :   501  ;  M.  n.  s.    VIII  :  23. 
Sibly,     Rev.     Manoah:      On    EzechieV s    Cake.       A    sermon. 

London.     Hodson.     24  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Von  Walden,  Frederic:  Fdrswar  af  nmia  tankar  om  Helvetet  och 
eviga  pldgor  (Defence  of   my  views  regarding  Hell  and 
everlasting  torments).     Copenhagen. — R.  L. 

The  author  here  denies  the  eternal  duration  of  Hell. 


202  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Samling  af  Skrifter  soni  forswara  Swedenborgs  System 
eller  nya  Jcrusalems  Lara  (A  collection  of  writings  in 
defence  of  the  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem).  Vol.  I. 
Copenhagen.     Northorste.     171  pp. — R.  L<. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.     Outbreak  of  the  war  between  Tripoli  and  the  United  States. 

England.  The  Danish  fleet  is  defeated  by  the  EngUsh,  under  Nelson,  at 
Copenhagen. 

France.     Peace  of  lyuneville  between  Austria,  Germany  and  France. 

The  Roman  Catholic  Church  is  restored  in  France,  but  is  placed  under  the 
control  of  the  government. 

Gertnany.  Death  of  Novalis  (Baron  von  Hardenberg),  the  distinguished 
German  poet,  philosopher  and  hymnologist. 

Russia.     Czar  Paul  is  murdered;  he  is  succeeded  by  his  son,  Alexander  I. 

Switzerland.  Death  of  Johann  Kaspar  Lavater,  the  celebrated  Swiss 
theologian  and  poet;  the  father  of  the  modern  science  of  Physiognomy. 

t8o2  America.      Rev.     Ralph     Mather    returns    from 

France. — M.  44  :  285. 

Washington^  December  26. — Mr.  Hargrove,  by  appoint- 
ment, preaches  before  the  president  and  the  Congress. — R.  P. 
181. 

France.  Robert  Hindmarsh  visits  Paris  where  he  finds  a 
society  of  twelve  members,  led  by  M.  Bousie  and  AI.  Perault.  A 
French  edition  of  the  True  Christian  Religion  has  been  pub- 
lished during  the  year. — R.  P.  181,  182;  15th  Report  of  Man- 
chester Printing  Society,  p.  17.  Von  Billow's  Coup  d^oeil^ 
p.  65. 

Great  Britain.  Accrington. — The  New  Church  services 
here  are  conducted  alternately  by  Mr.  James  Garsden  and  Mr. 
George  Haworth.  Mr.  Garsden,  "a  plain  old  man,"  delivers 
public  discourses  in  his  own  house,  hereby  causing  a  number 
of  persons  to  join  the  small  society. — G.  H.  41. 

Haslingde}i. — The  receivers  in  this  village  begin  to  meet 
together  for  the  study  of  the  Writings. — M.  L.  1890:   197. 

Leeds. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  here  by  Wm.  Smith. 
For  historicals  respecting  the  church  in  Leeds,  see  G.  LL.  p.  58. 

London, — The  proprietors  of  the  Temple  in  Cross  street, 
Hatton  Garden,  engage   the  Rev.   S.   Dean,  of  Blackburn,  as 


i8o2.  203 

preacher,  but  find  his  services  unsatisfactory,  and  "after  a  full, 
fair  and  tedious  trial  of  his  services  for  about  two  years,"  dis- 
solve their  connection  with  him. — R.  P.  173. 

December  21. — The  corner-stone  of  a  Temple  for  Mr. 
Sibly's  society  is  laid  in  Friars  street,  Blackfriars,  near  Doc- 
tor's Commons. — R,  P.  144. 

Holland.  Death  of  William  Gomm,  Esq.,  secretary  to 
the  British  embassy  at  The  Hague ;  a  most  zealous  New 
Churchman. — D.\\\  1221. 

Russia.  Receivers  resident  at  St.  Petersburg  import  the 
Writings  from  Paris. — R.  P.  182. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vols.  I.  and  II.     Second  Eng- 
lish edition.     Eondon.     Hodson. — A.  E. 
Nine  Queries  concerning  the  Trinity.     Eondon.      Hodson. 
7  pp.— A.  E. 

Second  English  edition. 
La    Vraie  Religion  Chretieyine    (The  True   Christian   Re- 
ligion).    Paris. 

First    French    edition;    translated   by   M.    Perault;  it 
contains  a  long  preface,  and  a  translation  of  Sandel's 
Eulogium. — D.  II:  700;  /.  1826:  250. — P.  E. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  Faith.     Eon- 
don.    Hodson.     32  pp. 

Second  English  edition. — A.  E- 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:    The  Caterpillar  a7id  the  Gooseberry  Bush. 
Salem,  Mass.     Th.  C.  Cushing.     25  pp. 

Published,  probably,  by  Major  Hiller. — A.  E- 
The  True  End  and  Design  of  the  Holy  Sacrament  of  the 
Lord's    Supper.     In    two    Dialogues.     Manchester.     68 
pp.— A.  E. 
Two  Sermo7is  o?i  the  Sacraynents.    4th  edition.    Manchester. 
16  pp. — A.  E. 
Dean,  Rev.  S.:    The  Nature,  Evidence  a?id  Tende?icy  of  the  Theo- 
logical Writings  of  the  Hon.  Emanuel  Swedenborg .     Eon- 
don.— R.  P.  174. 
Hill,  J.  C:    The  Greatest  Truth  ever  published.     Eeeds.     24  pp. 
"The  fifth  edition"  of  this  little  New  Church  tract 


204 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


on  the  Trinity;  we  have  never  seen  any  other  edition. — 

Cin.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :    The  Liiiirgy  of  the  Neiv  Church,  signified  by  the 

New  Jerusalem,  etc.   London.    J.  Hodson  &  Co.   Aurora 

Press.     36  pp. 

A  copy  is  owned  by  Rev.  Frank  Sewall. 
[Noble,  Samuel]  :    Two  Discourses  on  the  Internal  Word  of  the 

Lord,   as  opened  in  the    Writiiigs  of  Em.   Swedenborg . 

London.     x-Vurora  Press.     44  pp. — A.  L. 
Prince,  J.  H.:  A  Letter  to  Joseph  Proud,  wherein  his  opi?iions  are 

candidly  exami7ied.     London.     36  pp. — B.  M 
[Reports]:  First  Report  of  the  Manchester  Society  for  Printing, 

P^iblishing   a7id   Circulatijig    the    lVriti?igs   of  the  Hon. 

Emanuel  Sivedenborg ,  and  other  books  which  inculcate  the 

true  Christian  Life  and  Doctrine.     Manchester.      No.  i. 
Published  in  large,  foolscap  sheets;  the  annual  reports 

of  this  society  were  issued  in  the  same  form  up  to  the 

year  1816.      Mentioned  in  M.  L.  1885:  386. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:  Hymris  and  Spiritual  Songs  for  the  New 

Church.  London ;  mentioned  in  TV. /.  y^.   London.    1826: 

2  and  M.  L.     1890:  37. 
The  Duty  a7id  Privilege  of  Exploring  the  Church.     A  ser- 
mon.    London;  mentioned  ibid. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.     Ohio  is  received  as  one  of  the  States  of  the  Union. 

Foundation  of  Bowdoin  College,  at  Brunswick,  Maine. 

France.  The  Italian  Republic  is  constituted,  with  Bonaparte  as  presi- 
dent. Great  Britain  makes  peace  with  France,  Spain  and  the  Batavian  Re- 
public, at  Amiens.     Bonaparte  is  declared  consul  for  life. 

jQq^  America.    Boston^  ^lQ.y  16. — Major  Joseph  Hiller, 

^  in  a  letter  to  Mr.  Hargrove,  mentions  a  few  re- 
ceivers in  the  city. — M.  15  :  31. 

October  12. — Dr.  William  Jenks,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  a 
letter  to  Mr.  Hargrove,  describes  Dr.  Brown,  and  other  receivers 
in  Boston. — Mess.  vol.  25.    p.  94. 

Norfolk,  ra. — Death  of  Rev.  Ralph  Mather. — M.  vol.  44  : 
285.  A  biography  of  Mr.  Mather,  by  C.  Th.  Odhner,  is  pub- 
lished in  L.  1896,  pp.  154,  168. 


1 8 OS.  205 

Philadelphia. — Rev.  William  Hill  settles  on  a  farm  near  this 
city.  Mr.  Daniel  Thuun,  an  ardent  receiver,  transcribes  the 
whole  of  Mr.  Hill's  translation  of  the  Apocalypsis  Explicata^  in 
order  to  send   the  MS.  to  England  for  publication. — M.  44: 

178. 

Washington. — Mr.  Ferdinand  Fairfax,  son  of  Lord  Fairfax, 
and  Mr.  Wilson  M.  C.  Fairfax  are  mentioned  as  the  first  New 
Churchmen  in  this  city.  See  the  "Annals  of  the  New  Church 
in  Washington,"  in  Mess.  vol.  22:  176;  vol.  62:  370,  386, 
402  ;  vol.  63  :  10,  26. 

Great  Britain.  London^  May  27. — A  conference  is  held  be- 
tween the  New  Church  societies  in  London.  A  new  book  of 
"  Rites  and  Ceremonies  "  is  adopted.  (See  the  edition  of  this 
work,  1805.) 

August  7. — Consecration  of  the  Temple  in  Friars  street. 
Mr.  Sibly's  society  leaves  Cateaton  street. — R.  P.  144  ;  /.  I : 
199. 

An  account  of  the  services  of  Mr.  Frond's  society  in  York 
street,  and  of  Mr.  Barthelemon's  music,  is  given  in  D.  G. 
Goyder's  Autobiography^  P-  89. 

Radcliffe.  A  small  temple  for  the  New  Church  is  erected 
here  during  the  year. — /.  1879  •  \^\' 

PUBI^ICATIONS. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana   Coelestia.     Vol.   XL     London.     Hodson. 

655  PP- 

First  English  edition. — A.  L. 
Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vol.  III.     London.      Hodson. 
Second  English  edition. — A.  L. 
Clo\A^es,  Rev.  John:  Sermo7is  on  the  Call  and  Deliverance  of  the 
Israelites  from    Egypt.      Manchester.      (See    Compton's 
Life  of  Clozves,  p.  135.) 
The  Combined  Duties  of  the  Citizen  a7id  of  the  Christian,  in 
reference   to    the  present  awful  Crisis.     Three   sermons. 
Manchester.     Wheeler.     56  pp. — B.  M. 
Hargrove,  Rev.  John:    The  sjibstajice  of  a  sermo7i  on  the  Leading 
Doctriyies  of  the  New  ferusalem  Church.     Delivered  De- 
cember 26th,  1802,  before  the  President  and  Congress  of  the 
United  States.     Baltimore.      Warner.      24  pp. — A.  L. 


2o6 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Prince,  J.  H.:  A  Second  Letter  to  Joseph  Proud,  containi7ig  a 
Scriptural  Refutatio?i  of  the  doctrines  advanced  by  him. 
London.     40  pp. — B.  M, 

[Reports]:  Report  of  the  Manchester  Printing  Society.     No.  2. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.     The  United  States  purchase  Louisiana  from  France. 

The  German  communistic  sect  of  "Harmonists"  settle  in  Pennsylvania 
under  the  leadership  of  George  Rapp,  of  Wiirtemberg;  they  are  Millena- 
rians,  and  strongly  opposed  to  marriage.  They  finally  establish  themselves 
at  "  Economy,"  near  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  where  a  small  remnant  still  exists. 

Death  of  Samuel  Hopkins,  an  influential  New  England  Theologian, 
founder  of  the  "  Hopkinsian  "  System  of  Theology. 

The  French  in  Hayti  are  expelled  by  the  negroes. 

England. — England  again  declares  war  against  France. 

France. — The  French  occupy  Hanover. 

Death  of  Saint-Martin,  "the  unknown  philosopher,"  a  celebrated  French 
mystic. 

Germany. — Death  of  Johann  von  Herder,  and  of  Klopstock,  the  German 
philosophers,  poets,  and  writers. 


1804. 


America.     Baltimore. — Death  of  Col.  Robert  Car- 
ter.— Mess.  vol.  62:  251. 

Mr.  Hargrove  marries  the 

widow  of  Mr.  Mather. — M. 
14:  490. 

Philadelphia^  June  2. — 
Death  of  Rev.  William  Hill. 
—M.  29:  572;  30:  394. 

See  our  biography  of  Mr. 
Hill,  in  L.  1896:   103. 

Mr.  Adam  Hurdus,  of 
Manchester,  emigrates  to 
America,  and  settles  first  in 
Philadelphia.  He  finds  no 
New  Churchmen  in  this 
city,  except  Daniel  Thuun, 
and  Thomas  Smith,  clerk 
in  the  old  U.  S.  Bank.— /^. 

Rev.   Adam  Hurdus.  JJ  ;    7^.     ][f^   44;    386. 

Washington^  December  25. — Mr.  Hargrove  preaches  on  the 


i8o4'  207 

Second  Coming  of  the  Lord  and  on  the  Last  Judgment,  before 
the  Senate  and  Congress  of  the  United  States.— i?.  P.  181. 

The  occasion  is  described  in  the  preface  to  Mr.  Hargrove's 
printed  sermon. 

Germany.  Immanuel  Kant's  letter  on  Swedenborg  is  re- 
published by  Borowsky,  the  archbishop  of  the  Protestant 
Church  in  Prussia. — M.  18:  283. 

Great  Britain.  Ma^tckester. — A  bishopric  is  offered  to  Mr. 
Clowes  by  William  Pitt,  but  is  declined.— Compton's  Life  oj 
Clowes^  p.  83. 

Publications. 

Hill,  J.  C:  A  Clear  a^id  Comprehe7isive  Explanation  of  the  Holy 
Trinity,  which  for  nearly  fifteen  hundred  years  has  lain 
co7icealed:  proving  from  Scripture  a7id  Reason  that  fesus 
Christ  is  the  07ily  tr2ie  God,  in  07ie  Glorified,  Divine  Per- 
son.    Bilston.     S.  Bassford.     32  pp. 

This  little  work  is  reviewed  in  iV.  C.  M.  1892:  259. 
Nothing  further  is  known  of  the  author.  See  also  /. 
1864:    196. 

Prince,  J.  H.:  A  third  letter  to  foseph  Proud,  C07itai7iing  a  justifi- 
cation of  the  author's  two  former  letters.  London.  24 
pp.— B.  M. 

Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:  Fifteen  Ser77i07is  on  various  Subjects.  Lon- 
don.    Hodsou.     251  pp. — B.  L. 

[Reports]  :  Report  of  the  Manchester  Pri7iting  Society.     No.  3. 

VonWalden,  H.  F.:  Bla7idede  Ta7iker  i  Breve  til  en  Ven  (Mis- 
cellaneous Thoughts  in  letters  to  a  friend) .  Copenhagen. 
86  pp.— R.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Duel  between  Hamilton  and  Burr.  The  war  between  the 
United  States  and  Tripoli  continues.     Jefferson  is  re-elected  President. 

Death  of  Dr.  Joseph  Priestley  (at  Northumberland,  Pa.);  he  is  the  first 
prominent  systematizer  of  modern  Unitarianism,  and  is  no  less  famous  as  a 
naturalist,  being  the  discoverer  of  oxygen. 

England.  The  "British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society  "  is  organized  in  Lon- 
don. The  movement  is  first  set  on  foot  by  Rev.  Joseph  Hughes,  a  Baptist 
■clergyman,  but  gradually  receives  the  support  of  all  denominations. 

Pitt  again  becomes  premier  of  England. 

Fra7ice.     Napoleon  orders  the  murder  of  the  duke  d'Enghien.     He  pub- 


2o8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

lishes  his  Code  Civil  des  Francais;  is  declared  Emperor  of  the  French  and 
is  crowned  in  Paris  b}^  Pius  VII. 

Germa7iy.     Death  of  Immanuel  Kant,  the  father  of  modern  transcendental 
philosophy,  the  most  acute  metaphysician  of  his  age. 


yQp.  ^  America.    Boston. — Death  of  Mr.  Samuel  Brown, 

^'  M.  D.,  oue  of  the  earliest  New  Churchmen  in  this 
city. — M.  37 :  283.  An  account  of  the  conditions  of  the 
Church  in  Boston,  at  this  time,  is  published  in  M.  15  :  31. 

Bath^  Me. — Rise  of  the  New  Church  in  this  city.  Rev.  Dr. 
William  Jenks  and  Mr.  John  Savels  are  mentioned  as  receivers 
of  the  Doctrines.  Other  historicals  are  given  in  M.  30 :  204 ; 
Mess.  vol.  3:  69;  47:   115. 

New  York^  December  22. — A  New  Church  reading  circle  is 
organized  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Edward  C.  Riley,  no.  16  Cham- 
ber street.  Mr.  Mott  and  Mrs.  Gallon  are  among  the  first 
members. — Mess.  vol.  21:  252;  47:   144. 

Pittsburgh^  August. — Adam  Hurdus  settles  for  a  short  time 
in  this  city,  where  he  meets  Judge  Young. — P.  II :  79. 

Portsmouth^  N.  H. — Mr.  Joseph  Leigh  publishes  The  New 
Hainpshire  New  Jerusalem  Magazine. — M.  n.  s.  XI:  488. 

Great  Britain.  The  desolate  state  of  the  New  Church  in 
Great  Britain,  at  this  period,  is  commented  upon. — M.  15 : 
225;   O.  I:  312-314- 

Accrington. — A  small  place  of  worship  is  erected  here  dur- 
ing the  year ;  Mr.  George  Haworth  officiates  as  preacher. — R. 
P.  201;  /.  VI:  548. 

Keighley. — The  society  here,  still  under  the  leadership  of 
Rev.  Joseph  Wright,  opens  a  chapel  in  King  street,  Halifax 
Road.— Af:  L.  1890:  228. 

London^  January. — Formation  of  "The  Friendly  Society  of 
the  New  Jerusalem  Church,"  a  beneficial  institution  connected 
with  the  Church  in  Fryar  street. — /.  1 :  489. 

February  (?) — A  division  occurs  in  Mr.  Proud's  society  in 
York  street.  A  number  of  members  separate  and  open  wor- 
ship at  Dudley  Court,  Denmark  street,  Soho,  with  Dr.  James 
Hodson  as  preacher. — R.  P.  175;  /.  1873:   238. 

March  3. — Dr.  James  Hodson  is  ordained  into  the  ministry 


i8os.  209 

of  the  New  Church,  by  Manoah  Sibly. — Hodson's/^r^w/^/?  in 
the  Dungeon^  p.  42. 

August  12. — Letter  from  Henry  Servante  to  James  Glen,  of 
Demerara,  giving  many  interesting  particulars  of  the  state  of 
the  Church  in  London  and  elsewhere.  (A  valuable  document.) 
—  O.  I:  311.     See  also  y]/;  15:   171. 

The  societies  in  London  publish  a  new  book  of  Rites  and 
Ceremonies. 

South  America.  Mr.  James  Glen  still  continues  to  preach 
occasionally,  and  to  administer  the  sacraments  to  the  few  receiv- 
ers in  Demerara. — A^.  C  M.  1890:   240. 

Sweden.  Death  of  Rev.  Sven  Schmidt  in  the  insane 
asylum  of  Skara. — Siuideliii  143. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Heaven  ayid  Hell.  Salford.  W,  C.  Leadbeater. 
"Fourth  English  edition  "  with  a  portrait  of  Sweden- 
borg.— A.  L. 

The  Doctrine  of  the  Neiv  Jerusalem  conceryiing  the  Lord. 
Salford.     Leadbeater.      141  pp. 

"Fifth    English    edition."     We    have    never    seen    any 
"fourth"  edition. — A.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  Dialogue  between  a   Chtirchmayi  and  a 
Methodist^  o?i  the  Writi?igs  and  opinio7is  of  Bar 071  Sweden- 
borg.    Mentioned    in  Compton's  Life   of  Clowes,  p.  80. 

A  Few  Plain  Aiiswers  to  the  Question,  Why  do  you  receive 
the  Testi7no7iy  of  Baro7i  Swede7ibo7g  f  Birmingham. 
Martin.     30  pp. 

This  little  work  has  been  republished  in  many  editions, 
and  has  been  translated  into  German  and  Swedish. — A. 
L. 

A  Sermo7i  of  Tha7iksgiving  for  the  late  victory  obtained  over 
the  co77ibi7ied  fleets  of  Fra7ice  and  Spain.  Manchester. 
27  pp. — B.  M. 

The  Gospel  accordiyig  to  Matthew,  translated  fro77i  the  origi- 
7ial  Greek,  ayid  illustrated  by  extracts  from  the  Theological 
Writiyigs  of  Ema7iuel  Szvedenborg ,  together  with  7iotes  a7id 
observatio7is  by  the  Tra7islator.  London.  Hodson.  435 
pp. 


2IO  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

An    important,   scholarly  work  of    enduring  value. — 
A.  L. 
Hargrove,  Rev.  John:    The  Second  coming  of  Christ,  and  the  Last 
Judgment.     Baltimore.     Warner.     24  pp. 

A  sermon  preached  before  both  Houses  of  Congress  in 
Washington,  December  25,  1804. — A.  L. 
Jones,    Richard:    The   Substance   of  a    Discourse.     Manchester. 

Russell.  16  pp. — A.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :  Rites  and  Ceremonies  for  use  of  the  Lord' s  New 
Church,  signified  by  the  Neiv  ferusalem.  London.  Hod- 
son.  34  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Psalms  of  David,  accord i?ig  to  the  Bible  versio7i.  To- 
gether with  a  summary  exposition  of  the  Lnteriial  Sense  of 
each  Psalm  contaiyied  therein.  London.  Aurora  Press. 
228  pp. 

A  copy  is  owned  by  Rev.  Frank  Sewall. 
[Periodical] :    The  New  Hampshire  New  ferusalejn  Magazine 
a7id  Primitive  Religious  Intelligencer.  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
J.  Whitelock. 

A  small  journal  published  for  a  short  time  by  Mr. 
Joseph  Leigh.     It  is  described  in  M.  71.  s.  XI:  488. 
[Reports]  :  Report  of  the  Ma7ichester  P7'inting  Society.     No.  4. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:  A  First  a7id  Second  Catechis7n  for  the  use 
of  the  N^ew  Church.     London.     Hodson.     24  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Fulness  and  Pe7fectio7i  of  the  Lord' s  Prayer.     London. 
A  sermon  mentioned  in  N.  f.  M.     London.      1826:  3. 
The  Glorification  of  the  Lord' s  Humanity.     London. 
A  sermon  mentioned  ibid. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Atnerica.     Tripoli  concludes  peace  with  the  United  States. 

Organization  of  the  sect  of  "  Christians,"  or  "  Christian  Connection,''  by 
an  amalgamation  of  seceders  from  the  Methodist,  Baptist  and  Presbyterian 
churches  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee;  they  declare  the  Bible  their  only 
creed  and  rule;  reject  infant  Baptism  and  practise  open  communion. 

France.  Coalition  against  France  between  England,  Russia,  Austria  and 
Sweden.  Victory  of  the  English  fleet  under  Nelson  over  the  French  and 
Spanish  at  Trafalgar.  Murat  occupies  Vienna.  Battle  of  Austerlitz.  Napo- 
leon defeats  Francis  of  Austria  aud  Alexander  of  Russia.  Prussia  and  Aus- 
tria conclude  peace  with  France,  conceding  enormous  tracts  to  Napoleon. 

Ejigland.  Death  of  Bishop  Boothe,  the  last  of  the  English  non-juring 
bishops. 

Germany.     Death  of  Schiller,  perhaps  the  greatest  of  German  poets. 


i8o6,  211 

1806  America.      Ohio^  April  17. — Mr.  Adam  Hurdus, 

with  family,  settles  in  the  then  new  city  of  Cincin- 
nati. He  soon  afterwards  becomes  acquainted  with  Mr.  Thomas 
Newport,  of  Lebanon,  O. — P.  II :  79. 

Pennsylvania^  October. — Mr.  Hargrove  completes  an  evan- 
gelistic journey  through  this  state.  He  visits  the  Hon.  Josiah 
Espy,  at  Bedford,  where  he  baptizes  between  30  and  40  per- 
sons, young  and  old,  and  travels  thence  to  Greensburgh,  where 
he  visits  Judge  John  Young.  He  next  proceeds  to  Browns- 
ville, where  he  baptizes  nearly  forty  persons,  among  them 
Mr.  William  Goe  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ayres,  with  their  families. 
In  all,  78  persons  are  baptized  on  this  journey. — R.  P.  187. 

On  his  return  to  Baltimore,  he  delivers  two  discourses  be- 
fore the  Senate  and  Representatives  of  the  State  Assembly  of 
Maryland . — ibid. 

Philadelphia. — There  are,  at  this  time,  about  twenty  re- 
ceivers of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  in  this  city. — Conv.  R.  181 7  : 

134- 

Great  Britain. — Mr.  Clowes,  after  eighteen  years'  labor, 
finishes  his  work  on  the  translation  of  the  Arcana  Coelestia. — 
^.  1857  :  339. 

Hawkstone  Park^  in  Shropshire^  July  8-1 1. — First  New 
Church  Assembly  at  Hawkstone.  It  is  attended  by  about 
forty  ladies  and  gentlemen,  mostly  "  non-separatists."  A  gold 
cup  is  presented  to  Mr.  Clowes,  and  silver  cups  to  Mr.  Salmon 
and  Mr.  Shelmerdine,  his  co-adjutors  in  the  work  of  completing 
the  translation  of  the  Arcana  Coelestia. — R.  P.  185;  /.  1857: 
339.  A  history  of  the  subsequent  annual  meetings  at  Hawk- 
stone is  published  in  A^.  C.  M.    1888  :  218. 

London^  April  13. — Rev.  Isaac  Hawkins,  of  Wiveliscombe, 
Somerset,  is  ordained  into  the  Ministry  of  the  New  Church  by 
the  Rev.  M.  Sibly.— ^.  P.  Appendix. 

June  I. — Henry  Servante,  in  a  letter  to  James  Glen,  gives 
important  and  interesting  information  regarding  a  number  of 
members  and  societies  of  the  New  Church. — O.  I  :  417. 

October  19. — Another  letter  from  Mr.  Servante  to  Mr.  Glen 
describes   the    Church    in    Manchester   as   being   "spiritually 


212  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

bound  in  the  sphere  of  Mr.  Clowes,"  and  the  three  societies  in 
London  as  being  "tinctured  with  priestly  dominion." — O.  II : 
278.     Compare  M.  15  :  173. 

Scotland.  (The  year  somewhat  uncertain.) — The  aged  Bene- 
dict Chastanier,  while  on  a  journey,  perishes  from  exposure. — 
R.  P.  30.  Biographies  are  given  in  D.\\\  1176  and  N.  C. 
M.  1890  :  527. 

France.  Versailles. — Death  of  M.  Moet,  aged  86  years. 
He  had  translated  many  of  the  Writings  into  French,  and  had 
been  librarian  to  Louis  XV. — M.  43  :  643  ;  /.  1856  :  143;  G. 
H.  85,  86  ;  Literary  Pariorama  (London),  1807. 

Russia.  May  13. — Letter  from  the  Councillor  Demitrius 
Alexeist,  of  Ecaterinoslav,  with  an  order  for  all  publications 
relative  to  the  New  Church. — R.  P.  186. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  Coelestia.  Vol.  XII.  London.  J.  and  E. 
Hodson. 

First  English  edition.  This  completes  the  publication 
of  Mr.  Clowes'  translation  of  the  Arcana,  of  which  the 
first  volume  had  appeared  in  1783.  The  volume  con- 
tains, as  appendix,  a  copy  of  Mr.  Clowes'  beautiful 
prayer  and  thanksgiving  on  finishing  the  translation, 
and  a  long  list  of  * '  errata  ' '  to  all  the  preceding  vol- 
umes.— /.  1857:  339. — A.  L. 

[Anonymous]  :  A  Catechisrn  for  the  nse  of  the  New  Church. 
Bedford,  Pa.     Ch.  M'Dowell.     24  pp.— A.  L. 

Hargrove,  Rev.  John:  The  Stibstance  of  a  Sermon  on  the  Lead- 
ing Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  delivered  before  Thomas 
fefferson.  President  of  the  United  States,  and  the  Members 
of  Co7igress.     Liverpool.  16  pp. 

A  reprint  of  the  American  edition,  with  new  title 
page. — A.  L- 

Hawkins,  Rev.  Isaac:  The  Doctrine  of  the  Tri?iity,  clearly 
stated  and  explained.  London.  Hodson.  22  pp. — 
Cin.  L. 

Nicholson,  Rev.  George:  A  neiv,  clear  arid  concise  Vindication 
of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church.  Leeds.  Published 
by  the  author.     78  pp. — B.  L. 


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A  Serious  and  Affectionate  Address  to  the  Inhabitants  of 
Hull,  upon  subjects  of  the  highest  importance.  Leeds. 
Baines. 

The  author  describes  himself  as  ' '  late  minister  of  the 
Old  Chapel,  Dagger  Lane,  and  now  minister  of  the 
Society,  meeting  at  the  Academy,  Myton  Gate,  corner 
of  Fish  street,  Hull."— B.  L. 

Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:    A  Discourse  on  the  Death  of  Lord  Nelson. 
London.     24  pp. — S.  S.  L. 
The  Unitarian  Doctriyie  completely  refuted.     London.      103 
pp.— A.  L. 

[Reports]  :  Report  of  a  meeting  at  Hatvkstone  Park.  Manchester. 
Large  foolscap. 

Reports  of  these  annual  meetings  at  Hawkstone  con- 
tinued to  be  published  regularly  until  the  year  1831. — 
M.  L.      1885  :  387. 
Report  of  the  Manchester  Printing  Society.     No.  5. 

Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:  The  Nature  ayid  Quality  of  the  New 
Church,  ivith  its  Disti7iction  from  the  Primitive  Christian, 
and  all  other  preceding  Dispensations.  To  which  are  added 
some  extracts  froi?i  the  M.  S.  Memorabilia  [the  ' '  Spir- 
itual Diary,''  now  in  Mr.  Sibly's  possesion]  of  Em. 
Swedenborg,  concerjiing  the  Nezv  Church  in  Africa.  Lon- 
don.    Hodson.     39  pp  — A.  L- 

Von  ^Valden,  F.  H.:  Assessor  Swedenborgs  Levnet  (Life  of 
Swedenborg).     Copenhagen.     60  pp. 

This  little  work  contains  a  spurious  extract  from 
Swedenborg' s  scientific  works,  purporting  to  confirm 
the  author's  theories  of  Phrenology.  The  fraud  has 
been  exposed  in  /.  1838:  143,  and  M.  3:  62.— R.  L. 

'White,  Rev.  Hugh,  D.  M.:  A  small  performance,  entitled  '  Phil- 
otheos,'  containing  a  demoiistraiion  of  the  Divine  Presence, 
the  Resurrection,  fudgment,  Origin  of  the  Soul,  etc. 
Richmond,  Va.      36  pp. 

The  author  was  a  Presbyterian  clergyman  in  Virginia, 
who  had  received  the  Doctrines  about  this  time.  He 
was  subsequently  ordained  into  the  Ministry  of  the  New 
Church.— Cin.  L- 

CONTEMPOR.\RY  EvENTS. 

France  and  the    Continent.— ]o^q^\\   Bonaparte    is   proclaimed    king   of 


214 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


Naples  and  Sicil)-,  and  Louis  Bonaparte,  king  of  Holland.  Emperor 
Francis  II.  renounces  the  crown  of  Germany  and  of  the  "  Holy  Roman  Em- 
pire."— (August  6th.) 

Prussia  declares  war  against  France,  but  is  defeated  by  Napoleon  at  Jena 
and  Auerstadt.  Napoleon  enters  Berlin.  He  declares  Great  Britain  in  a 
state  of  blockade,  and  prohibits  all  commercial  intercourse  of  Europe  with 
British  ports. 

Great  Britain .—V>^qX\\  of  William  Pitt. 

The  "Original  Anti-burghers"  secede  from  the  "Anti-burghers"  of 
Scotland,  owing  to  long  continued  controversies  between  "  auldlichts  "  and 
"  new  lichts"  respecting  the  lawfulness  of  burgesses  taking  a  certain  oath 
required  by  law  ;  the  two  parties  re-nnite  in  1827,  and  form  the  "  Associate 
Synod  of  Original  Seceders." 

Organization  of  the  "Band  Room"  Methodist,  or  "United  Free  Gospel 
Churches  "  in  England  ;  they  are  opposed  to  a  paid  ministry. 


t8o7  France.      Death  of  Baron  de  Breteuil,  formerly 

'  *  Ambassador  of  France  to  Sweden,  and  Minister  to 
Ivouis  XVI.;  he  was  one  of  Swedenborg's  personal  friends,  and 
a  receiver  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  (perhaps  the  first  French 
New  Churchman). — D.  II:   1162. 

Germany.  Colberg^  June  4. — Baron  Heinrich  von  Biilow 
is  imprisoned  here,  at  the  instigation  of  the  Russian  govern- 
ment, on  account  of  his  having  published  an  historico- political 
work,  which  was  offensive  to  the  Czar. — Coup  d^ OeiL  p.  i. 

Great  Britain.  Accrtngton. — The  society  builds  a  larger 
place  of  worship  (twelve  yards  square!}.  There  are  about 
thirty  members  at  this  period. — /.  vol.  VI.:  548;  R.  P.  201. 

Haslingden. — The  society  begins  to  receive  regular  minis- 
terial visits  from  Mr.  George  Haworth,  of  Accrington. 

Hawksto7ie^  July  5. — Second  meeting  of  Mr.  Clowes'  friends. 
Resolutions  are  adopted  criticizing  those  New  Churchmen  who 
had  separated  from  the  Established  Church.  Mr.  Richard 
Jones,  of  Manchester,  publishes  a  pamphlet  in  defence  of  the 
separation. — Comptoii^  p.  loi. 

London.  January  i. — New  Churchmen  in  London  unite  in 
the  organization  of  a  general  body,  styled  "The  London  So- 
ciety of  the  New  Church,"  with  John  Augustus  Tulk  as  the 
leading  spirit.  They  publish  a  report  of  the  state  of  the  New 
Church  at  lar^e  in  England,  America,  France,  Germany,  Den- 


i8oj.  215 

mark  and  Russia,  with  lists  of  well  known  members,  and  of 
the  publications  of  the  Church. —  O.  II:  280.  See  also  the 
Report. 

February  8. — Letter  from  Mr.  Servante  to  Mr.  Glen,  stating 
that  there  are  about  38  societies  with  nearly  3,000  members  of 
the  New  Church  in  Great  Britain.  (This  account  is  undoubt- 
edly exaggerated.) — O.  Ill:  280. 

May  6  and  7. — After  an  intermission  of  fourteen  years,  a 
general  conference  (the  Sixth)  is  held  in  York  street  chapel, 
St.  James'  Square.  There  are  present  Rev.  Messrs.  Sibly, 
Proud  and  Hodson,  with  Messrs.  Pratt,  Hawkins,  Arbouiu, 
Jones,  Noble  and  Brand,  as  delegates  from  London ;  Rev. 
Wm.  Faraday  and  Mr.  Dawes,  of  Birmingham,  and  Rev.  Wm. 
Pownall,  of  Bristol;  and  about  100  other  friends.  Mr.  Sibly 
and  Mr.  Proud  are  appointed  joint  presidents,  and  Mr.  Hodson 
secretary.  Resolutions  are  adopted  approving  the  original 
ordination  of  New  Church  Ministers,  in  June,  1788,  and  de- 
claring ten  ministers  as  regularly  ordained ;  the  continuation 
of  the  same  order  is  recommended.  New  Church  Baptism, 
separation  from  the  Old  Church,  and  New  Church  education 
for  the  young  are  also  recommended.  Measures  are  taken  to 
open  and  maintain  communication  between  the  various  socie- 
ties of  the  Church  throughout  the  earth.  The  formation  of 
Sunday  schools  and  of  public  libraries  of  the  Church  is  rec- 
ommended, and  a  resolution  is  passed,  thanking  Mr.  Clowes 
for  the  translation  of  the  Arcana  Ccelestta.  It  is  determined 
to  hold  the  next  General  Conference  at  Birmingham,  in  June, 
1808.     S^^E.  loi-iio;  R.  P.  188;   O.  II:  281. 

December  20. — Letter  from  Mr.  Servante  to  Mr.  Glen. 
He  mentions  a  heated  controversy,  in  pamphlets,  between  Mr. 
Tulk  and  Mr.  Proud,  on  the  subject  of  ordinations  in  the  New 
Church ;  states  that  a  society  has  been  formed  at  Edinburgh, 
with  Mr.  Atwell  as  leader. — O.  IV:  63. 

Sweden.  Mr.  Clowes  receives  information  that  a  Swedish 
bishop,  and  sixty  other  clergymen,  in  Sweden  and  Denmark 
have  embraced  the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  and  are  openly  teach- 
ing them  (?).— a  III:   280. 


2l6  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:    Arcana  Coelesda.     Vol.   IV.     I^ondon.     Hodson. 
The  second  English  edition. — A.  L. 
A  Brief  Continuation  of  the  Crown  or  Appe?idix  to  the  True 
Christian  Religion.     London.     Hodson.     8  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  and  published  by  Mr. 
J.  A.  Tulk.— A  II:   102;  A.  E. 
A  Summary  Exposition  of  the  Inter7ial  Se7ise  of  the  Books  of 
Genesis,    Exodjis,    Matthew    a7id    Revelation,      Hodson. 
171  pp. 
Extracts  from  the  Writings. — A.  E. 
Intercourse  betwee7i  the  Soul  and  the  Body.     London.     Hod- 
son.    20  pp. 

Fifth  English  edition. — A.  E. 
[Anonymous]  :    Tri7iitaria7iism  as  taught  by  the  Churches  of  E7ig- 
la7id  and  Scotla7id,  laid  open.     By  a  Lay77ia7i.     London. 
Hodson.     23  pp. — A.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Lette7's  to  the  Editors  of  the  ''Christian  Ob- 
server ' '  i7i  reply  to  their  observatio7is  07i  a  pa77iphlet  e7i 
titled    ''A    Few   Plain    A7iswers.''      London.     Hodson. 
146  pp. — B.  M. 
A  Few   Plain  Answers.      (See   1805.  j     Birmingham.     30 
pp.— B.  M. 

Second  edition. 
The   Caterpillar  and  the   Gooseberry  Bush.     An  allegory. 

Manchester. — B.  M. 
The  Co77ibined  Duties  of  the  Citize7i  a7id  of  the  Christia7i^ 
co7isidered.     Birmingham.      Martin.      32  pp. 
Three  sermons. — A.  L. 
The  Rai7ibow.      Two  dialogues  on  its  spiritual  sig7iifica7ice . 
London.     84  pp. — B.  M. 
Hodson,  Rev.  James:    The  Nfecessity  of  gatheri7ig  a  daily  portio7i 
of  the  Heave7ily  Ma7ina.     London.      Hodson.      15  pp- 
A  sermon  to  young  people. — A.  L. 
Jones,  Rev.  Richard:  A  Friendly  Address  to  the  Receivers  of  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  ferusale77i  Church  on  the  Propriety 
of  adopti7ig  suitable  forms  of  External  Worship:  to  which 
are  added  a  few  passages  from    the    ' ' Apocalypsis  Ex- 
plicata,'"  provi7ig  the  7iecessity  of  a7id  order  i7i  separating 
from  the  Old  Church.     Manchester. 


iSo^j,  217 

Mentioned  in  Compton,  p.  loi  and  R.  P.  190. 
[Liturgical]  :     The  Liturgy  of  the  Nezv   Church.      To  which  is 
added  the   Psalms   of  David,    with    the   luteryial   Sense. 
London.     Hodson.      121110. 

New  edition;  reviewed  critically  in  /.  I:  420. 
[Reports]  :   Hawkstone  Report.     No.  2. 

Minutes  of  a  General  Confereiice  of  Ministers  a?id  Delegates 
of  the  Societies  of  the  New  Church.     Held  in  London,  May 
6th   and  yth,   i8oy.     London.     Hodson.      12   pp.     Re- 
printed in  E.  pp.  98-110. 
Report  of  the  Manchester  Printing  Society.     No.  6. 
The  First  Report  of  the  London  Society  of  the  New  Church. 
London.     Hodson.     4  pp.  folio. — S.  S.  L. 
[Proud,  Rev.  Joseph]  :  A71  Answer  to  Mr.  T k' s  {the  Lay- 
man) Gratis  Letter  to  the  Meanders  of  the  New  Church  in 
London.      By  Nathan   No?i-Real.      London.      16   pp. — 
S.  S.  L. 
[Tulk,  John  Augustus]  :  A  Letter  cojitaining  a  feiv plain  observa- 
tions,   addressed   to    the    unbiased   members   of  the   New 
Church,  especially  in  Londo7i.     By  a  Layjnan.     London. 
8  pp.     O.  IV:  63.— S.  S.  L. 
Von  Walden,  H.  F.:  F'drs'dk  att  fra^yistdlla  sunda  ochfdrnuftiga 
begrepp  om  Skapelsen,  andliga  Werldeii  och  Menniska?is 
Sjdl.     (An  attempt  to  present  sound  and  rational  con- 
ceptions of    the   creation,   the  spiritual  world  and    the 
human  soul.)     Copenhagen.     Thiele.     291  pp. — R.  L. 
Opfyldelsen  af  fohannis  Aabenbaring.      (The  fulfillment  of 
the  Revelation  of   John.)     Copenhagen.     Thiele,      199 
pp.— R.  L. 
Safnling  af  nya  utvalda  Predikningar.      (A  collection  of 
new,    selected    sermons.)     Copenhagen.     Thiele.       168 
pp.— R.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  American  Congress  abolishes  the  slave-trade.  An  English 
warship  attacks  the  U.  S.  frigate  "Chesapeake." 

China.  Rev.  Robert  Morrison,  under  the  auspices  of  the  London  Mis- 
sionary Society,  establishes  the  first  Protestant  mission  in  China.  The  first 
American  mission  is  established  in  1829. 

France  attd  the  Continent.  Napoleon  defeats  the  Russians  at  Friedland. 
Conference  between  Napoleon  and  Alexander  I.  on  a  raft  in  the  Niemen. 


2l8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Russia  and  Prussia  make  peace  with  France,  at  Tilsit.  Jerome  Bonaparte  is 
made  King  of  Westphalia.  Napoleon  conquers  the  Swedish  possessions  in 
Germany.     The  French  invade  Portugal  and  take  Lisbon. 

Germany.     Hegel  publishes  his    "  Phanomenologie  des  Geistes." 
Great  Britain.      The  British  bombard  Copenhagen.      The  slave-trade  is 
abolished  in  the  British  Empire. 

Fulton  introduces  steam  navigation  on  the  Hudson. 


1808  America.      Boston. — Mr.     Henry    G.    Foster    re- 

ceives the  Doctrines. — Mess.  47:  131. 

Cinciiinati. — Adam  Hurdus  begins  to  conduct  New  Church 
worship  in  his  own  house;  he  builds  an  organ,  the  first  in 
Cincinnati;  Indians,  as  well  as  white  people,  are  attracted  to 
the  services. — Ex.  97;  P.  II:   79. 

Philadelphia. — The  members  of  the  New  Church  begin  to 
hold  meetings  for  conversation  at  the  school-room  of  Mr. 
Johnston  Taylor.  Among  the  members  are  Daniel  Thuun, 
Jonathan  \V.  Condy,  Johnston  Taylor,  F.  Eckstein,  Thomas 
Smith,  M.  M.  Carll,  Daniel  Lammot,  and  others.  No  ladies 
attend  the  meetings. — N.  I:   164,    167;  Mess.  33:   195. 

Great  Britain.  Birmingham,  June  29-31. — The  Seventh 
General  Conference  is  held  in  the  New  Church  Temple,  on 
New  Hall  street.  Five  ministers  and  eleven  delegates  are 
present,  beside  many  other  members  of  the  Church.  Mr. 
Proud  is  appointed  president,  and  Mr.  Dawes  secretary.  Let- 
ters are  read  from  the  societies  in  Middleton,  Bolton,  Wigan, 
Ringley  and  Accrington;  The  original  ordination  of  minis- 
ters, in  1788,  is  again  "recognized  and  continued."  Resolu- 
tions are  adopted,  approving  the  Liturgy  lately  printed,  and 
reaffirming  the  resolutions  of  the  preceding  year.  A  number 
of  propositions  are  made  to  be  submitted  for  confirmation  at 
the  next  General  Conference ;  most  of  these  express  a  desire, 
and  suggest  means,  for  the  promotion  of  fraternal  and  cooper- 
ating relations  between  the  "separatists"  and  the  "  non -sepa- 
ratists "  in  the  New  Church.  It  is  resolved  to  hold  the  next 
General  Conference  at  Manchester,  in  June,  1809.  See  E.  iii- 
125,  R.  P.  190. 


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219 


June. — Mr.  Richard  Jones, 
of  Manchester,  is  ordained  a 
minister  of  the  New  Church 
by  Messrs.  Sibly  and  Proud, 
probably  during  the  sessions 
of  the  Conference. — R.  P. 
Appendix. 

Glasgow. — The  Doctrines 
are  introduced  here  by  Mr. 
Alexander  Paterson.  —  /. 
1842:   79. 

Hazvkstone. — Third  an- 
nual meeting  of  "  non-sep- 
aratists "  :  resolutions  are 
passed,  responding  warmly 
to  the  resolutions  ot  the 
Rev.  Richard  Jones.  General    Coufereucc,    in    re- 

gard to  fraternal  relations  and  cooperation  between  those  who 
had  separated  from  external  connection  with  the  Old  Church, 
and  those  who  had  not.  The  spirit  prevailing  at  the  two  gen- 
eral meetings  during  this  year  is  one  of  unusual  charity,  and 
undoubtedly  contributed  greatly  to  the  soon  following  end  of 
the  "  period  of  weakness  "  in  the  New  Church. — Compton^  122. 
London. — Mr.  (afterwards  Rev.)  William  Mason  receives  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. — /.  1863:  319. 

Death  of  Henry  Peckitt,  Esq.,  the  president  of  the  original 
"Theosophical,  Society,"  and  of  the  First  General  Conference, 
in  1789. — D.  II:   1192:   O.  I:  420. 

Newcastle^  April  10. — Mr.  William  Ellis  is  ordained  into 
the  ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  the  Rev.  James  Hodson. 
Ellis  was  an  ignorant  and  intemperate  shoemaker  and  religious 
enthusiast,  who,  by  his  disorderly  proceedings,  brought  the 
Church  into  disrepute  in  the  city.  He  died  not  long  after- 
wards, a  lunatic. — R.  P.  388;  G.  H.  'jTy^  ^lod.son's  Jeremiah 
in  the  Dungeon^  p.  V.  Further  particulars  are  given  in  M. 
L.  1895:   156,  217. 


2  20  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Middleton. — Mr.  Richard  Boardman  becomes  the  sole  leader 
of  this  society. — M.  L.  1896:  459. 

Ramsbottom. — A  society  is  established  here,  with  Mr.  Jesse 
Holding  as  leader.  The  early  history  of  the  society  is  given 
in  /.  1833:  581;   1875:  459. 

Ringley  and  Kersley. — Historicals  of  the  societies  here  are 
given  in  /.  1876:  45. 

Sweden.  Skara. — Death  of  Rev.  Aaron  Mathesius,  the 
original  calumniator  of  Swedenborg. —  Carlson^  154. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vol.  V.     London.     Hodson. 
Second  English  edition. — A.  L. 
The  True  Christiaji  Religion.    First  Chapter.    Manchester. 
Mentioned  in  B.  I. 
Agutter,  Rev.  ^Villiam:  Sermojis  on    Various  Occasions.     Lon- 
don.    255  pp. — B.  L. 

The  author  was  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  En- 
gland, but  a  zealous  receiver  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines, 
and  an  intimate  friend  of  Mr.  Clowes.  The  volume  was 
pubhshed  by  "  The  Philanthropic  Society  "  of  London, 
of  which  Mr.  J  A.  Tulk  w^as  the  head.  This  may  have 
been  the  same  as  "  The  London  Society." 
[Anonymous]  :  The  Contrast;  or  Certaiji  Doctrines  of  the  Church 
of  Scotlajid  compared  with  the  Doctrines  of  the  Nezv  feru- 
salemChiirch.     Bedford,  Pa.      16  pp. 

The   author  was  perhaps   Mr.  Josiah   Esby,    of  Bed- 
ford.—Cin.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:     A  Letter  to  T.  Banning,  Esq.,  containing 
Strictures   ofi  Mr.    Jones'    late   pamphlet,    entitled   ''A 
Friendly  Address.''     Manchester.      Mentioned  in  Comp- 
ton,  loi. 
Elijah' s  Mayitle.    A  sermon.    Birmingham.     12  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Divine  Victory  over  Death  ayid  the  Grave.     A  sermon. 

Birmingham.      12  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Lmpossibility  of  Doi^ig  any  Saving  Good,  until  evil  be 
rejiounced.     Two  sermons.     Birmingham.      19  pp. — A. 
L. 


i8o8 — i8og.  221 

The  Sacred  Doctrine  of  the  Diviiie  Trinity  Considered.  A 
sermon.     Birmingham.      12  pp. — A.  L. 

Three  Sermons  on  the  Lord' s  Prayer.     London.      35  pp. 
Third  edition.— A.  L. 
[Reports]:  Minutes  of  a    General  Conference   of  Ministers  arid 
Delegates  from  the  Societies  of  the  New  Jerusale7n  Church, 
held  in  Birmi7igham,  ftme,  1808.    Birmingham.   Martin. 
16  pp.     Reprinted  in  ^.  iii. 

The  Second  Report  of  the  Lo7ido7i  Society  of  the  New  Chtcrch. 
London.     Hodson.  4  pp.  folio. — S.  S.  L. 

Hawkstone  Report.  No.  3. 
Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:  A  Course  of  Lectures  07i  the  fundame7ital 
a7id  77iost  esse7itial  subjects  of  Christia7iity.  London.  Pea- 
cock. 354  pp. — B.  M. 
Von  \A(^alden,  F.  H.:  Kfe7id  din  Gud  (Know  thy  God;  a  loving 
command  from  on  high).  Copenhagen.  Thiele.  16 
pp.— R.  L. 

Svar  paa  Sp'd7gs7)iaalet  i  Dage7i,  a7igaaende  de7i  besvorne 
re7ie  Eva7igelisk  Lutherske  Lcere  (An  answer  to  the 
issue  of  the  day,  regarding  the  accepted  orthodox  Evan- 
gelical Lutheran  doctrine).  Copenhagen.  Thiele.  24 
pp.— R.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Am,erica. — James  Madison  is  elected  president  of  the  United  States. 

France  and  the  Coniinerit. — Napoleon  annexes  a  large  part  of  the  Papal 
States  to  the  Kingdom  of  Italy.  He  drives  the  Austrian  dynasty  out  of 
Spain,  and  places  his  brother,  Joseph  Napoleon,  on  the  Spanish  throne  ;  his 
brother-in-law,  Murat,  is  proclaimed  king  of  Naples. 

Russia. — Russia  captures  Finland  from  Sweden. 

Spain. — Joseph  Napoleon  abolishes  the  Inquisition  in  Spain.  During  its 
entire  existence  in  this  country  it  had  punished  340,000  persons  for  heresy. 
Of  this  number,  32,000  had  been  burned  alive. 

1800  Denmark.     Death  of  Commodore  Frederic  Her- 

^       man  von  Walden. — Suftdeltfi^  253. 

An  account  of  his  life,  character  and  works  is  given  by  Dr. 
Kahl  in  N.  C.  A,  1844:  259.     See  also  Kahl  III:  57-77. 

Great  Britain.  Birminghaiii. — Rev.  William  Faraday  re- 
tires from  the  pastorate  of  the  society  here.  He  is  succeeded 
by  Mr.  James  Meredith. — /.  1878:  291. 


22  2  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Brightlingsea. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  here  by  Dr. 
Moses  Fletcher.  They  are  received  first  by  Mr.  Arthur  Mun- 
son,  a  Wesleyan  local  preacher.  A  society  begins  to  grow  up. 
— R.  P.  201;   /.  I:  391. 

Manchester. — The  proposed  General  Conference  is  not  held 
this  year  in  consequence  of  the  disturbed  state  of  the  Church  in 
Manchester.  The  Temple  in  Peter  street  is  closed,  the  former 
pastor,  Rev.  William  Cowherd,  having  caused  a  division  among 
the  members.  He  establishes  a  new  sect  in  Sal  ford,  styled 
"  Bible  Christians,"  with  a  creed  in  which  distorted  New 
Church  Doctrines  are  mingled  with  Vegetarianism  and  Total 
i\bstinence  from  wine.  The  vagaries  and  heresies  of  Cowherd 
are  described  in  R.  P.  145,  147,  190. 

A  conference  of  the  sympathizers  of  Mr.  Cowherd  is  held  at 
Salford,  June  28-July  i.  Rev.  Joseph  Wright,  of  Keighley, 
in  Yorkshire,  is  present,  having  identified  himself  with  the 
movement.  A  number  of  peculiar  resolutions  are  adopted. — 
E.  239-268. 

Sweden.  The  liberty  of  the  Press  is  restored,  in  consequence 
of  a  political  ''Coup  d'etat:'  The  Writings  of  the  New 
Church  are  no  longer  forbidden,  and  New  Churchmen  are 
again  permitted  to  publish  their  theological  works. — R.  P. 
269;  I  ^th  Report  of  the  Manchester  Printing  Society,  p.  15. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:    Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vol.  VI.     London.     Hodson. 
Second    English    edition.     Date   of    publication   not 
stated,  and  hence  uncertain. — A.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Klopstock  i7i  Heaven,  correcti?ig  his  former 
ideas  on  Human  Glory,  in  a  Dialogue  betweeri  him  and 
his  Meta.     Manchester.      18  pp. — S.  S.  ly. 
On  Science.     Manchester. 

Mentioned  in  Compton,  127,  147. 
Paradise  Lost  and  Regained. 

Mentioned  ibid. 
The  Laws  of  Divine  Order  stated  and  enforced  as  the  only 
possible  Security  both  of  natiofis  a?id  individuals.     A  ser- 
mon.    Manchester.     24  pp. — A.  L. 


i8og,  223 

Faraday,  Rev.  W.:  The  Protection  of  Kmgs,  the  Security  of 
Thrones,  and  the  Safety  of  the  People.  A  sermon  on  the 
Jubilee  of  King  George  III.  Birmingham.  22  pp. — 
A.  L. 

Hodson,  Rev.  James:  A  Series  of  Discourses,  practical  and  ex- 
perimental, on  the  internal  signification  of  the  Israelitish 
Bondage  a7id  Deliverance.  Loudon.  Hodson.  371pp. 
— A.  L. 

[Reports] :   The  Seventh  Report  of  the  Manchester  Printing  So- 
ciety.— Manchester.     4  pp.  folio. — S.  S.  L. 
Hawksto7ie  Report.     No.  4. 

Report  of  a  Conference  held  fune  2p~jo,  and  Jiily  i,  i8og, 
in  Christ  Church,  Salford.     Manchester.     Wheeler.     40 
pp. — Cin.  L. 
Reprinted  in  E.  pp.  229-268. 

Von  Bulow,  Baron  Heinrich:  ''Nunc  Permissum  Est.''  Coup 
d'  CEil  sur  la  Doctrine  de  la  Nouvelle  Eglise  Chretienne,  ou 
le  Swedenborgianisme.  Ouvrage  posthiinie.  A  Philadel- 
phie.  80  pp.  (Now  it  is  permitted.  A  glance  at  the 
Doctrine  of  the  New  Christian  Church.  A  posthumous 
work. ) 

The  author  had  died  in  political  prison  at  Riga  in  1808. 
The  place  of  publication  ("  Philadelphie  ")  is  fictitious. 
It  was  published  either  at  Berlin  or  Hamburg.  See 
Goss&' s  Portfeuille,  p.  i. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

France  and  the  Continent.  The  war  between  the  French  and  EngHsh  in 
Spain  is  continued. 

Austria  renews  the  war  against  Napoleon,  and  invades  Bavaria  and  Poland, 
but  is  repeatedly  defeated.  Napoleon  enters  Vienna;  he  defeats  the  Ans- 
trians  at  Wagram.  Peace  of  Schonbrunn;  Austria  is  forced  to  give  up  all 
her  Adriatic  provinces. 

Pius  VII.  excommunicates  Napoleon,  who  arrests  the  pope,  and  carries 
him  to  Fontainbleau.     The  empress  Josephine  is  divorced  by  Napoleon. 

Germany.     Death  of  Joseph  Hayden,  the  German  composer. 

Great  Britain.  Death  of  Thomas  Paine,  the  American  patriot  and  anti- 
Christian  writer,  the  leader  of  the  freethinkers  of  his  age. 

Sweden.  Revolution  in  Sweden.  Gustavus  IV.  Adolphus  is  forced  to 
abdicate;  his  uncle,  the  Duke  of  Sodermanland  (the  former  member  of  the 
Bxege tic-Philanthropic  Society),  becomes  king  of  Sweden  as  Charles  XIII. 


224 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


jQyp.  America.   Baltimore^  Md. — Letter  from  John  Har- 

grove, containing  a  very  full  exposure  of  Wesley's 
calumnies  of  Swedenborg. — N.  C.  R.    1849:   24. 

Lebanon^  O. — Thomas  Newport  administers  the  sacraments 
here,  and  publishes  an  edition  of  Proud's  Hymns. — Mess.  vol. 
47:   200;  55:   90. 

Germany. — A  story  relating  that  Samuel  Hahnemann  was 
a  reader  of  Swedenborg's  Writings,  is  reported  in  W.  White's 
New  Churchman^  2  :   107. 

Great  Britain.  Derby. — Edward  Madeley  settles  in  this 
town  and  begins  to  gather  around  him  a  New  Church  so- 
ciety.— /.  1852  :  476. 

Glasgow. — x\  small  society  is  organized  here. — /.  1842:  80. 

London^  February  26. — Organization  of  "The  Society  for 
Printing  and  Publishing  the  Theological  Writings  of  the  Hon. 
Emanuel  Swedenborg  "  (afterwards  known  as  the  "  Sweden- 
borg Society  ").  The  organizers  are  twelve  prominent  New 
Churchmen:  John  Augustus  Tulk,  Thomas  Jones,  Charles 
Jenkins,  Samuel  Noble,  John  Parry,  Ch.  A.  Tulk,  John  Pres- 
land,' Thomas  Jones,  of  Longacre,  Robert  Armitstead,  Samuel 
Sharpe,  Robert  Oliphant  and  G.  Prichard, — all  laymen.  A 
fund  of  ;^400  is  raised  at  once.  The  nineteenth  day  of  June 
is  chosen  as  the  anniversary  day  of  the  society. — R.  P.  202. 
See  also  the  "  Plan  "  of  the  society,  p.  4. 

June  19. — First  anniversary  of  the  Swedenborg  Society. 
The  committee  appointed  on  February  26  is  continued  without 
change.  J.  A.  Tulk  is  chairman,  Samuel  Noble,  secretary,  and 
Charles  Jenkins,  treasurer. — R.  S.  S.  no.  i. 

December  20. — The  aged  Richard  Shearsmith  is  visited  by 
Mr.  Robert  Armitstead  (a  follower  of  Cowherd),  who  subse- 
quently publishes  a  false  account  of  Swedenborg's  personal 
habits,  representii-  him  as  a  vegetarian  and  total  abstainer. 
The  fraud  is  explo  ed  by  Hindmarsh  in  R.  P.  196  and  /.  HI: 
272. 

Jamaica. — The  Doctrines  are  received  by  the  family  of 
Chambers,  at  Eucea. — /.  1871  :  54. 


Rkv.  :\Iaskil  M.  Cari.i.. 


i8io.  225 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Angelic  Wisdojii  concerning  the  Divine  Providence. 
London.     S.  S.     469  pp. 

Second  English  edition. — B.  L. 
Concerning  the  Last  Judgment  2i\\^  Co7itinuation  concer7iing 
the  Last  Judgme7it .     London.     S.  S.  pp.  119  and  60. 

Second  English  edition;  new  translation  by  R.  Hind- 
marsh. — /.  1838:  359;  R.  S.  S.  2:   10.— A.  L. 
Coronis  to  the  True  Christian  Religion.     London.     S.  S. 
First  English  edition,  translated  by  Mr.  Sibly. — D.  II: 
1022.— S.  S.   L. 
hidex  to  the  Arcana  Ccslestia,  or  Heavenly  Mysteries  con- 
tained i?i  the  Sacred  Scripture.     London,     pp.  300,  not 
numbered. 

' '  Translated  from  the  original  Latin  of  Swedenborg, 
[by  J.  A.  Tulk]  ;  printed   by  the  Philanthropic  Society 
in   St.    George's  Field,  and  sold  for  the  editor  by  the 
Society  for  Printing  and  Publishing  the  Writings  of  E. 
Swedenborg." — R.  L. 
On  the  Atha7iasian  Creed.     Manchester.     Wardle.     174  pp. 
First  English  edition,  pubHshed  by  the   Manchester 
Printing  Society. — A.  L. 
O71  the  White  Horse.     London.     S.  S.   44  pp. 

New  translation,  with  a  prefatory  notice  by  the  trans- 
lator.— A.  L. 
The  Doct7dne  of  Life  for  the  Neiv  Jerusale77i.   London.   S.  S. 
108  pp. 

Seventh  English  edition. — B.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  C07icer7ii7ig  the  Sacred 
Sc7ipture.     London.     S.  S. 

Fourth  English  edition;  mentioned  in  R.  S.  S.  2:   10. 

Clowes,  Rev.  John:    The  Disti7iction  betwee7i  the  CereTUonial Law 

a7id  the  Law   of  the   Decalogue.      A  sermon.     London. 

Hodson       20  pp. — A.  L. 

The  Sole   Exclusive  Divi7iity  of  Jesus  Christ,  proved.     A 

sermon.     Manchester.      14  pp. — A.  L. 

[Liturgical]  :  Hym7is  a7id  Spiritual  Songs.     For  the  use  of  the 

Christian  Church.     Exti^acted  from  Joseph  Proud' s  Com- 

positio7i,  a  nu77iber  of  which  were  7iever  before  pre S€7ited  in 


226  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

the   U^iited  States.     Lebauoii,  Ohio.     Nathan  M' Clean. 

I02  pp. 

Published   by   Mr.    Thomas  Newport;  Mess.   vol.  55: 

90;  a  copy  is  owned  by  Milo  G.  Williams,  of  Urbana,  O. 

The  Liturgy  of  the  New  Church.   London.   Hodson.   55  pp. 

A  new,  modified  edition,  adopted  and  printed  by  the 

London  societies;  mentioned  in  R.  P.  175. — A.  L. 

Meyer,    J.    F.   von:  Hades,  oder  ein  Beitrag  zu  der  Theorie  der 

Geisterk7C7ide  (Hades,  or  a  contribution  to  the  theory  of 

the  knowledge  of  spirits).     Frankfurt. 

Deals  extensively  wdth  Sw^edenborg  and  his  miracles. 
Noticed  in  L.  1894:  125. — A.  L. 
Nicholson,  Rev.  George:    The  Prophecies  and  Gospels  reciprocal 
and  iiiseparable ,  and  the  Divinity  of  Christ  essentially  nec- 
essary.    Manchester.     86  pp. 

The  author,  by  this  time,  had  left  the  ministry  of  the 
New  Church,  and  had  entered  into  the  Anglican  priest- 
hood, though  retaining  his  former  faith. — S.  S.  L. 
Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:  A  Seco?id  Course  of  Lectures  on  importa?tt 
and  essential  Doctrines  and  subjects  of  Christianity.    Lon- 
don.     174  pp. — A.  L. 
Six  Discourses  delivered  to  You7ig  Men  and   Women,  on  a 
Truly  Religious  Life.     London.     Davidson.      107  pp. — 
Cin.  L. 
[Reports]  :  Hazvksto?ie  Report.     No.  4. 

Manchester  Printing  Society  Report.     No.  8. 
Plan    of    the    Society  for    Printi7ig    and    Publishing   the 
Writings  of  the  Hon.  Enia7iuel  Swedenborg ,  instituted  in 
London  in  the  year  18 10.     London.     Hodson. — A.  L. 
Report  of  the  First  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  for  Print- 
ing and  Publishing  the    Writi^igs  of  the  Hon.  Emanuel 
Swedenborg .     London.     Hodson. — A.  L. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:  Hyynns  for  the  New  Church.     London. 
Second  edition;  mentioned  in  R.  P.  176. 
First  a7id  Second  Catechisjn  for  the  Use  of  the  New  Church. 
New  York.    "  Printed  for  the  society'. "   20  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan:    Predikan  pa  Fbrsta  Sondagen  efter  Tret- 
tondedagen.     i\  sermon.     Stockholm.     Deleen.     20  pp. — 
R.  L. 


i8io — 1811. 


Contemporary  Events. 


227 


America.  Foundation  of  the  "American  Missionary  Society,"  in  Boston. 
Hidalgo  commences  the  Mexican  war  of  independence  from  Spain. 

France.  Napoleon  marries  Maria  Louisa,  the  daughter  of  Francis  I.  of 
Austria.  Holland  is  annexed  to  the  French  Empire.  Andreas  Hofer  the 
Tyrolean  patriot  and  hero,  is  betrayed  to  the  French  and  executed. 

Germany.     The  University  of  Berlin  is  opened. 

Great  Britain.  Adam  Clarke  begins  to  publish  his  celebrated  "Com- 
ment .ies  on  the  Bible."  Organization  of  the  "Primitive  Methodist  Con- 
nection," or  "  Ranters,"  who  secede  from  the  Wesleyan  Conference,  owing 
to  the  latter's  opposition  to  camp-meetings.  The  English  capture  Mauritius 
from  the  French.  Wellington  operates  successfully  against  Massena  in 
Spain.     George  III.  becomes  permanently  insane. 

Russia.     War  between  Russia  and  Turkey. 

South  America.  A  general  struggle  for  independence  from  Spain  begins 
in  Venezuela,  New  Granada,  Chili,  and  Buenos  Ayres. 

Sweden.     Marshal  Bernadotte  is  elected  crown  prince  of  Sweden. 

181I  America.      Cincinnati. — Adam  Hurdus  organizes  a 

New  Church  society  in  this  city,  with  17  or  18  mem- 
bers.— Ex.  97;  M.  17:  76;  P.  II:  79. 

New  York. — A  society  is  organized  at  a  meeting  held  in  a 
school-house  on  James  street.  A  reader  is  appointed,  and  reg- 
ular Sunday  worship  is  instituted. — N.  J.  Miss.^  P-  2S;  Mess. 
vol.  47:   144. 

Great  Britain.  Failsworth. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced 
here  by  Mr.  Thomas  Wilson. — /.  1847  :   150. 

Keighley. — Death  of  Rev.  Joseph  Wright. — N.  CM.  1891  : 
414.  His  death  due  to  vegetarianism  and  tee-to talism  ac- 
cording to  R.  P.  148.  His  personality  is  described  in  M.  L. 
1891:  453- 

He  is  succeeded  by  Mr.  Thomas  Wallworth  as  leader  of  the 

society,  and  a  short  time  afterwards  by  Rev.  Joseph  Enoch. 

M.  L.  1890:  228. 

London,  February  18. — Institution  of  "The  Chain  of 
Christian  Friendship,"  a  society  for  doctrinal  study  and  mu- 
tual assistance,  connected  with  Mr.  Proud's  congregation. /. 

II:   106. 

February  26. — Anniversary  dinner  of  the  Swedenborg  So- 


228  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

ciety.     It  is   voted   to  continue  these  banquets  annually. — R. 
S.S.      1811:  p.  7. 

June  19. — Second  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg  So- 
ciety. A  report  is  read  of  the  work  done  during  the  past  year. 
A  number  of  the  smaller  works  have  been  published  and  ad- 
vertised. The  publication  of  a  periodical  is  considered.  John 
Flaxman,  the  celebrated  sculptor,  is  elected  a  member  of  the 
committee. — R.  S.  S.  181 1. 

Manchester. — Robert  Hindmarsh  enters  into  engagement 
with  Rev.  W.  Cowherd,  to  establish  a  printing  office,  for  the 
publication  of  Swedenborg's  works.  The  engagement  lasts  but 
a  few  months,  owing  to  Cowherd's  erratic  and  insulting  con- 
duct. 

July  7. — Mr.  Hindmarsh  accepts  the  pastoral  charge  of  a 
newly  established  society  in  Salford.  A  small  chapel  is  opened 
for  him  in  Clarence  street.  He  enters  now  upon  his  career  as 
a  preacher  and  minister. — R.  P.  204;    G.  H.  109,  no. 

Wo7'sley^  September  i. — A  New  Church  society  is  estab- 
lished here. — /.  1848:  114. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg :  Apocalypse  Explained.    Vol.  I.    London.    Hod- 
son. 

First  English  edition;  translated  by  the  late  Rev. 
William  Hill,  revised  by  the  Rev.  John  Clowes,  and 
printed  at  the  joint  expense  of  the  Manchester  Printing 
Society,  and  Messrs.  James  and  E.  Hodson. — D.  II: 
988;  /.  1853:  80;  R.  S.  S.  i:  14.— A.  L. 
Coronis  to  the  True  Chj'istian  Religion.      Manchester. 

Second  English  edition;  translated  by  R.  Hindmarsh, 
and   published  at  the  expense   of   Mr.   John   Parry,   of 
London.     The  edition  contains  a  dangerous  interpola- 
tion by  the  translator. — See  M.  19:    18. — A.  L. 
Conjugial  Love.     2  vols.      Manchester. 

Second  English  edition;  published  by  the  Manchester 
Printing  Society. — A.  L. 
Index  to  the  Passages  of  Sacred  Scripture,  contained  in  the 
Arcana  Coelestia.     London.      120  pp. 


i8ii — 1812.  229 

Published  by    "The   Philanthropic   Society"    in   St. 
George's  Field;  edited  by  J.  A.  Tulk.— B.  ly. 
O71  the  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.     lyOndon. 
S.  S.     246  pp. 

Sixth  English  edition;  completely  revised.     ►S.  6*.  R. 
2:   10.— B.  Iv. 
Clowes,     Rev.    John  :     Pure    Evangelical    Religion    Restored. 

Birminghan.     R.  Peart.     68  pp. — A.  ly. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert:    The  Birth  of  Immanuel ,  or  Incarna- 
tio7i   of   the    Great  Jehovah.     A    sermon.     Manchester. 
Reviewed  in  /.  II:    no. 
[Reports]  :  Hawkstone  Report.     No.  5. 

Manchester  Pri7iti7ig  Society's  Report.     No.  9. 
Report  of  the  Second  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.     London.     Hodson. — A.  L. 
Tybeck,    Rev.   Johan :     Predikan  pa  Jnldagen.      Stockholm. 
Deleen.     20  pp. — R.  L. 

Contemporary  Kvents. 

Ametica.  Organization  of  the  "Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church,"  (re- 
vivalists), in  Kentucky.  The  Indians  are  defeated  by  General  Harrison  at 
Tippecanoe. 

Egypt.     Mehemet  All  massacres  the  Mamelukes  at  Cairo. 

Great  Britain .  The  Prince  of  Wales  assumes  the  Regency.  The  English, 
under  Wellington,  continue  their  victorious  campaign  against  the  French  in 
Spain  and  Portugal.  Death  of  Robert  Raikes,  the  founder  of  the  Sunday- 
school  movement. 

South  America.  The  revolutionary  movements  in  the  Spanish  dependen- 
cies are  increasing  in  force. 

yQy^  America.     August  23. — Ordination  of  the  Rev. 

Hugh  White,  M.  x^.,  into  the  ministry  of  the  New- 
Church,  by  Mr.  Hargrove.  Mr.  White,  who  resided  at 
Charlottesville,  in  Albemarle  Co.,  Va.,  was  formerly  a  min- 
ister of  the  Church  of  Scotland.  But  few  particulars  are 
known  respecting  him. — R.  P.  220;  /.  II:  214;  M,  43:  545, 
550. 

Cincinnati^  O. — An  account  of  the  New  Church  meetings 
here  is  given  in  a  letter  to  London. — /.  I:  201. 

The  evangelistic  work  of  "Johnny  Appleseed"  is  described 
in  Mess.  vol.  36 :   58. 


230  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Da7iby^  Tioga  Co.^  N.  Y. — Dr.  Lewis  Beers  receives  the 
Doctrines  through  The  Halcyojt  Ltuniiiary. — R.  P.  221;  A^. 
C.  R.  1849:  485. 

Gardiner^  Me. — Mr.  John  Savels,  a  paper  manufacturer,  in- 
troduces the  Doctrines  into  Gardiner.  He  had  received  the 
Writings  from  Mr.  Duche  about  1793. — Mess.  1856:  159;  M. 
30:  204. 

Lebano7i.,  O.,  January  4. — A  society  is  organized  here,  with 
Thomas  Newport  as  minister. — P.  I:  222. 

New  York  City^  January  i. — Publication  of  the  first  num- 
ber of  The  Halcyon  Luminary^  by  Samuel  Wood  worth,  the 
celebrated  poet.  This  was  the  first  New  Church  Magazine 
published  in  America,  and  was  highly  effective  in  spreading 
the  Doctrines  in  this  country.  It  had  more  than  3,000  sub- 
scribers during  the  first  year. 

Great  Britain.  Hazvkstone^  July. — An  account  of  the  an- 
nual meeting  here  is  given  in  /.  I:  218.  From  it  we  learn 
that  societies  exist  in  the  following  places  near  Manchester: 
Accrington,  Bolton,  Bury,  Burnley,  Blackburn,  Chorley,  Hey- 
wood,  Haslingden,  St.  Helens,  Kirkham,  Lytham,  Longridge, 
Middleton,  Preston,  Radcliffe,  Ringley,  Ramsbottom,  Roch- 
dale, Summer-Seat,  Tottington,  Worsley,  Whitefield,  and 
Wigan. 

Measures  are  taken,  at  this  meeting,  for  the  preservation  of 
documents  relative  to  the  history  of  the  New  Church. 

Heywood^  April. — Beginning  of  the  New  Church  here. — /. 
H:  274;  1872:  543. 

Keighley^  August  18. — Death  of  the  Rev.  James  Hindmarsh, 
aged  81  years,  the  first  ordained  minister  of  the  New  Church. 
— Obituary  in  /.  1 :   221. 

London^  January  i. — Publication  of  the  first  number  of  The 
Tntellectual  Repository.  Mr.  Samuel  Noble,  with  the  second 
number,  becomes  editor-in-chief — /.  1853:  372.  See  also 
R.  P.  214. 

February  26. — Second  anniversary  dinner  of  the  Sweden- 
borg  Society. — /.  I:  94. 

April  16. — Death  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  James  Hodson,  at  the  age 


i8i2.  231 

of  59  years. — R.  P.  175;  /.  I:  164.  Biographical  accounts 
in  G.  H.  90  and  the  2d  ed.  of  YioA'ioxi^  Jeremiah  in  the  Dun- 
geon. 

After  Dr.  Hodson's  death,  the  Rev.  Robert  Brant,  of  Bristol, 
for  a  short  time  takes  charge  of  the  society  in  Dudley  Court, 
and  after  him,  for  a  few  months,  Mr.  Samuel  Noble. — L.  M. 
1828:  5,  6. 

June  19. — Third  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg  Society. 
But  little  work  is  reported. — R.  S.  S.  no  3. 

x\ugust  16. — Ordination  of  Thomas  Furlong  Churchill,  M. 
D.,  by  Messrs.  Sibly  and  Proud.  Mr.  Churchill  takes  charge 
of  the  society  in  Dudley  Court.— 7?.  P.  App.;  /.  1833:  534. 

Manchester^  May  22. — A  provincial  meeting  of  the  Church 
in  Lancashire  is  held  here,  about  200  persons  attending.  The 
proceedings  are  mostly  of  a  doctrinal  and  social  nature. — /.  I : 

156. 

Robert  Hindmarsh  opens  a  "  New  School  of  Theology"  at 
Salford,  a  public  reading  meeting,  for  the  discussion  of  New 
Church  Doctrines.  The  ''School"  after  a  short  time,  is  closed, 
owing  to  the  disorderly  conduct  of  strangers. — R.  P.  205-208. 

Newcastle,  August  6. — A  New  Church  society  is  organized 
here.— a  H.  J2>' 

Notable  Articles. 

Intellectual  Repository ,  Vol.  I. 

The  miracle  of  the  "Cloven  Tongues,"  discussed  by  Mr.  Hindmarsh  and 
G.  Howarth,  pp.  66,  145,  203,  349. 

History  of  the  Book  of  Enoch,  pp.  84,  463. 

On  the  external  laws  of  order  and  the  ministerial  government  in  the  New- 
Church,  p.  162. 

Thoughts  on  Primordial  Creation,  illustrated  by  correspondencies,  p.  190. 

Halcyon  Luminary ,  Vol.  i. 

Letters  from  Mr.  Hargrove,  pp.  113,  304, 

On  the  necessity  of  a  new  translation  of  the  Word,  p.  161. 

True  state  of  the  present  Christian  Church,  pp.  207,  25c,  300,  etc. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Apocalypse  Explained,     Vol.11.     London.     Hod- 
son. 


232 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


First   English   edition;    mentioned   in   /.    1853:    80. — 
A.  Iv. 
Apocalypse  Revealed.      London.     S.  S.  537  pp. 

Second  English  edition. — A.  E. 
Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vols.  VII  and  VIII.     Manchester.     J. 
Gleave. 

Second  English  edition;  published  by  the  M.  P.  S. — 
A.  L. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Lord. 
London.     S.  S.      156  pp. 

Sixth  English  edition;  an  ''edition  diihixe,''    one  of 
the  finest  ever  printed. — A.  L. 
071  Heaven  and  Hell.     Salford.     Cowdroy  and  Slack. 

Fifth  English  edition;  with  three  curious  illustrations. 
—A.  L. 
On  Heaven  a?id  Hell.     Baltimore.     Anthony  Miltenberger. 

First  American  edition.     See  A^.  I:   540. — A.  L. 
On  the  Intercourse  betweeii  the  Soul  and  the  Body.     London. 
S.  S. 

Sixth  English  edition;  a  new  translation.     See  R.  S. 
S.  2:  4;  3:  4— B.  L. 
On  the  New  Jerusale^n  aiid  its  Heaveyily  Doctrine.     Lon- 
don.    S.  S. 

Seventh  English  edition;    without  the  extracts  from 
A.  C.—A.  L. 
On   the    Worship  a7id  Love  of  God.     Part  I;    translation 
begun,   but   not   finished,    in    the    Halcyon    Lumiiiary, 
Vol.  I. 
Pri7icipia  of  Natural  Things.     A  translation  begun,  but  not 
finished,  in  /.  Vol.  I. 
[Anonymous]  :  A  Sermon  occasio7ied  by  the  Decease  of  the  Rev. 
James  Hodson.     By  a  member  of  his  society.     London. 
Hodson.     28  pp. 

The  author,  probably,  was  Mr.  Samuel  Noble.     See  /. 

i:  221. — A.  L. 

Clowes,  Rev.  John:    The  Golden  Wedding  Ring,  or  Thoughts  on 

Marriage  in  a  Conversation  betwee7i  a  Father  and  his  Son 

a7id  Daughter.      Manchester.      Reviewed  in /.  I:    no. 

The  Two  Weavers;  or  a  short  DialoQ-ice  between  Richard Be7i- 


i8i2.  233 

net  and  John  Cropland.     Manchester.     Gleave.      16  pp. 
— Cin.  L. 
Twenty-four  Sermons  on  the  Parable  of  the  Marriage  of  the 
King's  So7i.     Manchester.      333  pp. 
Reviewed  in  I.  /.•   273. — B.L. 
Hindmarsh,    Rev.    Robert:    Prospectus  of  The  New  School  of 
Theology.     Manchester.     8  pp.       R.  P.  205. — A.  L. 
Reflections   on    the    U7iitaria7i    and    Tri?iitaria7i    Doctrines, 
pointing  out  the  errors  of  both.  .    .    .  Occasioned  by  lectiires 
delivered  i7i  Ma7ichester,  by  the  Rev.  fohn  Grinidy,  07i  the 
Unity  of  God  and  the   Divi7ie    Trinity.      Manchester. 

47  PP- 

Reviewed  in  /.  I:   277. 
[Periodicals]  :    The  Halcyon  Lunmiary  a7id   Theological  Reposi- 
tory.     A    mo7ithly    77iagazi7ie   devoted    to   Religion    and 
Polite  Literature .     Vol.1.      New  York.     S.  Woodworth. 
586  pp.  (each  number  48  pp.) 

Edited  by  Samuel  Woodworth,  and  "  conducted  b}'  a 
society  of  gentlemen."  "Published  by  S.  Woodworth 
and  E.  Riley,  of  New  York,  J.  W.  Burdett,  of  Boston, 
and  Anthony  Miltenberger,  of  Baltimore." 

Mr.  James  Chesterman,  of  New  York,  defrayed  the 
expenses  of  the  publication.  N  C.  R.  1854:  100.  The 
history  of  the  journal  is  given  in  M.  n.  s.  VIII:  25. — 
A.  L. 
The  Intellectual  Repository  for  the  New  Church.  For  the 
years  1812  arid  1813.     Vol.  I.     London.     498. 

A  quarterly  magazine,  each  number  of  56  pp.     '  'Printed 
and  sold  for  a  society  of  gentlemen."     R.  P.  214. — A.  E. 
[Reports]:   Hawkstone  Report.      No.  6. 

Report  of  the    Third  a7i7iual   meeting   of  the   Szvedenborg 

Society.     London. — A.  L. 
Tenth  a7i7mal  Report  of  the  Manchester  Society  for  Printing 
and  Publishi7ig   the    Writi7igs  of  E.    Swede7iborg.     No- 
ticed in  /.  I:    104. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:  Hyrnns  a7id  Spirittial  Songs  for  the  use  of 
the  New  Church.     London.     Hodson.      261pp. 
Second  edition. — B.  L. 
[Von  Bulow,  Heinrich]  :  Agatho7i,  on  Divi7ie  Worship.     Lan- 
caster, Pa.     Translated  from  the  German  by  W.  Reich- 


2  34  ANNALS  OF  THE  NBIV  CHURCH. 

enbach,  and  published  b}-  Joseph  Ehrenfried.  See  M. 
n,  s.  XVII.  May  and  M.  37:  613. — The  German  edition 
was  pubHshed  at  Lancaster,  Pa.      1813. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  State  of  Louisiana  is  admitted  into  the  Union.  The 
United  States  declare  war  against  Great  Britain.  James  Madison  is  re- 
elected president. 

France. — Napoleon  declares  war  against  Russia,  and  invades  the  country 
with  the  "  Grand  Army  "  ;  he  defeats  the  Russians  at  Smolensk  and 
Borodino,  and  enters  Moscow.  The  city  is  set  on  fire  by  the  Russians,  and 
Napoleon  is  forced  to  retreat;  [the  Grand  Army  is  destroyed;  Napoleon 
returns  to  Paris. 

Germany.     Death  of  Johann  Griesbach,  the  eminent  Biblical  critic. 

Great  Britain.  Beginning  of  an  orthodox  reaction  in  favor  of  justification 
by  faith  alone,  among  the  Anglican  clergy.  The  Liverpool  ministry  comes 
into  power. 

Russia.  The  war  between  Russia  and  Turkey  is  ended  b}-  the  peace  of 
Bucharest. 

South  America.  The  Spanish  are  temporarily  successful  against  the  rev- 
olutionists. 

Spain.  The  Spanish  Cortes  promulgate  a  liberal  constitution.  Welling- 
ton is  victorious  at  Salamanca. 


jQy  ^  America.     Ritsselsville^    Ky. — A    former    Baptist 

^  minister  receives  the  Doctrines;  he  makes  a  public 
declaration  of  his  change  of  faith,  begins  evangelistic  work  and 
reprints  some  of  Mr.  Clowes'  minor  works. — /.  Ill:  189. 

Germany.  Tubingen. — Immanuel  Tafel,  a  young  student 
at  the  University,  (born  at  Sulzbach  in  Wiirtemberg,  1796), 
becomes  acquainted  with  the  Heavenh'  Doctrines,  and  enters 
upon  a  profound  study  of  the  Writings. — D.  II:  1332;  M. 
11:    17. 

Great  Britain.  Brightlingsea,  August  15. — Ordination  of 
Mr.  Arthur  Munson  into  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church,  by 
Mr.  Sibly  and  Mr.  Proud.  Mr.  Munson  continues  to  work  at 
Brightlingsea  and  St.  Osyth.— i?.  P.  App.;  I.  I:  492. 

Haslingden. — The  society  here  opens  a  circulating  library  of 
New  Church  works. — M.  L.  1890:  197. 

Haivkstone,  July  9.  The  annual  meeting  appoints  a  joint 
committee  of  separatists  and  non-separatists  to  prepare  a  short 


1813.  235 

"  creed "  for  the  New  Chureh.  The  creed,  as  afterwards 
adopted,  is  published  in  Compton^  p.  140. 

Dublin^  Ireland^  June  11. — Letter  from  Mr.  D.  Radley,  to 
the  Swedenborg  Society.  The  Writings  find  some  sale  in  Ire- 
land. About  twenty  receivers  reside  at  Ballyrone. — R.  S.  S. 
1813. 

An  edition  of  the  Nezv  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine 
is  published  at  Cork. 

Jersey^  June  25. — Letter  from  Mr.  J.  Gomm.  Five  or  six 
receivers  reside  in  this  island.  The  Writings  are  wanted  in 
French.— i?.  5.  S.  1813. 

London^  February  26  — Third  anniversary  dinner  of  the 
Swedenborg  Society.  Sixty-nine  members  are  present. — /.  I : 
380. 

March  15. — A  conference  of  ministers  and  delegates  from  the 
three  societies  in  London  is  held  at  Fryars'  street.  Mr.  Proud 
is  elected  president.  It  is  resolved  to  hold  quarterly  meetings 
of  the  conference.  Subsequent  meetings  are  held  on  June  14, 
August  9  and  September  13. 

June  21. — Fourth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg  So- 
ciety.    Mr.  Presland  is  elected  chairman. 

June  28. — Extra  meeting  of  the  London  conference.  Mr. 
Proud  reports  a  visit  to  Brightlingsea  and  describes  the  rise  and 
growth  of  the  New  Church  there  and  at  St.  Osyth. — R.  L.  C. 
p.  8. 

September  13. — Fifth  meeting  of  the  London  conference. 
Mr.  Munson's  ordination  is  reported.  The  creed,  adopted  at 
Hawkstone,  is  approved.  A  sixth  meeting  was  held  on  Decem- 
ber 12,  for  the  consideration  of  a  plan  relating  to  the  order  of 
the  ministry. — R.  L.  C. 

There  are,  at  this  time,  one  hundred  and  eleven  members 
connected  with  the  Fryars'  street  Society. — /.  1 :  489. 

Manchester^  June  16. — A  general  meeting  is  held  to  con- 
sider the  institution  of  a  Missionary  Society.  This  movement 
leads  to  the  organization  of  the  "Manchester  and  Salford 
Missionary  Society,"  two  years  later. — R.  P.  215;  /.  1853: 
Jan. 


236  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

March  15. — The  corner-stone  for  a  new  Temple  of  the  New 
Church  in  Salford  is  laid. — /.  I:  379,  422. 

September  19. — Consecration  of  the  new  Temple  in  Salford; 
Mr.    Hindmarsh   is   the   resident  minister. — R.    P.   210;  /.I: 

493- 

Mr.  Cowherd's  society  in  Salford  is  described  in  /.  1 :  257. 

Worsley^  July  18. — Death  of  Mr.  Thomas  Berry^  the  founder 
of  the  New  Church  in  Worsley. — G.  H.  102. 

Holland. — The  Rev.  S.  Tydeman,  a  Dutch  minister,  residing 
at  Dort,  receives  the  Doctrines.  In  a  letter  to  London  he  de- 
scribes the  causes  operating  against  the  New  Church  in  Hol- 
land.—i^.  P.  386. 

Jamaica.  January  28. — Letter  from  ]\Ir.  Alexander  Cham- 
bers, describing  the  state  of  the  New  Church  at  San  Lucea  and 
Westmoreland. — R.  S.  S.  18 14.  p.  9. 

South  America.  Demerara. — Letters  from  i\Ir.  James 
Glen,  on  the  subject  of  negro  slavery,  and  from  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Scott,  with  subscriptions  for  the  Swedenborg  Society. — /.  I : 
341  ;  R.  S.  S.  1814.   p.  9. 

Sweden.  July — Death  of  Mr.  Christian  Johansen,  the 
senior  of  New  Church  in  Sweden.  His  extensive  library  is 
given  to  the  society  ^^  Pro  Fide  et  Charitate,^^  but  is  subse- 
quently destroyed  by  fire. — /.  1870  :   140. 

The  state  of  the  New  Church  in  Sweden,  is  described.  Mr. 
Billberg,  of  Stockholm,  is  the  chief  supporter.  Several  things 
are  said  to  have  been  printed,  recently. — /.  II :  48. 

Notable  Articles. 

Intellectual  Repository.  Vol.  I.  Expose  of  the  heresies  of  Wm.  Cowherd, 
p.  257. 

Ordination  and  the  distinctive  Priesthood  of  the  New  Church  discussed, 
pp.  408,  451. 

Appointment  of  lay  preachers  recommended,  p.  446. 

Halcyon  Luviinary.  Vol.  II.  A  biography  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg,  pp. 
4,  62,  103,  etc. 

Address  to  the  clergy  of  the  United  States,  pp.  50,  221,  etc. 

Publications. 
S-w&d&nhovg:  Apocalypse  Explai7ied.     Vol.  III.     London.     S.  S. 
First  English  edition.     The  publication  has  now  been 


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transferred  to  the  Swedenborg  Society.     R.  S.  S.  4:  4. 
—A.  L. 
Index  Rerum  in  Apocalypsi  Revelata  ex  operibns  posthumis 
Em.  Stvedenborgii.    London.  John  Bensley.    4to.    32  pp. 
Edited  and  published  by  J.  A.  Tulk.— R.  L. 
Hieroglyphic  Key,  a  translation  begun  but  not  finished  in 

the  Halcyon  Luminary.  Vol.  II. 
The  Heavenly  Doctriiie  of  the  New  Jerusalem  as  revealed 
from  Heaven.  Cork,  Ireland.  Bolster,  No.  7  Patrick 
St.  Published  by  "  A  Society  of  Christian  Friends,  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Institutions  of  Sunday-schools  and  the 
Hibernian  Bible  Society."  Eighth  English  edition; 
the  only  one  ever  published  in  Ireland;  a  reprint  of  the 
edition  of  1784,  with  Nos.  1-9,  and  also  the  extracts 
from  A.  C.  omitted.  The  publishers  are  unknown. 
See  M.  L.  1896:  174;  copies  of  this  extremely  rare  pub- 
lication are  preserved  in  S.  S.  L.  and  R.  E. 
On  the  Divine  Love  a7id  the  Divine  Wisdom.  (From  the 
Apocalypse  Explaijied.)  Manchester,  128  pp.  Copy 
in  the  Eibrar}^  of  the  New  Church  Theological  School  in 
Cambridge,  Mass. 

Arbouin,  James:  Dissertations  on  the  Rege7ierate  Life,  in  Har- 
mony zvith  the  Theological  views  of  Baron  Swedeyiborg ^ 
the  U7idoubted  messenger  of  the  Lord' s  second  advent. 
London,      190  pp.     Reviewed  in  /.  I:  376, 

Churchill,  Rev.  Thomas  P.:  A  Sermon  on  the  Commencement 
of  the  New  Year.     London.     Hodson.      16  pp. — A.  L. 

Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  JoJm  Grimdy,  .    .    .in 

reply  to  his  appendix,   addressed  to  the  7nembers  of  the 

New  Jertisalem  Ch2C7xh.     Manchester.     80  pp.     Reviewed 

in  /,  II:  42. 

Concer7ii7ig  the  Rich  a7id  the  Poor  i7i  Heave7i.     Manchester. 

24  pp.     Cin.  L. 
The  Divi7ie  Perso7i  a7id  Character  of  Jesus  Christ  defe7ided 
in  oppositio7i   to   the   U7iitaria7i  a7id  Socinian  Doctrines. 
Manchester.     86  pp.     Reviewed  in  /.  I:   374. 
Parables  on  the  Ki7ig' s  Se7'va7its,  Explai7ied.     Manchester. 

Two  parts. — A.  L. 
The  Pa7'ables  Explai7ied  in  the  way  of  questions  a7id  a7iswers. 
For  the   use   of  young  people.     Manchester.      31    pp. — 
A.  L. 


238  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

[D'Aillant  de  la  Touche]  :  The  Bemtties  of  Ema^iuel  Sweden- 
borg,  co77iprising  his  opinions  arid  visions.  London.  G. 
Hughes.     326  pp. 

Translated  from  the  ''Abrege''  (Stockholm,  1788),  by 
"R.  Socius,  Gent."  (=  Mr.  A.  C.  Worsley.)  The 
work  has  been  severely  but  justly  criticized  in  /.  I:  368. 
—A.  L. 

Grundy,  Rev.  John:  Supplemejit  to  No.  8,  of  a  course  of  Lectures 
on  the  principal  Doctrines  of  Christianity,  forming  an 
Appendix  to  vol.  I.  Addressed  to  the  members  of  the 
New  fernsaleni   Chiuxh.     Manchester.     Reviewed  in  /. 

I:  436. 

A  bitter  attack  on  the  New  Church  called  forth  by 
Mr.  Hindmarsh's  Reflexions  (18 12). 
Hawkins,  Rev.  Isaac:  A  Brief  Accowit  of  the  Life  of  the  Hon. 
Emanuel  Swedenborg .     Taunton.     59  pp. 

Reprinted  from  N.  f.  M.  1790;  with  preface  and  notes 
by  Mr.  Hawkins. — A.  L. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert:    The  Conseci-ation  and  Dedication  of 
the   New  feriisalem    Ternple    in    Salford.     Manchester. 
15  pp.— A.  L. 
The  hiterview  Extra-ordinary ;  or  a  Dialogue  between  the 
author,   Athanasius,  Arius,  Socinus,  arid  Dr.  Priestley. 
Manchester.     60  pp. 

A  polemic  work  of  extraordinary  force,  though  very 
curious  in  style. — A.  ly. 
The  New  School  of  Theology,  open  every  Thursday  evening 
at  8  o'clock  in  Prince's  St.,  Manchester;  conducted  by  R. 
Hindmarsh.     Being  an  humble  effort  to  proclaim  the  sole, 
supreme  and  exclusive  Divinity  of  fesus  Christ,  together 
ivith  all  the  other  Heavenly  Doctrines  of  the  New  ferusa- 
lem.     Manchester.     24  pp.     Reviewed  in  /.   I:   432. — 
A.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :  Hymris  for  the  use  of  the  New  Church.      Manches- 
ter.    Davis.     133  pp.     '*  Carefully  corrected."     A  copy 
in  the  library  of  Rev.  R.  J.  Tilson. 
[Periodicals]  :    The  Halcyoji  Luminary.     New  York. 
Second  and  last  volume. — A.  L. 
The   Intellectual  Repository   for    181 3.     Makes    "vol.    I" 
together  with  18 12. 


i8is.  239 

Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:    The  Era  of  Light,  or  the  Glorious  maiii- 

festation  of  Christian  knozvledge  iri  these  latter  days.     A 

sermon.      Birmingham       12  pp. — A.  L. 

Tivo  Discourses  on   the   Commence7nent  of  the  New    Year. 

London.     Th.   Goyder.      Reviewed    in  /.    1813:    380. — 

A.  L. 

[Reports]  :    Miiiutes  of  the  Lo7ido7i  Co?ifere7ice  of  the  New  Omrch. 
London.     Hodson.      12  pp.     Reprinted  in  E.,  p.  269. — 
A.  L. 
Report  of  the  Majichester  P7-i7iting  Society.     A  summary  of 

contents  is  given  in  /.  I:   379. 
Rep07't  of  the  Fou7'th  A7i7iual  Meeting  of  the  Swede7iborg 
Society.     London. — A.  L. 

Walter,  Samuel:  A  Few  Remarks  on  the  Religious  controversy 
710W  existi7ig  between  T7'initaria7is ,  U7iitarians  and  the 
me7nbers  of  the  New  fe7'usale77i  Church.  Manchester. 
14  pp.— A.  L. 

White,  Rev.  Hugh,  A.  M.:  Cos77iogenia,  containi7ig  an  Illus- 
tration that  Gravitation  and  P7vjectile  Force,  co7isidered  as 
abst7'act  Powers,  are  i7isujficient  to  p7rserve  Solar  Systems 
i7i  Existence;  that  this  wo7dd  was  not  77iade  of  7iothing,  nor 
of  the  Eternal  a7id  l77iaginary  ato7ns  of  Epicurus;  that 
Nature  or  Matter  07'iginated  of  Spirit,  etc. ,  etc. 

Watertown,  N.  Y.  Published  for  the  proprietor  by 
E.  E.  Camp.     1830.     34  pp. 

A  rehgio-philosophical  tract  of  extreme  interest  and 
force,  being  the  first  attempt  to  apply  New  Church 
principles  to  scientific  subjects.  The  date  given  on  the 
title-page,  "  1830,"  is  evidently  a  misprint,  as  Mr.  White 
w^as  then  dead,  and  as  parts  of  the  Cos77ioge7iia  had  been 
republished  in  the  Intellectual  Repository  for  18 15,  p. 
375.  The  style  of  publication  also  points  to  a  much 
earlier  date.  A  copy  of  this  exceedingl}^  rare  pamphlet 
is  owned  by  Rev.  A.  F.  Frost,  of  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Beginning  of  Madison's  second  administration.  The  Americans 
gain  numerous  victories  over  the  British  on  land  and  sea. 

GerfHcmy. — The  German  people  rise  against  the  French.  Napoleon  is 
defeated  by  the  allied  armies  of   Russia,  Sweden,  and  Prussia,  iu  the  great 


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battle  of  Leipzig.  The  French  are  expelled  from  Westphalia  and  Holland. 
Death  of  Wieland  and  Theodor  Korner,  the  German  poets. 

South  America.  Bolivar  defeats  the  Spanish  in  Venezuela  and  New 
Granada. 

Spain.     Wellington  defeats  the  French  in  the  Pyrenees. 

yOj.  America.     Baltimore,  Md. — Letter  from  Mr.  Har- 

^  grove,  resumino;  correspondence  with  the  Church  in 
England  after  the  close  of  the  war;  describes  the  conversion  of 
Rev.  Hugh  White  and  Dr.  Louis  Beers. — /.  II:  212;  R.  P. 
220. 

Salevi,  Mass. — Death  of  ^Major  Joseph  Hiller,  the  first  New 
Churchman  in  New  England  ;  father  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Prescott 
Hiller,  and  grandfather  of  the  Rev.  O.  P.  Hiller. — Semi-cen- 
temiial  celebration  of  the  Boston  Society,  p.  42. 

South  Carolina. — Dr.  William  Brazier,  formerly  a  Method- 
ist minister,  receives  the  Doctrines  through  a  book,  sent 
with  some  merchandise  by  Mr.  William  Schlatter,  of  Phila- 
delphia.— Mess.  55:   218;  R.  P.  221. 

Spencer  and  Danby,  N.  Y. — Dr.  Louis  Beers  openly  an- 
nounces his  reception  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines.  Most  of 
his  hearers,  members  of  the  Universalist  sect,  continue  to  at- 
tend his  ministrations. — /.   II:   215;  R.  P.  221. 

Germany.  The  New  Church  in  England  is  greatly  elated 
over  a  report  of  the  enormous  extension  of  the  Church  in 
Saxony,  as  related  by  a  young  man,  lately  returned  from  Ger- 
many. The  report  turns  out  to  be  fictitious,  there  being  at 
this  time  but  a  single  New  Churchman  known  in  Germany, 
an  old  gentleman  at  Bremen. — /.  II:  219. 

Great  Britain.  Brightlingsea,  August  28. — A  New  Church 
chapel  is  consecrated  here  by  Mr.  Sibly. — /.  II:  164,  216; 
R.  P.  217. 

Burnley,  Lancashire,  Januar)-  9. — A  chapel  is  opened  here 
for  New  Church  worship. — /.  II:    165. 

Derby. — iV  second  New  Church  society  is  organized  here, — 
/.  1852:  476. 

Hawkstone,  July  5. — The  annual   meeting  adopts  a   resolu- 


1814.  241 

tion  recommending  the  institution  of  tract  societies  throughout 
the  kingdom. — /.  II :   107,  220. 

Heywood,  October  9. — A  place  for  public  worship  and  Sun- 
day-school is  opened  here ;  Mr.  Richard  Boardman  officiates  as 
minister. —i?.  P.  216;  /.  II:  274;   1855:   191;   1872:  545. 

Jersey. — Letter  from  Mr.  Gomm,  describing  the  rapid  dis- 
posal of  the  Writings  in  French. — /.  II:   104. 

Keighley,  October  6. — Death  of  Mr.  William  Illingworth, 
son-in-law  of  Rev.  James  Hindmarsh,  and  one  of  the  first  pro- 
moters of  the  Sunday-school  movement. — /.  II:  275. 

Londoji^  February  2. — Mr.  Proud's  congregation  (York  St.) 
removes  to  a  chapel  in  Lisle  St.,  Leicester  Square,  which  is  con- 
secrated on  this  day.  Soon  after  this  movement,  Mr.  Proud 
resigns  from  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  society,  and  removes 
to  Birmingham.  Some  of  his  most  enthusiastic  friends  follow 
him  to  that  city. — /.  II :   105;   1878  :  291  ;   G.  H.  90. 

March  11. — Twelve  of  the  most  prominent  New  Church 
laymen  in  London  issue  a  printed  "Plan  for  erecting  in  the 
metropolis  a  freehold  place  of  worship,  to  be  appropriated  to 
the  services  of  the  New  Church,  for  ever."  Nothing  seems  to 
have  come  of  the  proposition. — /.  II.  No.  10,  wrapper. 

March  14. — Seventh  meeting  of  the  "London  Conference." 
Mr-  Sibly  is  elected  president,  and  Mr.  John  I.  Hawkins,  secre- 
tary. A  committee  is  appointed  to  arrange  a  form  of  ordina- 
tion.— E.  286.  Six  other  meetings  are  held  during  the  year. 
At  one  of  these,  held  on  September  26,  a  resolution  is  passed, 
approving  of  a  Trinal  order  in  the  ministrv. — E.  291. 

June  20. — Fifth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg  Society. 
Charles  Augustus  Tulk  is  the  chairman.  The  anniversary 
dinner  is  given  on  the  same  day. — /.  II :   163. 

August. — The  society  at  Dudley  Court  amalgamates  with 
the  society  at  Lisle  street.  Rev.  Thomas  Churchill  becomes 
pastor  of  the  united  society.  About  30  members,  dissatisfied 
at  Mr.  Proud's  resignation,  leave  the  Lisle  St.  society,  and  open 
worship  at  St.  George's  Field,  with  Mr.  Thomas  Goyder  as 
leader. — /.  II:  105,  221;  1873:  238;  L.  M.  1828:  7;  Goy- 
der's  Autobiography^  pp.  86,  90. 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Russia.  A  Russian  noble,  in  one  of  the  interior  provinces, 
orders  all  of  the  Writings  that  can  be  obtained  in  Latin. — /. 
II:   lOO. 

South  America.     Deinerara,  September  9. — Death  of  Mr. 


Rev.  Thomas  F.  Churchtli,. 

James  Glen,  the  apostle  of  the  New  Church  to  America. — /. 
II:  445;  O.  I:  213.  Biography,  by  C.  Th.  Odhner,  L.  1895: 
105,  120. 

Sweden.     Stockholm^  June  20. — Letter  from  Mr.  Billberg, 
president  of  the  society  "  Pro  Fide  et  Charitate^^^  opening  com- 


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munication  with  the  Swedenborg  Society,  and  asking  for  as- 
sistance to  publish  a  new  Latin  edition  of  the  Writings. — 
R.  S.  S.  1814:  7;  /.  II:  99. 

An   English  translation  of  the  Constitution  of  the  society 
''''Pro  Fide  et  Charitate^^  is  printed  in  /.  II:   104. 

NoTABi^E  Articles. 

Intellectual  Repository,  Vol.  II.  On  ecclesiastical  order  and  ordination, 
pp.  10,  88,  92. 

A  comparison  between  Behmen  and  Swedenborg,  by  R.  Hindmarsh,  p.  188. 

Swedenborg  on  the  theory  of  magnetism,  by  the  Marquis  de  Thome,  p. 
191. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Apocalypse  Explamed.    Vols.  IV  and  V.    London. 
S.  S. 

First  enghsh  edition.     R.  S,  S.  y.  4;  6:  6. 
Concerjiing  Infa^its  and  little  Children  in  Heaven;  how  they 
a7^e  educated,  etc.     Manchester.     24  pp. 
Extracts  from  the  Writings. — Cin.  L. 
On  the  Intercourse  between  the  Soul  and  the  Body.     A  Dutch 
translation  of  this  work  with  Hartley's  Preface,  is  said  to 
have  been  printed  in  Holland  about  this  time.     R.  P. 
256. 
The  Joys  of  Heaven.     Manchester.     48  pp. 

A  reprint  of  the  introductory  memorable  relation  in 
Co7ijugial  Love. — A.  L. 
[Anonymous]:    A   Dialogue  between  Captain  Condescension  and 
Jack  Honesty.     By  Amicus  Veritatis.     Colchester. 

A  scurrulous  pamphlet  attacking  the  New   Church. 
R.  P.  217. 
[Arbouin,  James] :    The   Second  Advent.     A    Poem.     London. 

8  pp.     Noticed  in  /.  II:   272. 
Clo^ves,   Rev.  John:    A  Public  Thanksgivi7ig  to  the  Ahiighty 
God,  for  the  Restoration  of  Peace.     Two  sermons.     Man- 
chester.    40  pp. — A.  L. 
A  Sermon  of  Thanksgiving  for  the  Successes  of  His  Majesty' s 
Arms  and  those  of  his  Allies.     Manchester.     17  pp. — 
A.  L. 
O71    Mediums,  their   Divine    Origin    and  important   Uses, 
Manchester.     316  pp.     Reviewed  in  /.  II:   157. 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


The  Divine  Person  and  Character  of  Jesus  Christ  defeiided. 

Manchester.     Davis.     76  pp. — Cin.  L. 
The   Spiritual   Sun,    its   existence   aiid  operations  proved. 

Manchester.     44  pp.     Reviewed  in /.  II:   268. — A.  ly. 
The  author  claims  to  have  copied  these  books  from 

their  originals  in  the  spiritual  world,  as  presented  to  him 

in  vision.      Comptoyi,  p.  147. 
Hargrove,  Rev.  John:  A  Sermo7i  of  Thanksgiving  for  the  late 

deliverance  of  the  City  of  Baltimoi'e  and  its  inhabitants, 
from  the  united  and  formidable  attacks  of  the  British  Fleet 

and  Army.     Baltimore.      Munroe.      10  pp — Cin.  L. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert:  A  Seal  upon  the  Lips  of  Unitarians, 

Trinitarians,  and  all  others  who  refuse  to  acktiowledge  the 

sole,  sup7'eme   and  exclusive   Divinity  of  our  Lord  and 

Saviour  Jesus  Christ.     Manchester.     600  pp.     Reviewed 

in  /.  II:  324. — A.  L. 

The  work  contains  illustrations  of  one  hundred  and 

fourty-four  passages  of  Scripture  in  proof  of  the  Doctrine 

of  the  Lord.     An  edition  of  the  Interview  Extra-ordinary 

forms   an    appendix.     It  is  one  of  the  most   powerful 

evangelistic  works  ever  published  in  the  New  Church. 

—A.  L. 
[Periodical]:    The  Intellectual  Repository  ior  1814;    forms  "vol. 

II,"  together  with  18 15. 
[Reports]  :  Report  of  the  Fifth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 

Society.     London. — A.  L. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:  Rules  for  the  Order  and  Government  of  the 

Society  of  the  New  Church  in  Fryar  St.  Chapel,  Docto7'' s 

Com?7ion,  Londo7t. 
London.     Hodson.      12  pp. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  United  States  armies  are  victorious  over  the  British  at 
Bridgewater  and  Lake  Champlain.  Washington  is  entered  by  the  British,  who 
soon  evacuate.  The  war  is  terminated  by  the  treaty  of  Ghent  (Dec.  24). 
Organization  of  the  Reformed  Methodist  Church.  It  adopts  a  non-episcopal 
form  of  government;  (unites  with  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church  in  1844). 
Death  of  Rev.  Thomas  Coke,  the  first  Methodist  bishop  in  America.  Organ- 
ization of  the  Baptist  Missionary  Society. 

Austria.     A    great  congress   of    the    continental    powers    assembles   at 


1814—181S.  245 

Vienna,  after  the  downfall  of  Napoleon,  to  reorganize  the  political  system 
of  Europe. 

France.  The  allies  invade  France  and  enter  Paris.  Napoleon  is  forced  to 
abdicate,  and  is  imprisoned  on  Elba.  First  Restoration:  lyouis  XVIII.  is 
crowned  king  of  France. 

Germany.  Death  of  Fichte,  the  famous  metaphysician,  professor  at 
Berlin. 

Great  Britain.  Organization  of  the  Methodist  Missionary  Society.  Lon- 
don is  illuminated  by  gas. 

Italy.  Pope  Pius  VII.,  on  the  fall  of  Napoleon,  and  the  evacuation  of  the 
French  troops  from  the  Papal  States,  returns  to  Rome,  and  restores  the 
papal  government  and  the  Italian  inquisition.  The  Jesuit  order  is  re-estab- 
lished by  a  papal  bull. 

Spain.  The  Bourbons  are  restored;  Ferdinand  VII.  enters  Madrid,  re- 
establishes the  Spanish  Inquisition  and  recalls  the  Jesuits. 

Sweden.     Denmark  is  obliged  to  cede  Norway  to  Sweden. 

181  c:  America.     Boston,  Mass. — Mr.  Samuel  Worcester 

^  receives  the  Doctrines,  through  Mr.  Edward  Dowse, 
who  had  received  them  through  Rev.  W.  Hill. — M.  11 :  120  ; 
^oth  Anjiiversary  of  the  Bridgewater  society^  p.  10. 

Philadelphia^  Pa. — The  New  Church  Circle  here  continues 
to  meet  at  Mr.  CarlPs  school-room  in  Norris'  alley,  (near  Sec- 
ond and  Walnut  streets),  the  services  being  led  by  Mr.  M.  M. 
Carll.— //.  I:   164. 

December  14. — Mr.  Daniel  Thuun  in  a  letter  to  the  Sweden- 
borg  Society  speaks  of  the  New  Church  in  Philadelphia  as 
"  fast  increasing,"  and  of  the  Divine  Providence  having  "sud- 
denly raised  among  us  a  member  [Mr.  Schlatter],  who  in  zeal 
and  ardour  to  promote  the  New  Church,  is  indefatigable." 
The  members  meet  privately  on  week  days,  and  publicly  for 
worship  on  Sundays.  Two  Sunday-schools  are  being  con- 
ducted.—/?. S.  S.  18 16. 

December  25. — Organization  of  "The  American  Society  for 
Disseminating  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church," 
The  Hon.  Jonathan  Condy  is  elected  president. — N.  I:  165; 
Mess.  vol.  34:  39,  53;  vol.  IS'-  i54- 

Mr.  William  Schlatter,  during  the  year,  published  editions 
of  the  Writings,  for  gratis  distribution. 

Great  Britain.     Bimmigham. — Rev.  Joseph  Proud  resumes 


246  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Birmingham  Society. — /.  1878: 
291  ;  Af.  15  :  226. 

Edinburgh^  October  8. — A  New  Church  society,  with  ten 
members,  is  organized  here.  Meetings  are  held  in  a  school- 
room at  Ivcith  Walk.— a  H,  53  ;  A^.  CM.  1881 :  50. 

Hawkstone^  July. — At  the  annual  meeting  here  resolutions 
are  adopted,  recommending  means  for  a  more  general  commu- 
nication between  the  members  of  the  New  Church  throughout 
the  world,  and  a  more  active  support  of  the  hitellectual  Repos- 
itory.— /.  II:  440. 

Liverpool^  June  11. — Mr.  Hindmarsh  opens  a  chapel  for  the 
New  Church  in  Cockspur  street.  Mr.  Samuel  Walter  is  chosen 
minister.  Mr.  R.  G.  Sheldon  receives  the  Doctrines. — /.  Ill : 
59 ;   G.  n.  60. 

Londo7i^  January  23. — Fifteenth  meeting  of  the  London 
Conference.  A  plan  for  "  Ordinances  for  the  Regulation  of 
the  Ministry  in  the  New  Church  "  is  adopted,  and  copies  or- 
dered to  be  distributed  among  the  societies  of  the  New  Church 
at  large.  This  plan  provides  for  a  trinal  order  in  the  minis- 
try.— E.  291. 

March  26. — The  members  seceding  from  Mr.  Churchill's 
congregation  in  Lisle  St.  open  public  worship  in  a  chapel  near 
*'The  Obelisk,"  St.  George's  Field,  with  Mr.  Thomas  Vaughan 
as  minister. — /.  II  :  384;  1873:  238  ;  Goyder's  Aictobiography^ 
p.  90. 

April  25. — Circular  letter  from  the  London  Conference,  in- 
viting a  General  Conference,  to  be  held  in  Manchester,  August 
14. — E.  297. 

June  19. — Sixth  annual  meeting  and  anniversary  dinner  of 
the  Swedenborg  Society. — R.  S.  S.  1815:  9. 

September  18. — Ordination  of  Mr.  Joseph  Enoch,  of 
Keighley,  into  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  Mr.  Sibly. 
~R.  P.  App. 

October  29. — Ordination  of  Mr.  Thomas  Vaughan  into  the 
ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  Messrs.  Proud  and  Sibly. — 
R.  P.  App. 

A  New  Church  lady,  who  is  instructress  to  the  royal  prin- 


i8is^  247 

cesses,  introduces  the  Writings  and  Mr.  Clowes'  works  to  one 
of  them  (Princess  Charlotte),  who  becomes  much  interested  in 
the    Heavenly    Doctrines.     She    died    in   181 7. — Compton^  p. 

151- 

Manchester^  August  14-18. — The  Eighth  General  Confer- 
ence of  the  ministers  and  members  of  the  New  Church  in 
Great  Britain  is  held  in  Peter  street.  Four  ministers  and  six- 
teen delegates  are  present.  Robert  Hindmarsh  is  elected  pres- 
ident, and  Richard  Jones,  secretary.  Letters  are  read  from 
various  places.  K  resolution  is  passed  establishing  a  trine  in 
the  ministry  :  the  first  degree  is  to  consist  of  regularly  or- 
dained ministers,  the  second  degree,  of  ordaining  minister,  and 
the  third  of  one  minister-superintendent  for  the  New  Church  at 
large.  Messrs.  Sibly,  Proud,  Jones,  and  Churchill  are  recog- 
nized as  ministers  of  the  second  degree.  It  is  resolved  to  raise 
a  fund  for  a  "  Missionary  Ministry,"  and  Mr.  Proud  is  requested 
to  act  as  general  missionary.  The  establishment  of  Sunday- 
schools  is  recommended. — Co)if.  R.  1815;  R.  P.  237. 

During  the  discussion  on  the  subject  of  the  ministry,  one  of 
the  delegates,  Thomas  Seddon,  a  simple-hearted  workingman 
from  Ringley,  states  that  he  had  ordained  Mr.  Samuel  Dawson, 
of  Bolton,  "on  the  canal-side." — G.  H.  74. 

October  18. — Institution  of  the  "North  of  England  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  the  New  Church."  Mr.  Hindmarsh  is 
chairman.  Funds  are  raised,  enabling  Mr.  Proud  to  enter  the 
missionary  field. — R.  P.  248,  249.  History  of  the  Institution. 
—N.  C.  M.  1885:  133. 

Wales — An  edition  of  the  "  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly 
Doctrines  "  is  published  in  the  Welsh  tongue. — R.  P.  281. 

Russia.  Letter  from  a  wealthy  Russian  councilor  of  State, 
M.  Demetrius  Alexieff,  subscribing  for  six  copies  of  the  Apoca- 
lypse Explained^  and  desiring  the  (late)  Rev.  James  Hodson  to 
become  his  house-chaplain. — O.  VII :  349. 

Publications. 

SvvQd^nhoTg:  Apocalypse  Explained.    Vol.  VI.     London.     S.  S. 
This  completes  the  first  English  edition. — /.  1853:  80. 
R.  S.  S.  6:  6. 


248  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

The  Dodriiie  of  the  New  Je^'iisalem  co7icer7img  the  Lord, 
Philadelphia.     Lydia  Bailey. 

Second  American  edition;   from  a  translation  by  W. 
Hill;  published  by  Mr.  W.  Schlatter,  for  gratuitous  dis- 
tribution.    A^.  I:  541;  R.  P.  268.— N.  Y.  L. 
New  Je?'usa/em  a7id  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.    London.     S.  S. 
First  Welsh  edition;  translated  by  Mr.  Matthew  Will- 
iams, and  edited  by  Mr.  T.  Jones,  both  Welshmen.     R. 
P.  218;  R.  S.  S.  5:  4. 
A  Stim^nary  Exposition  of  the  hiternal  Sense  of  the  Pro- 
phetical Books  of  the  Old  Testame^it  and  of  the  Psalms  of 
David. 

Third  English  edition;  issued  in  connection  with  the 
last  volume  of  the  Apocalypse  Explained.  R.  S.  S.  j:  5. 
It  was  also  issued  separately.  A  cop3^  is  owned  by  Rev. 
Frank  Sewall. 
[Anonymous]:  A  Letter  to  ''Amicus  Veritatis,'"  the  author  of 
''A  Dialogue  betweeji  Captain  Condescension  a?id  fack 
Honesty.''  By  a  Friend  of  the  Lijured.  Colchester. 
21  pp. 

The  author  was,   probably.  Rev.  J.  Proud. — S.  S.  L. 
The  Sole  Divinity  of  fesus  Christ  proved,  in  a  woj'k  extracted 
fromfolui  Wesley s  '' Arminian  Magazine,'"   Vol.  XV,  by 
which  it  appears  that  the  sentiments  of  Baron  Swedenborg 
a7id  Mr.   Wesley  were  in  exact  agreemejit  on  that  import- 
ant subject.     Leeds.     Reviewed  in/.  Ill:  52;  R.  P.  242. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Miracles  of  fesus  Christ  Explained.     Man- 
chester.    Noticed  in  /.  1816:   378. 
On  Mediums.     Second  edition.     Manchester.     Davis.     316 

pp. — A.  L. 
Se7'77ions  on  Various  Subjects.     New  York.     26-i.pp. — A.  L. 
The  Golden  Wedding  Ri7ig.     Manchester.     Ninth  edition. 

— Cin.  L. 
The  Mysterious  Ladder,  or  facob's  D7-eai7i,  i7iterp7'eted  and 
explained  in  two  Dialogues.     Manchester. — B.  M. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert:   A  seal  upon  the  lips  of  Unitarians, 
Tri7iita7'ia7is ,  etc.      Philadelphia       343  pp. 

An  edition  of  1,000  copies  published  by  Mr.  Johnston 
Taylor,  for  gratuitous  distribution.  R.  S.  S.  18 16;  R, 
P.  286.— A.  L. 


i8i^ — 1816.  249 

Nicholson,  Rev.  George:  Sermoyis  oti  the  Ten  Coinmayidm-ents. 

Liverpool.     200  pp. — S.  S.  L. 
[Periodical]:    The  hiteUectual  Repository.     Vol.11;  for  the  years 

1814,  1815.     London.      Hodson.     448  pp.     A.  L. 
Powell,   David:    A  Sen?io?i  07i  Luke  v:  J2.     Steubtnville.     47 

pp. — Cin.  L. 
[Reports]  :  Abst^^act  of  the  Mi7iittes  of  the  LoJidon   Confei'eiice  of 
the  New  Church.     No.  2.     London.     Hodson.      16  pp. 
Reprinted  in  ii'.-  281. 
Minutes  of  a  General  Conference  of  the  Ministers  and  other 
members  of  the  New  Church  held  in  Manchester,  August, 

1815.  Manchester.     Davis.      15  pp. — A.  L. 

Report  of  the  Sixth  Amuial  Meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  London. — A.  L. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:  A  Brief,  Calm  and  Dispassio?tate  Defence 
of  the  New  Church,  against  the  foul  and  calumnious  at- 
tacks of  an  a?ionymous  writer,  calling  himself  ''Amicus 
Veritatis.''     London.     Hodson.      12  pp. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Andrew  Jackson  defeats  the  British  at  New  Orleans  (Jan.  8). 
Death  of  Rev.  John  Murray,  the  organizer  of  the  Universalist  Church  in 
America. 

Austria.  Formation  of  the  "  Holy  Alliance,"  between  Austria,  Russia, 
and  Prussia. 

France. — Napoleon  escapes  from  Elba,  returns  to  Paris,  and  inaugurates 
"the  hundred  days'  reign."  Defeated  at  Waterloo,  he  abdicates  again, 
gives  himself  up  to  the  British,  and  is  imprisoned  on  St.  Helena.  "  Second 
Restoration  "  of  Louis  XVIII.  Publication  of  IJorente's  "  History  of  the 
Inquisition." 

Germany. — The  Germanic  Federation  is  re-established  by  the  Congress  of 
Vienna.  Death  of  Dr.  Mesmer,  the  founder  of  the  doctrine  of  Animal 
Magnetism,  and  forerunner  of  modern  Spiritism.  Death  of  Karsten  Nieh- 
buhr,  the  great  Oriental  traveler  and  Biblical  scholar,  known  as  the  Herod- 
otus of  modern  Biblical  science." 

jQyA  America.     The  subject  of  New  Church   Baptism 

is  much  discussed  during  the  year:  it  is  made  obliga- 
tory in  Baltimore,  optional  in  Philadelphia,  and  rejected  in 
New  England  and  New  York  State. — N.  IV:   29. 

A  new  sect,  called  "  Halcyonites"  or  the  "Free  Church," 
attracts  much  attention  among  New  Churchmen.  It  is  sup- 
posed to  be  "in  perfect  accord  with  the  New  Church,"  accord- 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH 


ing  to  Mr.  Clowes,  but  is  repudiated  by  the  first  General  Con- 
vention, held  in  Philadelphia,  1817,  as  being  an  anarchistic 
movement. —  Compton '^.  i^^\   Conv.  R.    1817:   132. 

BroivnsvilLe^  Pa.^  September. — A  small  New  Church  Society 
is  formed  here,  by  the  Rev.  Robert  Ayres. — Mess.  34:  81. 

Cambridge^  Mass. — Mr.  Thomas  Worcester,  a  student  at 
Harvard,  receives  the  Doctrines  by  reading  the  Arcana  Coelestia 
in  Latin,  a  set  of  this  work  having  been  placed  there  in  1794 
by  Rev.  William  Hill.  Mr.  W^orcester  communicates  the 
Doctrines  to  a  number  of  fellow  students. — M.  2:  367;  11: 
122. 

Cmcinnati^  O. — Adam  Hurdus  enters  fully  upon  the  work  of 
the  ministry,  having  been  baptized,  and  ordained  into  the 
Priesthood  of  the  New  Church,  at  Baltimore,  July  28,  by  Mr. 
Hargrove. — M.  43  :   550.   Ex.   97. 

Mai^yland,  February  16. — Death  of  Mr.  Ferdinand  Wahlfart, 
a  zealous  and  learned  German  New  Churchman,  one  of  the 
first  in  America. — M.   37:  613;  Mess.   vol.  72:  84. 

New  York  City^  January  27. — Organization  of  "The  Asso- 
ciation of  the  City  of  New  York,  for  the  Dissemination  of  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church."  Nathaniel  Holly 
is  the  president ;  Samuel  Woodworth,  vice  president ;  James 
Chesterman,  treasurer,  and  Charles  J.  Doughty,  secretary. — 
R.  P.  273;  /.  HI:  438;   Conf.  R.  1816:   10. 

November  14. — Mr.  C.  J.  Doughty,  in  a  letter  to  the 
Swedenborg  Society,  describes  the  conditions  of  the  New 
Church  in  New  York.— 7?.  6'.  ^.  1817. 

Ohio. — Further  particulars  about  the  evangelistic  work  of 
"Johnny  Appleseed,"  and  of  its  practical  results,  are  given  in 
Mess.  vol.  24  :    108. 

Philadelphia^  January  i. — A  public  notice  is  inserted  in  the 
dailv  papers,  announcing  the  institution  of  the  new  Society, 
and  inviting  communications  from  readers  of  the  Writings. — 
A^.  I:  165;  R.  P.  266;  M.  29:  503;  R.  S.  S.  1816. 

Other  particulars  concerning  the  beginning  of  this  move- 
ment.— Ex.  108  \  N.\'.   165. 

June  6. — The  corner  stone  is  laid  for  a  Temple  of  the  New 


i8i6.  251 

Church,  at  Twelth  and  George  (now  Samson)  streets.  The 
temple  is  built  at  the  expense  of  Mr.  William  Schlatter. — N. 
i:   166. 

December  25. — Organization  of  "  The  First  New  Jerusalem 
Church  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia." — Ex.  108-109. 

December  31. — Ordination  of  Mr.  Maskill  M.  Carll  into  the 
Priesthood  of  the  New  Church,  by  Rev.  John  Hargrove.  He 
is  at  once  given  ordaining  power. — A^.  /.  C  R.  p.  65  ;  J/.  27  : 
561;  44:  394;  Ex.  109-118. 

Mr.  William  Metcalf,  a  follower  of  Cowherd,  settles  in 
Philadelphia,  with  a  company  of  "Bible  Christians."  An 
independent  church  is  formed,  which   exists  to  this  day. — B. 

^.1:55. 

France. — Only  four  New  Churchmen  are  known  in  France, 
among  these  M.  Perault  (or  Perraud),  the  translator,  and  M. 
Girault— /?.  P.  266;   Conv.  R.  i. 

Germany. — Only  one  New  Churchman  known  in  Germany, 
Herr  Sanders,  of  Bremen. — i ^th  Report  M.  P.  S.  p.  18. 

Great  Britain.  Colchester^  July  26. — Mr.  Hindmarsh  lec- 
tures with  great  success  here  and  at  St.  Osyth. — /.  1816:  252. 

Derby. — Mr.  Proud  does  effective  evangelistic  work  here, 
during  the  summer. — /.  1816:   186. 

Hawksto7ie^  July  4. — New  Church  Baptism  is  discounte- 
nanced at  the  annual  meeting.  Summary  of  proceedings 
given  in  /.  HI :  247-508. 

Ireland. — Two  small  societies  exist,  at  Mountrath,  and  at 
Ballyrone,  40  miles  from  Dublin. — /.  HI:   191. 

Londofi^  June  19. — Seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Sweden- 
borg  Society.  Mr.  Prichard,  chairman.  Mr.  Henry  Butler  is 
elected  a  member  of  the  committee.  John  Flaxman  delivers 
an  address. — R.  S.  S.  18 16. 

July  16-18. — Ninth  General  Conference  of  the  New  Church 
in  Great  Britain,  held  in  the  Temple  in  Fryars  St.  Five 
ministers  and  nine  delegates  are  present.  Rev.  M.  Sibly  is  elected 
president  and  Samuel  Noble,  secretary.  Letters  and  reports 
are  presented  from  Liverpool,  Keighly,  Hull,  Salford,  Man- 
chester,'Birmingham,  Darby, and  the  three  societies  in  London. 


252  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Communications  are  read  from  Baltimore  and  New  York. 
News  are  received  of  societies  existing  in  Huichamflower, 
(Somersetshire,)  Leeds,  Norwich,  Ipswich,  Scarborough,  New- 
ark, Leicester,  Northampton,  and  Barnsley,  in  Yorkshire.  Mr. 
Proud  reports  two  successful  missionary  journeys  in  Yorkshire 
and  Lancashire.  Resolutions  are  adopted,  approving  of  the 
regulations  adopted  by  the  Conference  of  1815,  with  exception  of 
the  statute  referring  to  the  "Minister-Superintendent."  The 
missionary  work  is  further  organized,  and  Mr.  Hindmarsh  ap- 
pointed general  missonary. — Conf.  R.  1816. 

Manchester^  March. — Death  of  Mr.  Samuel  Mottram,  one  of 
the  earliest  receivers  in  England.  He  bequeathed  a  tenth  of 
his  property  to  the  Printing  Societies  in  London  and  in  Man- 
chester.— R.  S.  S.  18 16-18 1 7. 

March  24. — Death  of  Rev.  William  Cowherd,  the  first 
*'  heresiarch  "  infesting  the  New  Church. — Particulars  respect- 
ing him. — R.  P.  148,  195,  199;  O.l:  71;  G.  H.  69,  109;  J. 
Bayley's  iV<?Z£'  Church    Worthies,  p.  145;  M.  L.  1891  :  355. 

May  20. — Robert  Hindmarsh  writes  an  address  to  the 
Emperors  of  x\ustria  and  Russia,  and  the  King  of  Prussia,  on 
the  subject  of  the  "Holy  x\lliance."  He  receives  a  courteous 
reply  from  the  latter. — R.  P.  251. 

Holland.  Rotterdam,  July  18. — Letter  from  Mr.  Charles 
Ley,  describing  what  little  has  been  done  for  the  New  Church 
in  Holland.— i?.  P.  256. 

Sweden. — Stockholm,  July  i. — Letter  from  Mr.  Billberg, 
describing  the  renewed  activities  of  the  New  Church  in  Sweden. 
^160  have  been  received  from  England  by  the  Society  ^^  Pro 
Fide  et  Charitate,^^  to  assist  in  the  work  of  publishing  the 
Arcana  Coelestia  in  Swedish. — R.  P.  268-270. 

N0TABI.E  Artici<es. 

Intellectual  Repository,  Vol.  III.  The  slow  j^rowlh  of  the  New  Church  no 
cause  for  despondency,  p.  i. 

Swedenborg's  Latin  style  justified  and  commended;  p.  107. 

Swedenborg's  Preface  to  the  Opera  Philosophica  et  Mineralia,  translated 
by  R.  Hindmarsh;  p.  139. 


i8i6.  253 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:    Angelic  Wisdom  concerning  the  Divine  Love  and 
Wisdom.     London.     S.  S. 
Second  English  edition.     R.  S.  S.     8:7. 
Arcana  Coelestia.     Vol.  VI.      Manchester.     J.  Gleave. 

Second  English  edition. — A.  L. 
Extracts  from  the  Theological   Works  of  Emanuel  Sweden- 
borg,    Philadelphia.     Eydia  Bailey.     90  pp. — A.  E. 
Om  Dyrkandet  och  Kdrleken  till  Gnd  (On  the  Worship  and 
Love  of  God).     Stockholm.     Deleen. 

First  and  only  Swedish  edition.  Only  48  pages  were 
printed.  The  translation  is  the  work  of  the  Rev.  A.  A. 
Afzelius,  a  famous  Swedish  prelate,  poet  and  hymnol- 
ogist,  member  of  the  society  ''Pro  Fide  et  Charitatey 
— N.  Y.  L. 
On  the  Worship  and  Love  of  God.     Manchester. 

Second  English  edition;  new  translation  by  Rev.  John 
Clowes;  noticed  in  /.  18 16  :  190  :  378. 
The  Doctrine  of  Life  for  the  New  ferusalem.    Philadelphia. 
Lydia  Bailey. 

Second  American  edition;  published  by  Wm.  Schlatter 
for  gratuitous  distribution.     A^.  I:  541. — B.  L. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Sacred 
Scriptu7'e.     Philadelphia.     L.  Bailey. 

Second  American  edition;  published  by  Wm.  Schlatter 
for  gratuitous  distribution.     N.  ibid. — B.  L. 
[Anonymous]  :    The  Golden  Key,  proving  art  Internal,  Spiritual 
Sense  to  the  Holy  Word,     hiti'oduced  as  Dreams  of  trans- 
latioyis  into  Paradise.     London.     416  pp. — B.  L. 
Carll,  Rev.  M.  M.:  A  Discourse  delivej^ed  at  the  New  Jerusalem 
Temple   in   Baltimore,    August  ^th,    18 16.      Baltimore. 
II  pp. — Cin.  L. 
[Catalogue]  :  A  Catalogue  of  the  Theological  Wo?^ks  of  the  Hon. 
Emajiuel  Swedejiborg ,   and  of  other  wo7^ks  for  the  New 
Church.     Manchester.     Davis.     23  pp.     Extensive  and 
and  descriptive. — S.  S.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Sermons  on  the  Lord' s  Prayer  and  the   Ten 
Com7nandme7its .     5th  edition.     Manchester.     408  pp. — 
/.  Ill:  179. 


254  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

A  Sermon  o?i   the  Sacred  Doctrine  of  the  Divine   Trinity^ 

Washington  City.     24  pp — Cin.  I,. 
A  Letter  to  Rev.  John  Grundy.   Manchester.   55  pp.  Second 
edition. — Cin.  L. 
Hargrove,  Rev.  John:  Sermon  on  the  true  nature  of  the  Resur- 
rectio7i   of  Man.     Baltimore.      W.    Warner.      15    pp. — 
A.  L. 
Hawkins,  Rev.  Isaac:    The  Doctrine  of  the  Tri7iity  clearly  stated 

a7id  explained.     Manchester.      14  pp. — A.  I^. 
Hindmarsh,   Rev.  Robert:  A   Compendiuni   of  the    Chief  Doc^ 
trine s  of  the  True  Christian  Religio7i.   London.   Hodson. 
166  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  Ill  :  236, 
A  Seal  upon  the  Lips  of  U7iitarians,  etc.     Second  English 

edition.      Manchester.     592  pp. — A.  L. 
Rema7'ks  07i  the  Holy  League.     Manchester.     48  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.   Ill  :   117. — A.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :    The  Litiugy  of  the  New  Jo^usalem   Chiarh,  being 
chiefly   co77ipiled  f'oni    a    Litu7gy    7iow  i7i    use  i7i  Great 
Britain,  a7id  7'espectfully  reco77ti7ie7ided  to   the  use  of  the 
societies  of  the  Nctv  Church  in  the  U7iited  States.     Phila- 
delphia.     101  pp.      i8mo. 

Compiled  by  the  Hon.  Jonathan  Condy. — N.  I:  166. 
Morgon  och  Afto7ib'dner  (Morning  and  Evening  Prayers). 
Stockholm.      Marquard.      12  pp. 

Third  edition.     Author  unknown. — A.  L. 
Nicholson,    Rev.    George:    Tivo   Letters   on   Rege7ie)'ation  a7id 

Co7iversion.     London.      192  pp. — S.  S.  L- 
[Periodical]:    The  Intellectual  Repositofy  ior  18 16.      Makes  Vol. 

Ill  together  with  18 17.— A.  L. 
Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:   Se7ino7i  07i  the  Second  Adve7it.     Philadel- 
phia.     Published  by  W.  Schlatter;  mentioned  in  R.  P. 
268. 
[Reports]  :  Fou7'tee7ith  Aiuiual  Rep07't  of  the  Manchester  Printing 
Society.      Manchester. — A.  L. 
Minutes  of  a  Ge7iei'al  Conference  of  the  New   Church,  held 
in  Lo7ido7i,  July,   1816.     London.     Hodson.     37  pp. — 
A.  L. 
Rep07't  of  the  Seve7ith  Annual  Meeti7ig  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.     London. — A.  L. 


i8i6 — i8ij.  255 

Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:  Serinon  on  the  Resurrection.  Philadel- 
phia. Published  by  Wm.  Schlatter.  Mentioned  in  R.  P. 
268. 

Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan:  /  Jesn  Namyi.  Christliga  Predikningar 
(Christian  Sermons).     Stockholm.     230  pp. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  James  Monroe  is  elected  President  of  the  United  States.  Indi- 
ana is  admitted  into  state-hood.  Foundation  of  the  American  Bible 
Society,  (undenominational),  at  New  York.  Organization  of  the  African 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  with  Rev.  Richard  Allen  as  the  first  bishop. 
Death  of  Bishop  Asbury,  the  great  organizer  of  the  M.  E.  Church  in 
America,  and  of  Rev.  Jesse  Lee,  next  to  Asbury  the  chief  propagator  of  early 
American  Methodism,  especially  in  New  England. 

Italy.  The  kingdoms  of  Naples  and  Sicily  are  united  into  the  kingdom 
of  the  Two  Sicilies. 

jQyY  America      July  and  August. — Rev.   M.  M.  Carll, 

'  and  Jonathan  W.  Condy  undertake  a  joint  evangel- 
istic journey  through  Maryland,  Pennsylvania,  Western  Vir- 
ginia and  Ohio.  It  is  reported  in  R.  P.  279-281 ;  Mess.  ^iZ'- 
261. 

Baltimore^  Md. — The  societ)'  is  said  to  have  increased  by 
nearly  one-half  in  number,  within  a  year;  a  Sunday-school  has 
been  established. — N.J.  C.  R.  135. 

October  26. — Death  of  Rev.  Adam  Fonerden,  one  of  the 
earliest  and  most  prominent  of  the  receivers  in  Baltimore ; 
biography  in  M.  14:  182. 

Bedford.,  Pa. — The  society  here  consists  of  eight  persons. 
One  of  these,  Mrs.  Nawgle,  a  German  woman,  is  an  especially 
interesting  and  remarkable  case  of  the  reception  of  the  Heav- 
enly Doctrines  by  the  simple. — Conv.  R.  1817:  146. 

October  21. — Death  of  Miss  Lavinia  Murdock,  one  of  the 
earliest  New  Church  women  in  the  world ;  she  has  been  de- 
scribed as  "not  a  whit  less  than  an  angel." — N.  Ill:  236;  /. 
VI:  203. 

Boston^  Mass.  May  24. — A  meeting  is  held  at  the  house  of 
Dr.  James  Mann  ;  the  members  resolve  to  open  communication 
with  the  church  in  Philadelphia,  and  a  secretary  is  appointed. 
Conv.  R.  181 7  :  144. 


256  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

There  are  at  this  time  about  twenty  members  of  the  New- 
Church  in  Boston  ;  their  first  meetings  are  described  in  M.  7  : 
722  ;  II  :  120 ;  Mess.  47  :  131. 

Danby^  N.  Y.  March  16. — A  society  of  twelve  members  is 
formed  here,  with  Rev.  Lewis  Beers  as  pastor.  Another 
society,  also  under  the  care  of  Mr.  Beers,  is  formed  at  Spencer, 
near  Danby ;  it  consists  of  eleven  members. — Conv,  R.  1817  : 
142. 

Lebanon^  O. — The  New  Church  people  here,  about  twenty 
in  number,  form  themselves  into  an  organization  styled 
"The  Turtle  Creek  Society,"  with  Mr.  Thomas  Newport  as 
leader. — Ibid.  p.  135. 

New  York  City. — Public  services  are  conducted  in  a  school- 
room on  Broadway,  near  Anthony  street ;  fifty  to  sixty  persons 
attend  the  worship,  which  is  conducted  by  Mr.  Samuel  Wood- 
worth. — Ibid.  p.  134.  Particulars  respecting  Mr.  Wood  worth 
are  given  in  Mess.  vol.  63  :  89,  137,  157,  203. 

Philadelphia.  January  i. — Consecration  of  the  first  Temple 
of  the  New  Church  in  this  city  ;  the  building  and  the  occasion 

are  described  in  A^.  I : 
165;  De  Charms'  Exter- 
nal Churchy  p.  54,  and  a 
picture  of  the  Temple  is 
given  in  N.  J.  C.  R. 
1817  :  64. 

January  —  Publication 
of  the  first  number  of 
The  New  Jerusalem 
Church  Repository. 

January  19.  —  Dr. 
Lewis  Beers  lis  ordained 
into  the  Priesthood  of 
the  New  Church  by  Rev. 

First  New  Church  Temple  in  Philadelphia.  M.     M.     Carll. N.    J.     C. 

R.   127  ;  Ex.  121. 

March  26. — Mr.  Daniel  Thuun,  in  a  letter  to  London,  de- 
scribes the  progress  and  harmonious  state  of  the  Church  in 


i8ij.  257 

Philadelphia.  Books  have  been  sent  as  far  west  as  Missouri. 
~R.  S.  S.  1817. 

May  15-17. — Members  of  the  New  Church  in  the  United 
States  hold  their  First  Annual  Convention  in  the  new  temple 
in  Philadelphia.  There  are  present  receivers  from  New  York, 
Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Virginia,  Ohio,  Scotland,  and  Sweden. 
Rev.  John  Hargrove  is  elected  president,  and  Mr.  Condy 
Raguet,  secretary.  A  committee  is  appointed  for  the  regula- 
tion of  ordinations  into  the  Priesthood.  iV  number  of  com- 
munications are  read.  Measures  are  adopted  for  the  continua- 
tion of  the  annual  conventions.  iV  resolution  is  passed, 
repudiating  any  connection  of  the  New  Church  with  the  sect 
of  "  Halcyonites."  The  report  of  this  important  meeting  is 
published  in  the  Nezv  Jerusale^n  Church  Repository  for  July, 
1 81 7.  The  harmonious  and  happy  state  prevailing  during 
this  Convention,  and  the  two  next  following,  is  described  in  N. 
IV :  20. 

May  20. — Mr.  David  Powell,  of  Steubenville,  O.,  and  Mr. 
Richard  H.  Goe,  of  Wheeling,  Va.,  are  ordained  into  the 
Priesthood  by  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll.— iV. /.  C  R.  1817  :  200. 

June  22. — Mr.  William  Schlatter,  in  a  letter  to  England, 
describes  the  state  and  work  of  the  society  in  Philadelphia, 
which  now  numbers  fifty-five  members. — R.  P.  285  ;  R.  S.  S. 
1818. 

November  i. — Death  of  Mr.  Francis  Bailey,  the  first  receiver 
and  promoter  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  in  America  ;  biogra- 
phies of  this  original  pioneer  are  found  in  N.  J.  C.  R.  326;  Af. 
n.  s.  Vni  :  99  ;  Mess.  vol.  47  and  our  sketch  in  L.  1896  :  85. 

Platikil^  near  Nezvburgh^  N,  V. — A  small  society,  with  Mr. 
James  Bank  as  leader,  exists  here. — Conv,  R.  1817. 

Steubenville^  O. — Rev.  David  Powell  administers  here  to  a 
society  of  twenty  members. — Ibid.  p.  135. 

An  interesting  account  of  the  work  of  "Johnny  Appleseed  " 
in  southern  Ohio,  is  given  in  the  15th  Report  of  the  Man- 
chester Printing  Society. 

Virginia. — Circles  of  receivers  exist  in  Abingdon  and 
Wheeling,  and  also  at  Charleston,  S.  C. 


258  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Washmgt07i^  D.  C. — The  peculiar  but  effective  methods  of 
evangelization  adopted  by  the  New  Churchmen  here  are  de- 
scribed in  the  15th  Report  of  the  Manchester  Printing  Society. 

Denmark.  November  20. — Letter  from  Justus  von  Kauf- 
mann,  Danish  Councillor  of  State,  declaring  his  faith  in  the 
Writings.— i?.  5.  5.  9:   15. 

France.  Paris. — Charles  Augustus  Tulk  visits  France  and 
meets  MM.  Parraud,  Girault,  Verdier  and  Bousie,  the  only 
known  receivers.  A  book-seller,  M.  Barrois,  states  that  there 
is  great  demand  for  the  Writings. — N.  J.  C.  R.  137. 

Germany.  November  26. — Letter  from  Johan  W.  Langs- 
dorf,  Privy  Councillor  and  Court  Director  at  Giessen,  in  Hesse, 
calling  upon  the  Swedenborg  Society  to  publish  the  Writings 
in  German. — R.  S.  S.  g:  16. 

December  5. — Letter  from  P.  E.  Miillensiefen,  of  Iserlohn, 
in  Westphalia  ;  he  mentions  five  or  six  receivers  known  to  him 
in  Germany. — R.  S.  S.  g:  17. — See  also,  respecting  Immanuel 
Tafel,  in  Tiibingen,  /.    1863:  560;  M.    11:   17.  - 

Great  Britain. — Rev.  Isaac  Hawkins,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight  years,  completes  a  journey  through  England,  during 
which  he  visits  thirty-two  societies  of  the  New  Church. — R. 
P.  261. 

July  28,  September  3. — First  evangelistic  journey  of  Robert 
Hindmarsh.  He  visits  Preston,  Lancaster,  Glasgow,  Edin- 
burgh, Newcastle,  Hull,  York  and  Leeds,  creating  great  excite- 
ment and  interest  everywhere.  His  lectures  are  very  often 
attended  by  more  than  a  thousand  persons. — R.  P.  289-298; 
/.  HI:  503;  Mess.  vol.  29:   10;  N.  C.  M.  1881 :  50. 

Clifton,  near  Bristol,  June  7. — Death  of  Rev.  William 
Faraday,  formerly  pastor  of  the  Birmingham  Society. — /.  HI : 

5-^4- 

Derby,  August  12-14. —  Tenth  General  Conference.  There 
are  present  four  ministers,  five  leaders  and  eighteen  delegates. 
Rev.  Richard  Jones  is  elected  president,  and  John  Isaac 
Hawkins,  secretary.  Numerous  letters  and  communications  are 
read.  The  appointment  of  a  "Minister  Superintendent"  is 
postponed.     It  is  resolved   that   the  General   Conference   meet 


iSij.  259 

regularly  once  a  year.  New  Church  education  is  recom- 
mended. Exceptions  are  taken  to  .some  of  the  resolutions  of 
the  Hawkstone  Assembly.  Ministers  are  recommended  to 
take  under  their  care  students  for  the  ministry.  Measures  are 
adopted  looking  to  the  establishment  of  uniformity  in  ex- 
ternal worship. — R.  P.   281-283;   Cojif.  R,   1817. 

Heath,  December  11. — Death  of  Rev.  H.  W.  Coulthurst,  D. 
D.,  Vicar  of  Halifax;  an  affectionate  but  timid  receiver  of  the 
Doctrines. — /.   1818:   129;   Comptoii,  p.  168. 

Leeds, — Mr.  John  Parry,  formerly  a  Methodist  preacher, 
comes  out  openly  for  the  New  Church. — R.  P.   299. 

Liverpool. — x\  third  split  occurs  in  the  Liverpool  Society  : 
one  party  establishes  worship  at  School  Lane,  under  R. 
Kendall ;  another  party  worships  at  Lime  St.  Academy,  under 
J.  W.  Swift— a  H.  61. 

London.  June  19. — Eighth 
annual  meeting  of  the  Swe- 
denborg   Society. — R.   S.  S. 
1817;  /.   1818:   151. 

July  20. — Mr.  Thomas 
Goyder  is  ordained  into  the 
Priesthood  of  the  New 
Church  by  Rev.  Messrs.  Sibly 
and  Churchill.  He  takes 
charge  of  the  Society  in  St. 
George's  Field,  in  succession 
of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Vaug- 
han.— /.  1873  •  23  ;  6^.  H.  66. 
■  August  23. — Death  of  Mr. 
Henry  Servante. — Biograph- 
ies are  given  in  /.  Ill  :  515  ; 
O.  I:  212. 

September  14. — Death  of  Mr.  Edward  Hodson,  for  many 
years  the  principal  printer  and  publisher  of  New  Church 
works  in  England. — /.  HI  :  516. 

November. — Captain  Ludwig  Granholm,  of  the  Swedish 
navy,  visits  Swedenborg's  tomb,  opens  the  coffin  and  abstracts 


Rev.  Thomas  Govder. 


26o  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

the  skull,  which  he  vainly  offers  for  sale  to  Mr.  J.  I.  Hawkins 
and  other  members  of  the  New  Church.  The  thief  dies  not 
long  afterwards,  and  the  skull  is  restored  to  its  resting-place. 
—  See  R.  P.  399-403;  Goyder's  Autobiography^  134-137; 
Carlson^  119. 

During  the  year,  Charles  A.  Tulk  becomes  acquainted  with 
Coleridge,  and  becomes  affected  by  the  idealistic  system  of  that 
philosopher. — /.  1828  :  189. 

Manchestei\ — James  Johnston,  an  ignorant  working  man 
member  of  the  Church  in  Salford,  begins  to  receive  visions  and 
revelations.  This  may  be  regarded  as  the  first  instance  o 
"  spiritism  "  in  the  New  Church. — See  Johnston's  Diary, 

Preston.  July. — The  lectures  of  Mr.  Hindmarsh  lay  the 
foundation  of  the  New  Church  in  this  place. — M.  L.  1894  : 
128. 

Holland.  Rotterdam.  July  29. — Letter  from  Mr.  Charles 
Ley,  who  states  that  he  has  advertised  the  Doctrines  and  the 
printing  societies  of  the  New  Church  in  various  continental 
newspapers. — R.  P.  284  \  R.  S.  S.  ^'.  \2. 

Sweden.  Carlscrona.  December  12. — Letter  from  a  S wed _ 
ish  prelate,  giving  an  account  of  the  New  Church  in  Sweden 
and  suggesting  means  of  propagating  the  Doctrines.  A  list  of 
the  most  prominent  receivers  is  given.  Most  of  these  reside 
in  Westergothland.  (Dr.  Knos,  Rev.  J.  P.  Odhner,  L.  Gyllen- 
haal  and  C.  J.  Schonherr  are  the  most  active). — R.  S.  S.  g:  18  ; 
/.  1819:  351. 

Stockholm. — Great  scandal  against  the  New  Church  is 
caused  by  the  publication  of  a  book  entitled  Consolation  for  the 
Crhninal^  by  Col.  Sturtzenbecker,  a  gnasi-^Qw  Churchman, 
who  here  perverts  the  doctrines  of  the  Omnipotence  of  God 
and  the  freedom  and  responsibility  of  man. — Kahl.  4  :  1-8. 

Switzerland. — A  New  Church  society  is  formed  at  Chur- 
walden,  with  Air.  Daniel  Naeff  as  leader. — R.  5.  ^S.  9  :  13  ;  the 
history  of  the  movement  is  given  in  Mess.  vol.  32  :  161. 

NOTABI.E  Artici^es. 

Intellectual  Repository.  Vol,  III.  The  nature  of  the  Lord's  Resurrection- 
body:  a  discussion  between  Mr.    Clowes  and  Mr.  Noble,  pp.  435,  491,  495. 


iSij,  261 

New  Jerusalem  Church  Repository.  An  account  of  Em.  Swedenborg,  by 
Rev.  Nicholas  Collins,  p.  36. 

The  Doctrines  of  the  Church  of  Scotland  and  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
Church  contrasted,  p   68. 

Journal  of  the  First  Annual  Convention,  held  in  Philadelphia,  1817,  p.  129. 


Publications. 

Swedenborg:    On  Heaven  and  Hell.     IvOndon. — S.  S. 

Sixth  English  edition ;  a  new  translation  by  Mr.  Clowes. 
—R.  S.  S.   S:  8. 
Himmelska  Ldnnllgheter  (Arcana  CaelestiaJ.      Vol.  I,   part 
I  (nos.  1-66).     Stockholm.     Carl  Deleen. 

First  Swedish  edition;  translated  by  Deleen,  and  pub- 
lished by  the  society  ''  Pro  Fide  et  Charitate,'"  assisted 
by  the  Swedenborg  Society. — A.  L. 
A  German  edition  of  the  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heaveyily 
Doctrine  is  said  to  have  been  published  in  Switzerland 
about  this  time. — R.  S.  S.  9:13. 

[Anonymous]:  A  Glass,  J'rom  ''The  Book'':  Historical  fact  a7id 
ocular  demonstration,  showi^ig  the  mysteries  of  the  late 
Emanuel  Sivedenborg .  By  a  Believer  i?i  one  God  and 
Father  of  all.      Philadelphia.     W.   Fry.      104  pp. 

A  mass  of  nonsense,  directed  against  the  New  Church. 
—A.  L. 
Brief  Remarks  on  a   Pamphlet,  entitled  ''Animadversions 
on  the  'Articles  of  Faith  as  believed  in  the  New  Church,' 
humbly  addressed  to  the  i?ihabitants   of  Skipton  and  its 
vicinity  by  Theophilus."     In  a  letter  addressed  to  the  same 
inhabitants.     By  a  Stranger.     Skipton  [York  Co. ,  Eng- 
land] .     J.  Mead.      36  pp. — Cin.  L. 
The  Golden  Key,  proving  an  Internal,  Spiritual  Sense  to 
the  Holy  Word.     London.     392  pp.     Second   edition. — 
A.  L. 
Treatise  o?i  the  Divine  Trifiity.   Philadelphia.   52  pp.    Copy 
in  the  Philadelphia  Historical  Society. 

Arbouin,  James:  Dissertations  on  the  Regenerate  Life.  Phila- 
delphia.     102  pp      Urbana  Library. 

Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Scripture  Histories.  Part  I.  Manchester. 
—A.  L. 


262  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

The  Mii'ades  of  Jesus  Christ  Explained.     Manchester.     360 

pp.     Reviewed  /.  Ill  :  430. 
The  Paj'ables  of  Jesus  Christ  Explained.    Manchester.    Re- 
viewed in  /.  Ill  :  370. 
Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas:  A  Sernio7i  on  Pastoral  Duties.  London. 

22  pp. — A.  L. 
Hindmarsh,    Rev.    Robert:     A  Compendium  of  the   Chief  Doc- 
trines of  the  True  Christian   Religion.     Second    edition. 
London.     S.  &  H.  Hodson.      166  pp. — A.  L. 
Gedachten  over  het  Heilig  Verbond  (Remarks  on  the  Holy 
League).     Rotterdam. 

Translated  into  Dutch,  and  published  by  Mr.  Charles 
Ley. — Gosse.  p.  42. 
The  New  Jerusalem  "  Te  Deum,'"  or  Hymn  of  Pi-aise  to 
Jesus  Christ.  Manchester.  4  p. — S.  S.  L- 
Jones,  Miss  Elizabeth:  A71  Interesting  Correspondence  between 
Rev.  John  Johnson,  Pastor  of  the  First  Presbyteria7i  church 
in  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Jones ^  7'elative 
to  the  cha7tge  i7i  her  opifiions,  which  occasioned  her  dis- 
missal fro77i  his  chu7'ch.     New  York.     42  pp. 

The  author,  a  recent  convert  to  the  New  Church,  "  a 
lady  of  very  limited  education,  but  who,  from  an  inti- 
mate acquaintance  with  her  Bible  and  Swedenborg's 
theological  works,  has  been  enabled  to  wield  the  weapons 
of  argument  with  a  force  almost  irresistible." — R.  P. 
278. 

The  first  edition  of  this  pamphlet   being  quickly  ex- 
hausted, a  second  edition  was  published,  the  same  year, 
in   Philadelphia.     Editions  were    subsequently    printed 
in  Manchester  and  in  London. — A.  L. 
Nicholson,  Rev.  George:  Sermo7is  on  the  Unrivalled  Excellency 

of  the  Saoxd  Sc7'iptu7'es  London. — S.  S.  L. 
[Periodicals]:  The  hitellectual  Repositoiy  for  18 17,  completing 
Vol.  III. 
The  New  ferusale77i  Chiuxh  Repository .  A  quarterly  maga- 
zine, published  by  "The  American  Society,"  etc.,  and 
edited  by  Hon.  J.  Condy  and  others,  in  Philadelphia. 
This  is  one  of  the  best  conducted  journals  ever  published 
in  the   New  Church.     The  last   number   was  issued  in 


i8iy.  263 

October,  18 18.     The  history  of  the  publication  is  given 
in  M.  71.  s.     VIII  :  94. 

Prescott,  Mrs.  Margaret:  Religion  and  Philosophy  United;  or 
a7i  attempt  to  shew  that  philosophical  pri^iciples  foii?i  the 
fou7idatio7i  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Chnrch,  as  developed  to 
the  world  i7i  .the  mission  of  the  Ho7i.  Emannel  Sivede7ibo7'g . 
Boston.     55  pp. 

For  notices  of  the  author  see  R.  P.  278;  /^.  III  :  48. 
—A.  L. 

Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:  The  Tears  of  a  Nation.  A  se7^7)i07i  07i  the 
death  of  Pri7icess  Chaiiotte  Augusta  a7id  her  infa7it  son. 
Birmingham.     21  pp. — A.  L. 

[Reports]  :   Gene7'al  Co7ife?'e7ice.     Minutes  of  the  Tenth  Session. 
London. — A.  L. 
General   Co7iventio7i.     First  annual  journal;    published   in 

N.J.  C.  R.  1817.  pp.  129-148.— A.  L. 
Manchester  P7'i7iti7ig   Society.      Fifteenth    Report.      Man- 
chester.    24  pp. — A.  L. 
Missio7ia7y  Minist7y.     First  report  of  the  committee  ap- 
pointed to  manage  the  affairs  of.    Manchester.    46  pp. — 
Cin.  L. 
Swedenbo7g   Society.     Report  of  the  Eight  Annual  Meet- 
ing.    London. — A.  L. 

Salmon,  J.  W.:  The  Beauties  of  Hawkstone  Park.  A  poem  in 
celebration  of  the  annual  New  Church  meetings  held  in 
this  place.     Reviewed  in  /.   Ill  :  445. 

[Sturtzenbecker,  Col  M.]:  Tfvst  for  den  b7'ottslige.  Af  eri 
kd7islofull  (Consolation  for  the  Criminal,  by  a  senti- 
mental person).     Stockholm.     Deleen. 

The  edition  was  confiscated  by  the  government  and 
the  publisher  fined,  on  account  of  the  tendency  of  the 
work  to  encourage  crime.  The  errors  here  presented 
were  successfully  controverted  by  the  Rev.  Job  an  Tybeck 
and  its  connection  with  the  New  Church  repudiated. — 
Kahl  4  :  1—8. 

Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan:  Biblisk  fd7'klaring  bfver  Hogmessotexten. 
"  Gud  var  i  Chiisto  och  fdrso7iade  zve7'lden  7ued  sig  sjelf.'" 
(Biblical  explanation  of  the  text,  "God  was  in  Christ, 
reconciling  the  world  unto  himself."  2  Cor.  5  :  19). 
Stockholm.      Deleen.     51  pp. 


264  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

The  author,  soon  after  the  publication  of  this  work, 
was  tried  for  heresy  and  finally  deposed  from  the  Priest- 
hood of  the  Established  Lutheran  Church  of  Sweden. — 
A.  L. 
Upplysa7ide  Anmdrkyiijigar  vid  Skriften  "  Biblisk  Forklar- 
ing''  (Notes  in  explanation  of  the  preceding  work). 
Stockholm.     30  pp. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.     Mississippi  is  admitted  into  state-hood. 

France.     Publication  of  Cuvier's  "  Regne  Animal." 

Germiny.  The  government  of  Prussia  enforces  a  union  between  the 
Lutheran  and  the  Reformed  churches  in  the  kingdom,  establishing  the 
"United  Evangelical  Church"  as  the  state-church;  an  episcopal  form  of 
government  is  established  and  several  titular  bishops  appointed.  The  "  Old 
Lutherans  "  protest  in  vain.  Death  of  Jung  Stilling,  the  celebrated  preacher, 
theosophist,  and  mystical  interpreter  of  the  Apocalypse. 

Servia.     Milosh  Obrenovitch  is  elected  prince  of  the  Servians. 

South  America.     Bolivar  assumes  chief  control  in  Venezuela. 

Switzerland.  Socinianism  is  now  generally  triumphant  in  the  old  Calvin - 
istic  stronghold  in  Geneva. 

jQyQ  America.      Baltimore,   Md.,   April   30-May   2. — 

Second  Genej^al  Convention :  Mr.  Hargrove  is  elected 
president,  and  Mr.  Condy  Raguet,  secretary.  It  is  recommended 
that,  until  further  regulations  of  the  ministry  shall  have  been 
established,  no  persons  are  to  be  ordained  by  the  sanction  of 
the  churches  in  Baltimore  or  Philadelphia,  without  the  con- 
currence of  the  ministers  of  both  of  these  churches.  The  com- 
mittee appointed  at  the  last  convention  gives  a  caution  against 
extempore  preaching  by  the  laity,  and  protests  against  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  sacraments  by  laymen.  A  committee  is 
appointed  to  prepare  a  catechism. — N.  J.  C.  R.  1818:  401. 

Bath,  Me. — A  New  Church  association  is  formed  here  by  six 
gentlemen. — M,  30:   206. 

Boston,  Mass.,  August  15. — Rev.  M.  M.  Carll,  of  Philadel- 
phia, is  present  at  the  formal  organization  of  the  New  Church 
in  Boston.  Mr.  Thomas  Worcester  is  chosen  the  leader  of  the 
society.  On  the  following  day,  Sunday,  the  public  worship  of 
the  New  Church  is  conducted  for  the  first  time  in  New  Eng- 
land.    Particulars  are  given  in  J/.  11 :   122  ;  30:  538;  M.  n.  j. 


i8i8.  265 

11:  359.364;  A",  ni:  141;  Mess.  vo\.  ^^  \  131;  i^lr.  131,  132  ; 
R.  P.  303,  and  in  the  Report  of  the  Fiftieth  Anniversar}^  of 
the  Boston  Society. 

Cambridge^  Mass. — Among  the  graduates  of  Harvard,  this 
year,  appear  the  following  young  men,  all  of  whom  afterwards 
rise  into  prominence  in  the  history  of  the  New  Church  :  Thomas 
Worcester,  Warren  Goddard,  Sampson  Reed,  and  J.  H.  Wil- 
kins;  and  among  the  undergraduates,  Theophilus  Parsons,  T. 
B.  Hayward,  Caleb  Reed,  and  Nathaniel  Hobart. — M.  34:  292. 

Cleveland^  O. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced  here,  and  at 
East  Rockport,  by  Mr.  James  Nicholson. — M.  n.  s.  XIV:  40. 

Frankfoid^  Ky. — A  circle  of  receivers  exists  here,  with  Mr. 
Thomas  H.  Roberts  as  leader. — Conv.  R.  1818:  403. 

Lebanon^  O.,  August. — Organization  and  first  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  "Western  Association  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church,'^ 
established  by  Rev.  Thomas  Newport;  more  than  two  hundred 
persons  take  part  in  the  proceedings,  which  are  largely  of  an 
evangelistic  and  devotional  nature.  The  "Western  Associa- 
tion" disappears  after  a  few  years. 

August  31. — Mr.  Thomas  Newport  is  ordained  into  the 
Priesthood  of  the  New  Church  by  the  Rev.  David  Powell,  by 
virtue  of  a  special  power,  granted  by  the  church  in  Philadel- 
phia.— Conv.  R.  1820:  5. 

August  and  September. — Messrs.  Powell  and  Newport  enter 
on  a  joint  missionary  journey  through  Ohio;  they  preach  to 
large  audiences,  at  eighteen  different  places. — R.  P.  305. 

Meig^s  County  (in  the  region  of  Pomeroy  and  Middleport, 
O.). — The  Heavenly  Doctrines  are  introduced  here  by  Messrs. 
John  Sherman,  John  McQuigg  and  William  Hobart,  some  of 
these  having  been  former  members  of  Mr.  Beers'  societies  at 
Danby  and  Spencer,  N.  Y. — Mess.  vol.  4:8;  vol.  44:   180. 

Further  particulars  in  respect  to  "Johnny  Appleseed"  are 
given  in  Mess.  vols.  55:    185;  58:   204;  61  :  83,  88. 

Nezv  York  City^  x\ugust  9. — Ordination  of  Mr.  Charles  J. 
Doughty  into  the  priesthood  of  the  New  Church,  by  Rev.  M. 
M.  Carll.— C^;^^^.  R.  1820:  5;  R.  P.  303;  Ex.  131. 

Philadelphia^    Pa. — The  services   at   the   new    temple    are 


266  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

attended  by  crowded  congregations.  A  very  enthusiastic  state 
prevails  among  the  members.  Mr.  Carll,  in  consequence  of 
ill  health,  gives  up  part  of  his  school  work,  and  begins  to 
receive  a  small  salary  for  his  ministerial  services. — Ex.  ii8. 

Providc7ice^  R.  /.,  August  13. — Mr.  Carll  preaches  to  an 
audience  of  a  thousand  persons.  A  number  of  the  students  at 
Brown   University   have  received   the  Doctrines. — R.  P.  303, 

304- 

France.  Paris. — A  New  Church  society  of  six  gentlemen 
holds  regular  meetings  at  the  house  of  M.  Gobert,  an  advocate. 
— /.  1819:  328. 

Great  Britain.  Accrington. — -About  150  persons  are  regu- 
lar attendants  at  the  services  in  the  chapel  on  Abbey  St.  Mr. 
George  Haworth  is  the  leader,  and  "John  Pickles,  grocer," 
secretary. — Conf.  R.  181 8. 

Birminghavi. — The  society  here  consists  of  seventy  mem- 
bers ;  a  Sunday-school  is  conducted  for  two  hundred  children. 
Rev.  J.  Proud  is  the  pastor,  and  James  Meredith,  secretary. — 
Ibid. 

Blackburn. — This  society  has  gained  about  forty  members 
during  the  year.     James  Mandsley  is  the  leader. — Ibid. 

Brightlingsea,  August  22. — Death  of  Rev.  Arthur  Munson; 
biographical  notice  in  /.  1818:  266. 

Bristol. — Mr.  William  Stewart  is  the  leader  of  a  society,  con- 
sisting of  twenty-five  members. —  Conf.  R.  18 18. 

Dalton^  March  19. — A  chapel  for  the  New  Church  is  opened 
here.      Mr.  Joseph  Senior  acts  as  the  minister. — /.  1875:   506. 

Derby ^  Augu-t  11-14. — Eleventh  General  Conference.  There 
are  present  six  ordained  ministers,  two  missionaries,  six  leaders, 
and  thirteen  delegates.  Robert  Hindmarsh  is  elected  presi- 
dent and  Thomas  Goyder,  secretary.  Reports  are  received  from 
fifty  different  societies.  The  appointment  of  a  "minister- 
superintendent  "  is  postponed.  It  is  resolved  that  no  person 
shall  be  ordained  without  having  served  at  least  one  year  as  a 
leader  for  some  society.  A  "  literary  fund  "  is  proposed  for  the 
purpose  of  enabling  leaders  and  teachers  to  acquire  the  classi- 
cal languages.     A  resolution  is  passed,  declaring  that  the  rela- 


i8i8.  267 

tion  between  the  Word  and  the  Writings  of  Swedenborg  is  like 
that  between  "  an  inexhaustible  fountain  and  its  stream,  or  the 
sun  itself  and  the  light  proceeding  from  it."  The  administra- 
tion of  the  Sacraments  is  declared  to  belong  properly  to  the 
ordained  ministry.  The  Rev.  Robert  Hindmarsh  having  been 
requested  to  leave  the  room,  the  Conference  passes  a  resolution 
declaring  that  he,  "  having  been  called  by  lot  to  ordain  the  first 
minister  in  the  New  Church,  was  virtually  ordained  by  the 
Divine  auspices  of  Heaven,"  in  consequence  of  which  the  Con- 
ference considers  Mr.  Hindmarsh  as  one  of  the  regular  ordain- 
ing ministers. — Conf.  R.  1818;  R.  P.  308. 

August  13. — Mr.  Edward  Madeley  is  ordained  by  Rev. 
Joseph  Proud.  Mr.  James  Bradley  is  ordained  on  x^ugust  16, 
by  the  same  ordainer. — Ibid. 

August  14. — The  corner-stone  is  laid  for  a  temple  for  Mr. 
Madeley's  society  in  Derby.  There  is  a  second  society,  in  the 
same  town,  with  Mr.  James  Robinson  as  leader. — Ibid.  I.  18 19  : 
328. 

Edinburgh. — Mr.  William  Bruce,  afterwards  a  prominent 
minister,  receives  the  Doctrines.  The  society  here  consists  of 
sixty  members;  Mr.  Thomas  Parker  is  the  leader. — Ibid. 

Haslingdeji. — Mr.  Thomas  Pilkington  conducts  services  for 
a  society  which  was  founded  in  18 15. — Ibid. 

Heyzvood. — The  society  consists  of  twenty-two  members, 
meeting  for  worship  in  Church  Lane.  The  Sunday  School 
numbers  two  hundred  scholars.  Robert  Crabtree  is  the  leader. 
—Ibid. 

Keighley. — Four  hundred  persons  are  said  to  have  been  bap- 
tized here  since  the  beginning  of  the  society,  in  1787.  Here, 
as  in  Liverpool,  the  members  are  divided  on  the  subject  of  the 
authority  of  Swedenborg 's  Writings. — Ibid. 

Leeds ^  November  8. — A  place  of  worship  is  opened  for  the 
New  Church,  with  Mr.  John  Parry  as  the  minister.  The  so- 
ciety was  formed  on  February  16,  1817. — Ibid.;  I.  1818  :  265, 
330;  A^  /^.  311. 

Liverpool. — The  two  societies  in  this  city  still  continue 
separately ;  the  one  in  Cockspeer  St.  numbers  fifty   members, 


268  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

with  Mr.  Thomas  S.  Bristow  as  leader.  Mr.  Robert  Kendall, 
the  leader  of  the  other  society,  in  a  letter  to  the  Conference, 
advises  the  ministers  of  the  New  Church  to  keep  close  to  the 
Doctrines. — Conf.  R.  1818. 

London^  February. — Great  scandal  against  the  New  Church 
is  caused  by  the  brutal  murder  of  a  young  girl,  Mary  Minting, 
(a  member  of  Dr.  Churchill's  congregation),  by  a  rejected 
suitor,  William  Hetch.  The  murderer,  though  never  an  at- 
tendant at  New  Church  worship,  had  learned  something  from 
his  victim  respecting  marriage  after  death,  and  commits  the 
deed,  professedly,  in  order  to  gain  possession  of  her  in  the 
other  life.  Hetch  is  promptly  hanged.  All  sorts  of  stories 
about  the  New  Church,  and  the  "awful"  tendencies  of  the 
Doctrines,  appear  in  the  London  papers,  but  are  successfully 
refuted  by  Mr.  Churchill.— i?.  P.  287  :  /.  1818;   120. 

June  19. — Ninth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg  So- 
ciety, Mr.  C.  A.  Tulk,  chairman.  Dr.  Spurgin,  a  prominent 
L/Ondon  physician,  is  elected  a  member  of  the  Committee. — 
R.  S.  S.  9. 

October  19. — The  corner-stone  of  a  new  Temple  for  Mr. 
Goyder's  society  in  St.  George's  Field,  is  laid  at  Waterloo 
Road.  This  society  now  consists  of  sixty  members,  with  a 
Sunday  School  for  fifty  children. — /.  1819:  329;  R.  P.  311. 

Mr.  Sibly's  society  in  Fryar  St.  now  consists  of  102  mem- 
bers, and  Mr.  Churchill's  congregation  at  Lisle  St.,  of  200 
members. — Conf.  R.  181 8. 

Manchester. — The  society  in  Peter  St.,  under  the  Rev. 
Richard  Jones,  consists  of  200  members,  and  Mr.  Hindmarsh's 
society,  in  Salford,  of  143  members. — Ibid. 

Newcastle ^FQhrnary  22. — Death  of  Mr.  William  Roberts,  the 
leader  of  the  society. — I.  1818:   199;    G.  H.  75. 

The  society  has  increased  to  a  membership  of  one  hundred. 
Worship  is  conducted  in  the  chapel  on  Low  Friar  St.  Mr. 
William  Brown  is  the  leader. — Ibid. 

Norwich. — Some  twenty  members  of  the  parish  of  Rev.  G. 
Beaumont  receive  the  Doctrines,  and  organize  a  society  under 
the  leadership  of  Mr.  Joseph  Clover.     Mr.  Beaumont  now  be- 


i8i8.  269 

comes  a  violent  opponent  of  the  New  Church. — R.  P.  317  ; 
M.  L.  1895:  339;  /.  1865:  480. 

Northampton. — The  society  consists  of  ten  members.  Mr. 
George  Osborn  is  the  secretary. — Ibid. 

Paisley. — Beginning  of  the  New  Church  in  this  city ;  the 
society  numbers  ten  members.  Mr.  John  Buchanan  is  the  sec- 
retary.— Ibid. 

Preston. — A  society  was  formed  here  in  181 2.  Mr.  Richard 
Parkinson  is  the  leader. — Ibid. 

Sheffield. — A  societ)'  was  organized  here  in  November,  1814  ; 
there  are  now  29  members. — Ibid. 

Sweden.  Strengn'ds,  April  15. — The  Rev.  Johan  Tybeck 
is  suspended  from  the  priesthood  by  the  Lutheran  Consistory, 
on  account  of  his  faith  in  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. 
The  sentence  is  confirmed  by  the  king,  and  Tybeck  is  stripped 
of  the  insignia  of  his  office  on  August  31. — D.  II :   1278. 

Switzerland.  Chiirwalden^  in  Granbunden^  February  8. — 
The  Rev.  Andrew  Carrol,  in  a  letter  to  the  Swedenborg  Society, 
describes  the  New  Church  societies  which,  within  a  few  years, 
have  been  formed  in  the  cantons  of  Graubunden,  St.  Gallen 
and  Appenzell.  Mr.  Daniel  Nseff,  in  another  letter,  describes 
the  origin,  growth,  and  present  conditions  of  the  New  Church 
in  Switzerland. — R.  P.  310;  R.  S.  S.  <^:   12,  13. 

NOTABI^E   ArTICIvKS. 

Intellectual  Repository,  Vol.  IV. 

The  discussion  between  Mr.  Clowes  and  Mr.  Noble,  on  the  Lord's  resur- 
rection-body, continued,  pp.  iii,  242. 

The  doctrine  of  degrees,  as  applied  to  the  Divine  Human:  a  discussion, 
pp.  46,  180,  222,  377. 

On  the  revival  of  the  discussion  respecting  separation  or  non-separation 
from  the  Old  Church:  remarks  by  Mr,  Noble,  severely  condemning  Rev. 
Joseph  Proud,  p.  183. 

Proposition  and  plan  for  the  establishment  of  a  school  for  the  education  of 
ministers  for  the  New  Church,  by  Robert  Hindmarsh,  p.  42. 

The  New  Jerusalem  Te  Deum,  by  Robert  Hindmarsh,  p.  92. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  A  Brief  Exposition  of  the  Doctrine  of  the  New 
Church.     London.     S.  S.      118  pp. 
Third  English  edition.— B.  L. 


270  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Die  Lehi'e  der  Neuen  Jerusalem  voin  Hei'ni  (Doctrine  of 
the  Lord). 

An  edition  of  this  work  is  said  to  have  been  pubhshed 
in  German}^  about  this  time. — R.  S.  S.  10:   7. 
Extracts  fro7n  the  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedeyiborg ,  on  the 
Natuix  of  Heaven.     Bedford,  Pa.     8  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Churchill,    Rev.  Thomas:    A  sermon  on   the  sndden  deniise  of 
Mary  Minti7ig,  who  was  inhiimanly  mtu^dered  on  Feb.  14, 
1818.     London.     Sherwood.     35  pp. 

This  pamphlet  contains  a  full  account  of  the  tragic 
occurrence  which  has  been  noticed  above.     It  is  reviewed 
in  /.  1818:   120.— A.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  letter  to  the  Rev.  Joseph  Proud,  in  7xply 
to  his  remarks  on  Separation  from,  the  Old  Church.      Man- 
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An  Explanation   of  the   Chmrh    Catechism  for  the  use  of 
Young  People.     Manchester.     Gleave.     64  pp. 
Fourth  edition. — A.  L. 
On   the    Tzvo  Worlds,   the  visible  and  the  ijivisible.     Man- 
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Reviewed  in  /.  18 19:  392. — A.  L. 
Scripture  Histories,  selected  from  the  Old  Testame^it,  and  ex- 
plained according  to  their  interjial  7nea?ii?ig.     Manchester. 
3  vols.      i2mo. — A.  Iv. 

Another  edition  of  this  work  was  published  in   the 
same  3^ear  b\^  Mr.  William  Schlatter,  in  Philadelphia. — 
A.  L. 
The  Tzvo  Heavenly  Memorialists,  or  Love  and  Truth,  stat- 
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ligio)i.     London. — B.  M. 
Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas:  A  course  of  Lectures  07i  the  most  esse7itial 
Doct7^i7ies  of  the  Christia7i  Religio7i.     London.      276  pp. 
Reviewed  unfavorably  in  /.  1818:    198;   18 19:   325. 
Jones,   Miss   Elizabeth:    A   co7'resp07ide7ice    betwee7i  Rev.  folm 
Joh7ison  and  the  writer.     London.     46  pp. — A.  L. 

A  ' '  fourth  ' '  edition  of  this  pamphlet  was  published 
at  Manchester  in  the  same  3^ear. — /.  18 18:   255. 


i8i8,  271 

[Liturgical]:   Select  HymiJis  for  the  use  of  Bible  Christians.     Sal- 
ford.      221  pp. 

The  fifth  edition.— Cin.  L. 
The    Offices   of  the  Bible  Christian   Chtirch.     Manchester. 

Salford.  35  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Hymns  a?id  Psalms  for  the  nse  of  the  Lord's  New  Church, 
by  Rev.  J.  Proud.     London.     Goyder.     285  pp. 
Fifth  edition.— A.  L. 
Parry,  Rev.  John:    The  Name  of  the  Lord  recorded.     A  sermon. 

Leeds.     32  pp. — /.  18 19:  397. — A.  L. 
[Periodicals]  :    The  Intellectual  Repository  for  1818,  together  with 
1819,  making  vol.  IV. 
The    New   ferusalem     Church    Repository.     Philadelphia. 
Vol.  I.  completed.     The  magazine  is  suspended  in  Octo- 
ber, 1818. 
Proud,  Rev.  Joseph:    The  Aged  Minister's  Last  Legacy  to  the 
Nciv  Church.     Birmingham.     379  pp. 

A  very  interesting  and  valuable  work,  though  much 
criticized    on   account   of    its   uncompromising   attitude 
towards  the  Old  Church.     The  volume  contains  a  por- 
trait of  the  aged  author. — A.  L. 
[Reports]:   General  Conference.     Minutes  of  the  eleventh  session. 
London.     44  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Co7ivc7ition.     Journal  of  the  second  annual  meet- 
ing, published  in  N.  f.  C.  R.  1818:  401-405. — A.  L. 
Majichester  Printing  Society.     Sixteenth  Report.     Noticed 

in  /.  18 18:   124. — Cin.  L. 
Missionary  Ministry.     Second    Report.      Manchester.     52 

pp. — /.  18 18:  264. — Cin.  L. 
Swederiborg  Society.     Ninth  Report. — A.  L. 
Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan:  Bihang  till  Strengnlis  Corisistorii  Protokoll. 
60  pp. — A.  L. 
Utdrag    ur   Strengnas    Consistorii  Protokoll.       Strengnas. 
98  pp. 

These  two  publications  contain  the  account  of  the 
author's  trial  for  heresy,  together  with  his  defense. — 
A.  L. 
Handlingar  rorande  Skomakare-dottern  Sara  Sti?ia  Schultz 
(Documents  respecting  the  shoemaker-daughter,  S.  S. 
Schultz).     Strengnas.      147  pp. 


272 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


A  highly  entertaining  narrative  of  the  author's    at- 
tempt, many  years  before,  to  expel,  by  the  laying- on  of 
hands,  prayer,   etc.,  an  evil  spirit  from   the  body  of  a 
servant-maid;    a   most    remarkable   case    of  demoniacal 
possession  and  exorcism. — A.  L. 
Hvad  ar    Christlig    Sanning    om    Gud ?       (What    is    the 
Christian    Truth    concerning    God?)     Stockholm.      109 
pp. — A.  L. 
Svar  af  en  Religionsvdn  pa    sex  frdgor,    i  anledniiig  af 
skriften  "  Tr'dst  for  de7i  brottslige''  (Answer,  by  a  friend 
of  Religion,   to  six  questions,  occasioned  by  the  work 
"  Consolation  for  the  Criminal  ").     Stockholm.     30  pp. 
An  excellent  refutation  of  Col.  Sturtzenbecker's  heret- 
ical  and    dangerous   publication.     Reviewed    b}'-    Ach. 
Kahl,  4:   9. — A.  Iv. 

Contemporary  Events. 
America.     Illinois  is  admitted  as  a  State  of  the  Union.     General  Jackson 
subdues  the  Seminole  Indians  in  Florida. 

Germany.     A  new  university  is  opened  at  Bonn. 
Egypt.     Ibrahim  Pascha  subjugates  the  Wahabees. 
South  America.     Chili  gains  its  independence  from  Spain. 
Sweden.     Death  of  Charles  XIII.     Bernadotte  succeeds  to  the  throne  as 
Charles  XIV  John,  introducing  the  present  Bernadotte  dynasty. 

jQ  jp.  America.     The  proposed  meeting  of  the  General 

^'  Convention  is  deferred  until  May  nth,  1820,  owing 
to  the  inconvenience  generally  felt  by  the  members,  in  attend- 
ing during  the  present  year. —  Conv.  R.  1820. 

January  21. — Mr.  Samuel  Worcester,  having  removed  from 
Boston  to  Natchez,  Miss.,  receives  a  license  from  the  Church 
in  Philadelphia,  to  preach  the  Doctrines,  and  to  administer  the 
sacraments,  for  a  period  of  seven  years. — M.  n.  s,  VII:  723; 
C01W.  R.  1820  :  5. 

France.  John  Augustus  Tulk,  Esq.,  having  purchased  J.  P. 
Moet's  manuscript  translations  of  the  Writings  into  French, 
begins  to  publish  these  at  his  own  expense. — Gosse^  P-  9^' 

Germany.  Dr.  Immanuel  Tafel  meets  J.  Aug.  Tulk  at 
Stuttgart  and  receives  assistance  from  him  to  begin  the  publi- 
cation of  the  Writings  in  German. — /.  1863:  343  ;  Mess.  vol. 
48:  40. 


i8ig.  273 

Rostock^  April  11. — Letter  to  the  Swedenborg  Society  from 
Mr.  C.  F.  Nordenskjold,  writing  anonymously  under  the  name 
*' Charles  Wilhems";  he  describes  the  persecution  of  the 
Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society  in  Stockholm  by  a  league  of 
atheists,  and  sends  a  part  of  his  confiscated  work,  the  Consider- 
ations  Generales. — R.  S.  S.  10  :  9. 

Great  Britain.  Mr.  James  Bradley  undertakes  a  successful 
evangelistic  journey  to  Newcastle,  Dalton,  Bolton,  and  other 
places. — R.  P.  313. 

March. — Death  of  Rev.  George  Nicholson. — /.  1819:  472; 
a  biographical  notice  is  found  in  Hodson's  Catalogue^  for  1850. 

Bristol. — Rev.  Joseph  Enoch  settles  as  minister  here;  the 
society  at  this  time  numbers  twenty-five  members. — Conf,  R. 
1820. 

Derby ^  June  28. — Consecration  of  a  second  New  Church 
temple,  erected  by  Mr.  James  Robinson,  at  his  own  expense. 
—R.  P.  325. 

August  10-12. —  Twelfth  General  Conference.  Six  ordained 
ministers,  one  leader,  and  twelve  lay  representatives  are  pres- 
ent. Robert  Hindmarsh  is  elected  president,  and  Thomas 
Goyder,  secretary.  Thirty-one  communications  are  received 
from  societies  and  leaders.  Resolutions  of  thanks  are  adopted 
to  those  connected  with  the  Missionary  Institution.  The  Con- 
ference listens  to  a  proposed  plan  "  for  settling  places  of  wor- 
ship in  the  New  Church,"  with  drafts  of  a  "Conference  Deed  " 
and  a  "General  Trust  Deed."  These  are  recommended  to  the 
serious  attention  of  every  society,  for  further  consideration  at 
the  next  Conference.  Rev.  Richard  Jones  is  appointed  to  draw 
up  a  catechism,  from  four  previous  catechisms.  Each  minis- 
ter is  requested  to  draw  up  such  a  form  of  discipline  for  the 
external  order  of  the  Church,  as  he  may  judge  expedient,  and 
to  lay  the  same  before  the  next  General  Conference.  Rev. 
John  Clowes  is  requested  to  take  up  his  pen  again  in  refutation 
of  the  many  deistical  publications  now  circulating  in  the 
Christian  world. — Conf  R.  1819  ;  R.  P.  320. 

London^  March  25. — Rev.  Thomas  Churchill  resigns  from 
the  pastorate  of  the  congregation   in  Lisle  street  ;  Mr.  Samuel 


274  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Noble  is  engaged  as  preacher  to  the  society. — /.  1833:  534; 
1873  :   239. 

May  30. — The  chapel  at  Waterloo  Bridge  is  opened  for  wor- 
ship.— /.  1819  :  469. 

June  21. — Tenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society,  C.  A.  Tulk,  presiding.  The  committee  speaks  depre- 
catingly  of  the  results  of  public  advertisements  of  the  Writings. 
It  is  resolved  to  place  sets  of  the  Writings  in  public  libraries 
and  at  watering-piaces,at  an  expense  of  ;^  3oannuaUy. — R.  S.  S, 
10. 

Nezucastle^  April  18. — Rev.  James  Bradley  begins  his  pas- 
torate here  ;  the  story  of  his  vicissitudes  in  this  city  is  told  in 
G.  H.  75. 

Pickerings  January  13. — Rev.  J.  Bradley  preaches  and  lec- 
tures here,  and  lays  the  foundation  of  a  society. — R.  P.  318. 

Warrington^  February  20. — Robert  Hindmarsh  preaches 
successfully  and  establishes  a  society  here. — R.  P.  324. 

Sweden.  Stockholm^  March  i  and  April  24. — Letters  to 
Mr.  Condy  Raguet,  of  Philadelphia,  describe  the  work  of  Rev. 
Johan  Tybeck  ;  he  has  now  taken  up  the  work  of  translating 
the  Arcana  Ccelestia^  Mr.  Deleen  being  prevented  by  illness. — 
Conv.  R.  1820  :  10,  11. 

NOTABI^E   ARTICI^ES. 

hitelledual  Repository,  Vol.  IV. 

Swedenborg's  Prmcipia,  Section  II,  translated  by  Robert  Hindmarsh,  pp. 
347,  416,  481. 

Swedenborg's  early  geological  treatise  "  On  the  Height  of  the  Waters  in 
the  Primeval  World,"  as  originally  published  in  the  Acta  Liter  aria  Sues  cicB^ 
translated  into  English,  p.  455. 

Charles  Augustus  Tulk,  in  an  article  called  "  Lncepta,^''  first  advances  his 
idealistic  and  gnostical  views  respecting  the  non-reality  of  the  Incarnation. 
The  editors  sound  a  warning  against  the  error  ;  pp.  441. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  Coelestia.     Vol.  X.     Manchester. 

Second  English  edition;  published  by  the  Manchester 
Printing  Society. 
Du    del  et  ses  Merveilles,  et   de  L' Enfer.     Brussels.     J. 
Manbach. 


i8ig.  275 

Third  French  edition.     Translated  by  J.  P  Moet,  and 
published  at  the  expense  of  J.  A.  Tulk.     {''Un  Ami  de 
la  Verite.'')     Mentioned  b}^  Gosse,  p.  90. — S.  S.  L. 
Hi7timelska   Hemligheter     (Arcana    Coelestia).       Vol.     I., 
part  2  (Nos.  67-181).     Stockholm.     Deleen. 
First  Swedish  edition. — A.  L. 
La    Vrai  Religion    Chretie7ine     (The  True  Christian  Re- 
ligion).    Brussels.     Manbach.     2  vols. 

Second  French  edition;  translated  by  Moet,  and  pub- 
lished by  J.  A.  Tulk.— S.  S.  L. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  Faith.     Lon- 
don.    S.  S. 

Third  English  edition;  mentioned  in  B.  I. 
The    True    Chris  tiaft    Religioii.      London.     S.    S.     Two 
volumes,  8vo;  sold  for  £\. 

Fifth  English  edition,  revised  by  Rev.  Samuel 
Noble  and  C.  A.  Tulk.  The  latter  has  introduced  into 
the  version  many  peculiar  renderings,  in  support  of  his 
idealistic  and  gnostical  notions.  Mr.  Noble  has  de- 
scribed his  struggles  with  Mr.  Tulk  in  /.  1829:  4.03, 
513;  R.  S.  S.  \\:  6.— S.  S.  L. 
[Anonymous]:  Den  Nya  Kyrkayi,  e  Her  For  stand  och  Tro  i  for- 
bund  (The  New  Church,  or  Reason  and  Faith  united; . 
Strengnas.     Ekmark.      109  pp. 

Translated  from  the  German. — A.  L. 
[Circular]:    Proposal  for  Publishiyig  the  Arcana  Coelestia  i7i  the 
origi7ial  Lati7i  of  the  Ho7i.  Emanuel  Swede7iborg .     Lon- 
don.    Hodson.     4  pp. 

Published  in  French  and  English. — S.  S.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  W.  Roby,  mi7tister  of 
Grosvenor  St.  Church,  Manchester;  containing  strictures 
on  some  passages  in  his  lectures,  in  which  he  speaks  of  the 
Hon.  Ema7iuel  Sivedenborg  and  his  disciples.  Man- 
chester.    Varey.     55  pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1820:   11 1. — A.  L. 
A  Letter  to  the  Rev.   W.  Roby,  in  reply  to  his  late  pamphlet, 
e7iiitled ' ' A7iti-Sivede7iborgia7iis7n .' '   Manchester.  Gleave. 

99  pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  ibid. — A.  L. 
Observations  on  the  Lord' s  Prayer,  on  Christia7i  Perfection, 


276 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


and  071  Prayer  in  general.     London.     Hodson.     30  pp. — 
A.  L. 
Sho7't  Dialogues  for  the  i7istr2iction  of  Youth.     Manchester. 
24  pp. 

A  copy  is  owned  by  Rev.  Frank  Sewall. 
The  Gospel  according  to  John,  translated  a7id  illustrated,  etc. 

First  edition.   Manchester.  J.  Gleave.   327  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Gospel  accordi7ig  to  Matthew.     London.     Hodson. 

Second  edition. — B.  L. 
Wigselri7igen,  eller  e7i  E7igelsk  P?'est?na7is  Tankar  0771 
Gifternialet.  Translated  from  the  English.  Gotten- 
burg.  G.  Lowegren.  48  pp. — N.  K.  B. 
D'Aillant  de  la  Touch e:  E7nanuel  Sweden bo7gs  Ta7ikar  och 
Sy7ier  i  a7idliga  A77inen  (Swedenborg's  thoughts  and 
visions  on  spiritual  subjects).     Stockholm.     400  pp. 

First  Swedish   edition,    translated   from  the   German 
version  of  the  French  original  (of  1788). — N    K.  B. 
[Liturgical]  :   The  Litu7gy  of  the  New  Church,  ivith  Hy 77171  Book. 
Manchester.      106  and  133  pp. 

"Second  edition;"   mentioned  \n  M.  L.    1890:  37. — 

A  cop3'  belongs  to  Rev.  R.  J.  Tilson,  London. 

Origi7ial  Hy77i7is  for  Fa77iily  a7id  Co7ig7'egatio7ial  Worship. 

By     Rev.     Francis     Marcellus.     Hodson.      Manchester. 

Mentioned,  M.  L.  ibid. 

Nordenskjold,  Charles  Frederic  :   Co7iside7'ations  Genh^ales  sur 

le  Christia7iis77ie  Actuel,  et  la  Lu77iiere  que  M.  E77ianuel 

Swede7ibo7g  7'epand  sur  les  Religio7is  (Considerations  on 

the  actual  state  of  Christendom,  and  on  the  light  which 

Swedenborg  sheds  upon  religions).      [Rostock],  96  pp. 

Before  the  printing  of  this  work  had  been  completed, 
the  whole  edition  was  confiscated  by  the  Mecklenburg 
authorities,  for  unknown  reasons.  Only  three  copies 
were  saved  from  destruction;  one  of  these  belongs  to 
Commodore  A.  O.  Nordenskjold,  in  Stockholm.  The 
author  imparts,  here,  much  information  respecting  the 
Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society  and  the  Court  of  Gus- 
tavus  III. ;  he  afterwards  communicated  the  contents  to 
Dr.  Immanuel  Tafel,  by  whom  the  account  has  been 
published  both  in  English  and  in  German. — R.  S.  S.  10: 
9;  D.  I:   621. 


i8ig — 1820,  277 

[Periodical]:    The  Intellectual  Repository  for   18 19;  makes  Vol. 

IV,  together  with  the  issues  for  1818. — A.  L. 
[Reports]  :   General  Conference.     Minutes  of  the  Twelfth  Session. 
London.     Goyder.     48. — A.  L. 
Manchester  Printing    Society.     Seventeenth  report.    Man- 
chester.    18  pp.     Summarized  in /.  1819:  469. — Cin.  L- 
New   Church  Missionary  Ministry.     Third  report  of  the 

committee.     Manchester.     Gleave,  24  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Swede7iborg  Society.     Tenth  Report. — A.  L. 
Roby,  Rev.  ^A^.:  Anti-Szvedeiiborgianism  ;  or,  a  letter  to  the  Rev. 
Jo/m  Clowes.     Manchester.      M.  Richardson.     60  pp. 
Reviewed  in /.  1820:    in. — A.  L. 
Tybeck,   Rev.    Johan:    Christliga  och  vdrdiga  Tankar  om  Gud 
(Christian    and    worthy   thoughts   of   God).     A   poem. 
Gottenburg.      11  pp. — A.  L. 
Christlig    Undersbkning   bfver   Apostelen    Pauli   Lara   om^ 
Lagens   Gerningar,   om    Tro  och  Rdttfdrdighet.     Stock- 
holm.     107  pp. — A.  L. 
Intressant  Ldsning  for  dem  som   tro  pa  ett  lif  efter  delta. 
Gottenburg.      102  pp. 
^Vo^ceste^,  Samuel:  A  Discourse  delivered  before  the  New  Jerii- 
salem   Church   in  Boston,   on    Christmas   Day,   December 
2§,  1818.     Boston.     Cummings  and  Hilliard.     23  pp. — 
A.  L. 

Contemporary  Evknts. 

America.  Florida  is  ceded  to  the  United  States  by  Spain.  Alabama 
is  admitted  into  statehood.  Organization  of  the  American  Methodist  Mis- 
sionary Society.  William  E.  Channing,  of  Boston,  formulates  the  leading 
principles  of  modern  Unitarianism. 

Geym,any.  The  German  princes,  at  the  Congress  of  Carlsbad,  legislate 
against  the  liberties  of  the  press  and  the  universities. 

Great  Britain.     Appearance  of  Walter  Scott's  "  Ivanhoe." 

Russia.  The  Jesuits  are  expelled  from  the  Empire;  foundation  of  the 
University  of  St.  Petersburg. 

South  America.  Bolivar  is  elected  president  of  the  new  republic  of 
Colombia,  formed  by  a  union  of  New  Granada  and  Venezuela. 


1^9  0  America.     According  to  contemporary  statistics 

the  New  Church  in  the   United  States  at  this  time 

numbers  twelve  societies,  eight  ordained   ministers  and  about 


278  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

two  hundred  and  thirty  members. — M,  n.  s.  VI :  440 ;  compare 
Mess.  vol.  47  :  283. 

"  The  apparent  means  of  propagating  the  Doctrines  have 
been  straightened  by  the  difficulties  of  the  times,"  yet  the 
cause  of  Truth  has  made  some  progress  during  the  year. — 
Conv.  R.  1820,  p.  8. 

The  New  Church  in  America,  at  this  time,  begins  to  be 
much  disturbed  by  the  introduction  and  rapid  dissemination 
of  what  afterwards  becomes  known  as  the  "conjugial  heresy" 
or  the  "Boston  principle."  According  to  this  theory,  which 
is  first  developed  by  Mr.  Thomas  Worcester,  of  Boston,  and 
his  brother,  Samuel,  there  is  a  peculiar  "conjugial"  relation 
between  a  pastor  and  his  society,  corresponding  to  the  relation 
between  the  Lord  and  the  Church  in  general,  or  as  between 
the  truth  of  good  and  the  good  of  truth.  The  minister,  ac- 
cording to  the  theorists,  receives  truth  only  in  the  degree  of 
his  own  progress  in  regeneration,  and  must  preach  only  such 
truth  as  he  himself  has  lived.  This  truth,  then,  is  the  truth 
of  his  good,  and  the  society,  when  receiving  and  living  accord- 
ing to  this  truth,  becomes  the  good  of  his  truth.  The  husband 
being,  essentially,  the  truth  of  good,  and  the  wife  the  good  of 
this  truth,  there  must  necessarily  result  a  similar  conjugial 
relation  between  a  pastor  and  his  society.  From  this  argu- 
ment "close  communion"  followed  as  an  inevitable  corollary, 
together  with  a  certain  indissoluble  relation  between  a  pastor 
and  each  member  of  his  flock. 

This  theory  now  begins  to  attract  much  attention;  a 
number  of  ministers  and  societies,  especially  in  New  England, 
warmly  receive  it,  while  others  vigorously  oppose  it,  and  the 
subject  continues  to  be  "  the  burning  question"  in  the  Church 
for  some  twenty  years,  causing  much  distrust  and  dissention. 
A  long  correspondence  on  the  subject,  between  Messrs.  Thomas 
and  Samuel  Worcester,  on  the  one  side,  and  Messrs.  Condy,  W. 
Grant,  R.  Hindmarsh,  Daniel  Lammot,  R.  Arbouin,  C.  Raguet, 
and  John  Clowes,  on  the  other  side,  is  published  in  A^.  IV:  20- 
124.     See  also  M.  19  :  177. 

Abington^    Mass. — The    Rev.    Holland    Weeks,    a    popular 


i82o.  279 

Presbyterian  minister,  receives  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church,  and  begins  to  proclaim  them  openly.  A  great  commo- 
tion follows  :  Mr.  Weeks  is  regularly  tried  for  heresy  by  the 
Presbytery,  is  deprived  of  his  living,  and  excommunicated.  A 
full  report  of  the  trial  is  published  in  Mess.  vol.  46:  291. 
Several  pamphlets,  relative  to  the  trial,  are  published  during 
the  year. 

Cincinnati^  O. — The  growing  society  in  this  city  opens  a 
small  chapel  for  public  worship. — Conv.  R.  1820. 

Maine. — Small,  "  but  highly  respectable  "  societies  exist  in 
Bath  and  Gardiner. — Ibid. 

Philadelphia^  Pa. — The  Rev.  F.  Boyle,  a  minister  of  the 
P'ree-will-Baptists,  in  Frankford,  near  Philadelphia,  embraces 
the  Heavenly  Doctrines  and  joins  the  New  Church,  together  with 
sixty  members  of  his  congregation.  This  forms  the  beginning 
of  the  present  society  in  Frankford. — M.  44 :  553  ;  Conv.  R 
1820. 

The  first  society  in  Philadelphia  appoints  as  lay-readers 
three  young  gentlemen,  one  of  whom  is  Mr.  Richard  De- 
Charms. —  Conv.  R.  1820. 

The  Church  in  Philadelphia  confers  a  special  power  upon 
Rev.  Thomas  Newport,  of  Lebanon,  O.,  to  ordain  Mr.  Thomas 
H.  Roberts,  of  Frankfort,  Ky.  It  is  unknown  whether  the 
ordination  took  place. — Ibid. 

May  1 1- 1 3. — Third  General  Cojtventioit.  Mr.  Hargrove  is 
appointed  president,  and  Mr.  Condy  Raguet,  secretary.  Reports 
and  communications  are  read,  a  committee  is  appointed  for  the 
revision  of  the  Liturgy,  and  societies  are  invited  to  be  more 
free  in  the  sending  of  delegates  and  reports.  It  is  again  resolved 
that  the  churches  at  Baltimore,  Philadelphia,  and  New  York, 
respectively,  ''ordain  no  person  to  the  ministry,  without  the 
concurrence  and  approbation  of  the  ministers  of  the  other  two 
churches,  until  some  regulation  shall  be  established  upon  the 
subject." — Ibid. 

The  spirit  of  this  resolution,  as  aimed  against  the  "con- 
jugial  "  propaganda,  is  described  in  N.  IV  :  123. 

Washington.,  D.  C,  October  15. — Mr.  and  Mrs.   Arnott  are 


28o  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

expelled  from  the  Presbyterian  Church  on  account  of  their  re- 
ception of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. — Mess.  vol.  62  : 

370- 

Canada.  Montreal. — Three  gentlemen  in  this  city  are  men- 
tioned as  receivers  of  the  Doctrines. — Conv.  R.  1820. 

Great  Britain. — "  The  remarkable  and  audacious  activity 
of  the  enemies  of  Religion,"  at  this  time,  is  commented  upon 
in  5.  5'.  R.  II. 

Bristol — A  new  place  of  worship  is  opened  in  Silver  street, 
with  the  Rev.  Joseph  Enoch  as  minister.  Mr.  David  G.  Goyder 
settles  in  Bristol.  —  Conf.  R.  1820;  M.  L.  1895  :  167. 

Chelsea^  June  27. — Death  of  the  Rev.  Isaac  Hawkins,  aged 
83  years.  Formerly  a  local  preacher  under  Mr.  Wesley,  he 
received  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  in  1785,  through 
James  Hindmarsh,  was  expelled  from  the  Methodist  connection 
by  Wesley,  assisted  at  the  opening  of  the  New  Church  chapel 
in  Great  East  Cheap,  1788,  was  ordained  in  1805,  and  ministered 
to  a  small  society  in  Somersetshire,  until  18 14.  He  afterwards 
visited  every  New  Church  society  in  Great  Britain,  and  was  en- 
thusiastically active  until  the  end.  The  scene  at  his  death  is 
remarkably  beautiful  and  inspiring.   See  /.  1820:  200,  265. 

Derby,  August  8-1 1. — Thirteenth  General  Conference. 
Seven  ministers,  four  leaders,  and  twenty  representatives  are 
present.  Mr.  Hindmarsh  is  chosen  president,  and  Mr.  Noble, 
secretary.  It  is  resolved  that  Messrs.  Hindmarsh  and  Jones  be 
appointed  to  present  a  draft  of  a  new  Liturgy  to  the  next  Con- 
ference; that  an  Auxiliary  Missionary  Committee  be  estab- 
lished in  London ;  that  the  consideration  of  a  general  form  of 
discipline  be  postponed;  that  Mr.  Hindmarsh  be  requested  to 
reply  to  the  attack  of  the  Rev.  J.  G.  Pike ;  and  that  the  Con- 
ference Deeds,  as  presented  to  this  Conference,  be  adopted,  Mr. 
Henry  Hindmarsh  to  prepare  them  in  proper  legal  form. — 
Conf.  R.  1820.  Compare  R.  P.  330;  /.  1820:  261. 

August  10. — Mr.  James  Robinson,  leader  of  the  second 
society  in  Derby,  is  ordained,  during  the  Conference,  by  the 
Rev.  Messrs.  Jones  and  Hindmarsh. — Conf.  R.  1820. 

The   Rev.  J.  G.  Pike,  a  Baptist   minister  at  Darby,  alarmed 


i82o.  281 

at  the  progress  of  the  New  Church  in  the  city,  makes  a  furious 
onslaught  on  the  Doctrines,  in  his  pamphlet  Swedenborgianism 
depicted  in  its  true  colors.  It  was  ably  refuted  by  R.  Hind- 
marsh,  but  has  been  reprinted  a  number  of  times,  and  has 
been  published  also  in  Swedish  and  German. — /.  1820:  225. 
Mr.    Pike's  repulsive   personality  is   described  in  M.  L.   1895: 

59- 

Edinburgh. — The  Society  has  removed  from  Potter  Row  to 

a  more  eligible  place  of  worship,  Skinner's  Hall,  High  street. 

A    "Society   for    promoting    the   New    Church   Doctrines   in 

Scotland,"    has    been    formed    by    members    in    Edinburgh, 

Glasgow,   and   Paisley. — Conf.    R.    1820:    23.     The  members 

in   Edinburgh   are   much  troubled   by  a  heated  discussion   as 

to  whether  the  Sacrament  should  be  received  while  they  kneel 

or  remain  seated. —  G.  H.  p.  54. 

Leigh,  September  4. — Mr.  Hindmarsh  preaches  in  the  open 
air  to  an  audience  of  over  a  thousand  persons. — G.  H.  59. 

Liverpool,  January  22. — Death  of  Mr.  Benjamin  Banks, 
aged  sixty-eight  years,  one  of  the  earliest  and  most  active 
members  of  the  New  Church  in  London,  president  of  the 
Third  General  Conference,  in  1791. — /.  1820:   129. 

London,  May  21. — Mr.  Samuel  Noble  is  ordained  into  the 
Ministry  of  the  New  Church,  by  Messrs.  Sibly  and  Churchill. — 
/.  1820:   199. 

June  19. — Eleventh  annual  meeting  and  anniversary  dinner 
of  the  Swedenborg  Society.  The  Writings  have  been  adver- 
tised by  great  placards  in  the  streets  of  London, — though  with 
small  results. — R.  S.  S.  11;  /.  1823:  331. 

Manchester. — A  new  society  has  been  formed,  and  public 
worship  opened  in  St.  George's  Chapel,  in  one  of  the  outskirts 
of  the  city  ;  there  are  about  fifty  members,  most  of  these  recent 
converts.      Rev.  F.  M.  Hodson  is  their  leader. — Conf.  R.  1820: 

31- 

Warrhigton. — A  small  society  has  been  formed  here,  during 
the  year,  in  consequence  of  Mr.  Hindmarsh's  evangelistic 
work. — Ibid. 

Sweden. — The   literary  activity   has  been   great  during   the 


282  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

year.  Several  of  the  Writings  have  been  published,  some  of 
them  in  German.  The  recent  works  of  Mr.  Tybeck  and  Pro- 
fessor Geijer  have  attracted  much  attention. — R.  S.  S.  \\\   12. 

Switzerland. — John  Augustus  Tulk,  Esq.,  pays  a  visit  to 
the  receivers  in  St.  Gallen,  whom  he  describes  as  poor,  inclined 
to  mysticism,  and  very  ignorant  of  the  Doctrines,  yet  simple 
and  well  disposed.  Daniel  NaefF,  their  leader,  is  not  a  clergy- 
man, but  a  poor  peasant,  gifted  with  an  enlightened  and  zealous 
mind  ;  he  has  recently  been  subjected  to  some  persecution  from 
Old  Church  authorities.  Mr.  Tulk  distributes  many  copies  of 
the  Writings  in  French  throughout  Switzerland. — /.  1820: 
330;  R.  S.  S.  II :   II. 

West  Indies.  Cuba,  November  i. — Death  of  Mr.  Alex- 
ander Leslie,  a  prominent  New  Churchman,  and  great  traveler. 
He  was  introduced  into  the  New  Church  by  the  late  James 
Glen,  at  Demerara,  and  had  visited  New  Churchmen  in  all 
parts  of  the  world. — /.  1821:  468;   O,  V:  28. 

NOTABI^E   ArTICIvES. 

Intellectual  Repository,  Vol.  V. 

The  translation  of  the  Principia,  section  2,  continued  and  finished. — /. 
1820:  10,  75. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcadia    Coelestia,    Vols.    XI,    XII.     Manchester. 
Varey. 

Second  English  edition,  now  completed;  published  by 
the  Manchester  Printing  See. — /.  182 1:  401. — B.  L. 
Du  Cheval  Blanc  (on  the  White  Horse).      Brussels. 

Second   French    edition;    published  by  J.    A.    Tulk, 
Esq.— S.  S.  Iv. 
Ge7iesis,    Chapter  /,    explained   by   Emanuel   Swedenborg . 

London.     Hodson.     45  pp. — S.  S.  L. 
Hhnmelska  L'dnnlighter  (x'\rcana  Ccelestia).     Vol.  I,  parts 
III-IV;  Nos.  182-691.     Stockholm.     Deleen. 
First  Swedish  edition. — A.  L. 
O71  the  New  Jerusale^n  a7id  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.     Cam- 
bridge, Mass.     HilHard.     99  pp. 

Second  American  edition;  published  by  subscription, 


i8i2.  283 

and  sold   for  forty  cents   a  copy.     N.   I:  541. — Conv. 
Theol.  School. 
On  the  New  Jerusalem  aiid  its  Heaveyily  Doctriiie.     Cin- 
cinnati.    B.  F.  Powers. 

Third  American  edition. — N.  Y.  L. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerniyig  the  Lord. 
Cincinnati.      160  pp. 

Third  American  edition. — Cin.  ly. 
[Anonymous]  :  A  Calm  and  Conciliatory  Review  of  Swedenborgi- 
anism,  in  a  series  of  letters  addressed  to  an  i7i habitant  of 
Abingdoyi.     Boston.     33  p. — Harvard  Library. 
Emanuel  Swedenborg .     An  excellent  biography  in  a  publi- 
cation entitled  Samtideyis  Mdrkvdrdigaste  Personer.  (The 
most  notable  of  contemporary'   men).     Upsala. — D.  II. 
Preface,  p.  XI. 
Bernard,    Captain:   Opiiscules    Theosophique.    [Paris,    i82o(?)]; 

mentioned  in  /.  1838:  331. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  Treatise  on  Opposites,  their  Nature, 
Origin  and  Uses,  as  affecting  both  the  natural  and 
spiritual  of  mayi.  Manchester.  J.  Gleave.  144  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1821:  395. — A.  L. 
Ser^nons  on  the  Lord' s  Prayer  ajid  on  the  Ten  Command- 
ments.    London.     Hodson.     392  pp. 

The  second  editition;  reviewed  in /.  1821:  333. — B.  L. 
Two  Sermons  on  the  Sacrame^its.     London.      Hodson.      16 
pp.— A.  L 
[Ellingwood,    Rev.  John  W.]:    The  priiicipal  Doctrines  of  the 
New  Jerusalem   Church,  contained  in  forty -tivo  articles. 
With   references   carefully   selected  from   the    Theological 
IVorks  of  Ernanuel  Swede?iborg ,  published  i7i  London,  in 
ijSS.     By  a  communicant  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church, 
Londo7i.    With  extracts  from  his  treatise  on  the  ' '  Pleasures 
of  Insanity  Concerning  Scortatory  Love.''     Bath,  Maine. 
An  insidious  attack  on  the  New  Church,  with  a  care- 
fully veiled  title.      It  has  been  mentioned  and  demolished 
by  Rev.  Samuel   Worcester,  in  his   Remarks  on   Several 
Common  Errors.      1832. 
Geijer,  Eric  Gustaf:    Thorild,  tillika  en  philosophisk  eller  ophilo- 
sophisk  Bekminelse  (Thorild,  a  confession   either  philo- 
sophical or  unphilosophical).     Upsala.   Palmblad. 


284  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

This  purely  New  Church  attack  on  modern  orthodoxy 
by  the  most  famous  of  Swedish  historians,  caused  a  great 
religious  trial  in  Sweden.  See  1821. — Kahl.  IV:  44. 
Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas:  A  Vindicatioii  of  the  Christian  Religion^ 
in  reply  to  Diderot' s  deistical  pamphlet,  published  by  R. 
Carlile.     London.     Hatchard.     35  pp. 

Dedicated  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury;  reviewed 
in  /.  1820:    189.— A.  L. 
The  Lamp  of  Truth.     London.     200  pp. 

A  course  of  lectures,  severely  reviewed  in  /.    1820: 
264;    1821 :  324. 
[Harrison,  William]:  Letters  to  a  Friend,  co7itaining  Remarks 
on  the  Rev.     W.    Roby' s  late  pamphlet,  e^ititled   ^'  Anti- 
Swedenborgiayiism.''      Manchester.     J.  Slack.     75  pp. 

Reviewed  in /.  1820:    191;  vol.  IV:  421. — A.  L. 
Hindmarsh,    Rev.    Robert:  Abrege   des  pri^icipaux   Poifits  de 
Doctriiie  de  la   Vrai  Religion  Chretien7ie.     Paris. 

A    French    translation    of    Mr.     Hindmarsh's    Com- 
pendium. — R.  S.  S.  12:  21.  —  N.  Y.  L. 
A  Key  to  the  Spiritual  Signification   of  Numbers,  and  also 
of  Weights  and  Measures  mentioned  in  the  Holy    Word. 
Manchester.     238  pp. 

A  most  valuable  exegetical  study;  reviewed  in  /. 
1820:  182. — A.  L. 
[Holding,  Jesse  ?]  :  The  Wonderful  Appearance  and  Discourse  of 
Mr.  Deism  and  Mr.  Trinitarianism ,  or  the  two  Demons 
of  the  Western  Bog,  described,  by  Jesse  Holding ,  Journey- 
man  Printer.     Ramsbottom. 

Haslingden  [1820?].     31  pp. — A.  L. 
[Periodical]:    The  Intellectual  Repository  for  1820,  together  with 
the  issues   for    182 1,    constituting  vol.    V  of  the  whole 
series. — A.  L- 
The  New  Jerusalem  Record.      Philadelphia.     No.  i.     July, 
1820. 

This  journal,  of  which  only  a  single  number  appeared, 
was  published  by  the  Philadelphia  Society,  as  a  means 
of  communicating  news  between  the  members  of  the 
Church.  It  contains  little  more  than  the  report  of  the 
Convention  for  1820;  reviewed  in  M.  n.  s.  VIII  :  588. — 
A.  L. 


i82o.  285 

Pernety,  Abbe  A.  J.:  Gra?iskni?ig  af  Emanuel  Sivede^iborgs 
Lefnad  och  Lara,  jefnte  fd^^tecking  pa  Swedenborgs  egen- 
hdndiga  Manuskripter  (A  critical  examination  of 
Swedenborg's  Life  and  Doctrine).  Stockholm.  Trans- 
lated from  Pernety 's  preface  to  the  French  edition  of 
\']%2.—Kahl  II  :  6. 
Pike,  Rev.  J.  G.  :  Sivedenborgianisfn  depicted  iyi  its  True  Colors^ 
or  the  contrast  betiveen  the  Holy  Scriptures  and  the  Writ- 
ings of  Baron  Sivedenborg ,  on  a  variety  of  subjects. 
Derby. 

A  fierce  onslaught  on  the  Heavenly   Doctrines.     Re- 
viewed in  /.      1820  :   225.    ■ 
[Reports]  :  General  Conference,  Minutes  of  the  thirteenth  session. 
London.     Th.  Goyder.     35  pp. — A.  L- 
General     Conventio7i,    Journal    for    1820.      Philadelphia. 

16  pp. — A.  L. 
Ma7ichester  Printing   Society^    i8th    Report.       Noticed    /. 

1820:    124. 
New  Church  Missionary  histitute^  4th  Report.     Noticed   /. 

1820:   258. 
Swedenborg  Society.    Report  of  the  Eleventh  annual  meet- 
ing.    London.  20  pp. 
Salmon,  J.  W.  :   A  friendly  Address  of  Caution  and  Adnioyiition 
to  the  inhabitajits  of  Nantwich.     Nantwich.      135  pp. 
Reviewed.   /.  1820:   317. 
Sibly,    Rev.    Manoah :     A    Fu7ieral  Sermon  occasio?ted  by  the 
Death  of  the  Rev.  Isaac  Hawkins.     London. 
Noticed  in  /.    1820:   264. 
Sturzenbecker,    M.:    Tankar  om  Lifvet  efter  delta    (Thoughts 
on  the  Life  after  this).     Stockholm.      Deleen.     78  pp. — 
A.  L. 
Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan  :  Bihang  till  Skriften  ''  Hvad  dr  Christlig 
Sanjiing  om  GudV      (Appendix  to  the  work:    ''  What 
is  Christian  Truth?")     Stockholm.      116  pp. — A.  L. 
Emanuel  Sivedenborgs  Sk?ifter,  och  Christe?ihete7is  Tillstdnd 
(Swedenborg's  Writings  and  the  state  of  Christendom). 
Carlshamn.      75  pp. 

The  author  here  presents  the  doctrine  of  the  Divine 
authority  of  these  Writings,  and  of  the  devastated  and 
hopeless  state  of  the  old  church. — A.  L. 


286  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Likheten  och  olikheten  mellan  Apostelen  Pauli  Lara  och 
Doctor  Luther s  System  (The  points  of  agreement  and 
disagreement  between  Paul  and  Luther).  Stockholm. 
55  pp.— A.  L. 

Memtiskan,  under  siyi  lefnad  i  tiden,  stadd  i  tvenne  verldar 
(Man  during  his  temporal  existence,  living  in  two 
worlds).     Stockholm.     66  pp. — A.  L. 

Okonstladt  och  allvarligt  Fdrsvar  mot  "  Oswald  den 
Gamle  "  (A  simple  and  earnest  reply  to  the  attack  on 
the  New  Church  by  the  pseudonym  "  Oswald  the  Old.") 
Gottenburg.     256  pp. — A.  L. 

Religione?is  Helgedom  (The  Sanctuary  of  Religion). 
Stockholm.      138  pp. — A.  L. 

Vdlgru7idade  Anmarkningar  mot  de  irriga  satser  som  inne- 
hdllas  i  skrifteii  "  Trost  for  deji  Brottslige''  (Well- 
founded  observations  on  the  erroneous  teachings  of  M. 
Sturtzenbecker's  ' '  Consolation  for  the  criminal  "  ) .  Got- 
tenburg. 131  pp. — A.  L. 
Von  "Walden,  F.:  Assessor  Swedenborgs  Levuet.  (The  Life  of 
Swedenborg).     Copenhagen. 

Mentioned  in  D.  II  :  preface,  p.  xv. 
Weeks,  Rev.  Holland  :     The  Lord' s  Words  are  Spirit  and  are 
Life.   A  discourse  delivered  in  Abingdon,  Mass.  Boston. 
J.  Loring.     24  pp. — B.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Organization  of  the  first  Lutheran  Synod  in  the  United  States. 
Foundation  of  the  Missionary  Society  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
America.  Maine  is  admitted  as  a  State,  separate  from  Massachusetts.  The 
"Missouri  Compromise"  bill  prohibits  slavery  in  the  territory  purchased 
from  France,  north  of  latitude  30°  30^,  but  Missouri  is  excepted. 

Denmark.  The  relation  between  electricity  and  magnetism  is  discovered 
by  Oersted. 

France.  Assassination  of  the  Duke  of  Berry,  son  of  the  future  King 
Charles  X. 

Great  Britain.  Death  of  George  III.,  and  accession  of  George  IV.  Death 
of  the  Duke  of  Kent,  the  father  of  Queen  Victoria.  Queen  Caroline,  the 
ill-used  wife  of  George  IV,  is  tried  for  adultery,  but  the  proceedings  are 
adandoned,  owing  to  the  popular  indignation. 

Italy.  The  secret  revolutionary  society  of  Carbonari  rises  against  Ferdinand 
I.  of  Naples. 

Portugal.  A  successful  popular  revolution  abolishes  the  Inquisition  and 
the  remnants  of  feudalism. 


i82o — 1821,  287 

Russia.  The  Jesuit  order  is  prohibited,  and  the  Jesuits  are  expelled  from 
the  country. 

Spain.  The  palace  of  the  Inquisition  at  Madrid  is  destroyed  by  an  upris- 
ing of  the  people.  The  Cortes  are  forced  to  suppress  the  institution. 
Ferdinand  VII.  is  forced  to  restore  the  constitution  of  181 2. 

Turkey.  Ali  Pasha,  "the  Lion  of  Janina,"  revolts  against  the  Sultan,  and 
is  captured  after  a  long  and  bloody  siege. 


y  Q  ^  y  America.  Abmgto7i^  Mass. — The  wide-spread  atten- 

tion given  to  the  religious  trial  of  the  Rev.  Holland 
Weeks  is  said  to  have  resulted,  ultimately,  in  the  establishment 
of  four  different  New  Church  Societies  in  Massachussetts :  at 
Abington,  Bridgewater,  North  Bridgewater  (Brockton),  and 
Kast  Bridgew^ater.  —  Mess.  vol.  64:   no. 

Baiting  {River head^  L.  /.,  New  York). — Mr.  Horton  con- 
ducts regular  services  for  a  small  society  in  this  place. — Coiiv. 
R.  1821:  2. 

Baltimore^  Md. — About  thirty  adults  and  children  have  been 
baptized  here  since  the  last  Convention. — Ibid. 

Bosto?i^  Mass. — The  society  has  now  begun  to  make  pro- 
vision for  the  support  of  a  regular  minister.  The  subject  of 
rebaptism  is  much  discussed  among  the  members. — Ibid.  M. 
31:   162. 

New  York  City^  July  i. — Consecration  of  the  new  temple 
of  the  New  York  society,  in  Pearl  street,  near  Chatham  street. 
The  ceremony  and  the  representative  robes  of  the  officiating 
ministers,  are  described  in  Conv.  R.  1821  :  6.  (Mr.  Carll,  the 
preacher,  is  robed  in  white  linen,  representative  of  the  Divine 
Truth ;  Mr.  Doughty,  who  read  the  prayers,  appears  in  a  black 
gown,  to  represent  a  state  of  contrition  and  humiliation). 

July  23. — Fourth  General  Co7wentio)i.  Rev.  Lewis  Beers 
is  chosen  president,  and  Mr.  Samuel  Woodworth,  secretary. 
The  meeting  unanimously  adopts  a  report  by  a  committee, 
recommending  that  ministers  should  not  feel  obliged  to  with- 
draw from  secular  occupations,  such  uses  being  considered 
necessary  for  the  personal  regeneration  of  the  preachers  ;  and 
that  every  society  should  be  left  free  to  adopt  its  own  rules  and 
rep-ulations.     These  recommendations  are  adopted  in  reply  to 


288  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

a  communication  from  Boston.  It  is  also  resolved  that  a  sepa- 
rate Journal  of  the  Convention  be  published,  at  the  expense  of 
the  society  entertaining  the  Convention  ;  that  a  fund  be  col- 
lected for  missionary  uses ;  that  the  Liturgy  and  Hymnbook  re- 
cently prepared  by  the  Philadelphia  Society  be  generally  recom- 
mended, and  that  facts  relating  to  the  historv  of  the  New 
ChuTch  in  America  be  transmitted  to  the  next  Convention. 

Philadelphia. — The  society  here  is  described  as  unanimously 
opposed  to  the  "conjugial"  heresy. — N.  IV:   124. 

April  15. — Rev.  Holland  Weeks,  of  Abington,  Mass.,  is 
baptized  into  the  faith  of  the  New  Church.  On  the  Sunday 
following,  April  22,  he  is  ordained  by  the  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll, 
and  immediately  sets  out  on  a  long  and  successful  missionary 
journey  through  Virginia. — Conv.  R,  1821. 

France.  Bordeaux. — Captain  Bernhard,  a  French  officer, 
receives  the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  and  begins  to  communicate 
these  to  his  fellow  officers.  The  movement,  for  a  time,  is 
much  mixed  with  mysticism  and  magical  practices. — C.  H, 
87:  J/.  31:  461  ;  Mess.  vol.  47:   205. 

Germany.  Potsdam^  near  Berlin.,  April  28. — A  communi- 
cation, signed  by  Herr  Vorpahl,  pastor  primarius,  Frank,  royal 
apothecary,  and  Captain  Reyman,  requests  the  London  Sweden- 
borg  Society  to  publish  a  German  edition  of  the  True  Christian 
Religion^  and  promises  assistance. — R.  S.  S.  12:  17. 

Tiibingen^  December  17. — Immanuel  Tafel,  having  finished 
his  studies  at  the  University,  issues  a  Prospectus,  declaring  his 
intention  to  publish  all  the  Writings  of  Swedenborg  in  Ger- 
man and  in  Latin,  and  asks  for  assistance  for  this  grand  pur- 
pose (to  which  he  devoted  his  entire  life,  and  nearly  accom- 
plished).—Z>.  II:  1332;  M.  18:  109;  33:  541;  36:  444;  /. 
1863:  564. 

Great  Britain.  Derby,  March  18. — Mr.  Madeley's  new 
chapel  is  consecrated  and  opened  for   worship. — /.    1821:  404. 

August  14-17. — Fozirteenth  General  Conference.  Seven 
ministers  and  nineteen  representatives  are  present.  The  officers 
remain  the  same  as  last  year.  The  Conference  Deeds,  as  finally 
drawn  up  by  Mr.  Henry  Hindmarsh,  are  unanimously  adopted 


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i82i.  289 

and  signed  by  all  the  members  present ;  a  Board  of  Trustees 
is  elected,  the  ministers,  at  their  own  request,  being  declared 
ineligible  for  service  as  trustees.  Subscriptions  are  opened  for 
a  "  General  Conference  Fund  ;"  forms  for  Bequests  are  adopted  ; 
all  societies  are  recommended  to  adopt  rules  of  Discipline,  etc. 
—  Conf,  R.  182 1  ;  R.  P.  345-347- 

London,  May  28. — Death  of  Mr.  Harry  Hodson,  the  New 
Church  publisher,  an  indefatigable  laborer  for  the  promotion 
of  the  Doctrines,  which  he  had  received  while  reading  the  proof- 
sheets  of  the  Writings.  The  publication  office  is  continued  by 
his  brother,  Mr.  James  S.  Hodson. — /.  1821  :  473. 

June  19. —  Twelfth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  Information  is  given  respecting  the  purchase  of  a 
great  number  of  the  original  editions  of  Swedenborg's  Writ- 
ings, for  a  small  sum,  from  a  person  who  was  about  to  sell 
them  for  waste  paper. — R.  S.  S.  12. 

October  8. — Organization  of  "  The  Missionary  and  Tract 
Society  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church"  at  a  general  meeting 
at  the  chapel  in  Lisle  street.  The  society  begins  with  a  mem- 
bership of  more  than  one  hundred  persons,  and  an  annual  in- 
come of  ^66. — /.  1822  :  66  ;  R.  P.  n^]  ;  M.  L.  1896  :  505. 

October  25. — Death  of  Mr.  Charles  Jenkins,  Secretary  of 
the  Swedenborg  Society,  and  one  of  the  most  liberal  supporters 
of  the  Church  in  London.  He  built  the  chapel  in  Waterloo 
Road  at  his  own  expense. — /.  1821  :  334;  R.  S.  S.  12  :  9.  See 
also  the  obituary  sermon,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder. 

November  27. — Death  of  Mr.  James  Arbouin,  aged  eighty 
years,  a  London  merchant  of  great  talents  and  culture,  a  dis- 
tinguished, liberal,  and  consistent  member  of  the  New  Church, 
one  of  the  editors  of  the  Aurora,  in  1800,  a  frequent  contributor 
to  the  Intellectual  Repository,  and  author  of  the  popular  Dis- 
sertati07is  07i  the  Regenerate  Life,  and  other  works. — His  inter- 
esting biography  is  published  in  /.  1822  :  129. 

Reading,  April  3. — Death  of  Mr.  John  Mansfield,  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  New  Church,  for  the  promotion  of  which 
he  bequeathed  ^3,000. — /.  182 1  :  467,  468. 

Holland.     Rotterdam,  November  23. — Death  of  Mr.  Charles 


290  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Ley,  a  distinguished  and  zealous  New  Churchman,  since  1790 
active  in  propagating  the  Doctrines  in  Holland  and  on  the  Con- 
tinent.— /.  1822  :   128.      Gosse,  pp.  75,  79. 

South  America.  Georgetown  {Demerara\  March  16. — 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Scott,  in  a  letter  to  the  Swedenborg  Society, 
describes  the  few  receivers  in  Deraerara,  and  the  peculiar  cir- 
cumstances of  the  death  of  a  Mr.  Meredith.  —  R.  S.  S.  12  :  13. 

Sweden.  Upsala. — The  whole  country  is  greatly  excited 
over  the  religious  trial  of  Professor  Eric  G.  Geijer  (afterwards 
the  famous  national  historian  of  Sweden).  Having  published 
a  work  in  defence  of  the  principles  of  the  poet  Thorild,  he 
is  called  to  account  by  the  Chancellor  of  Justice  for  having 
denied  the  doctrine  of  the  Trinity  and  the  Atonement,  but 
especially  for  having  published  the  following  syllogism : 
"  The  Church  maintains  that  there  are  three  persons  in  the 
God-head.  Each  one  of  these  persons  is  God.  God  is  the  tri- 
personal.  It  thus  follows  that  each  person  is  tri-personal." 
Geijer,  in  his  eloquent  defence,  expounds  the  doctrines  at  issue 
according  to  tlie  Writings,  but  without  mentioning  Sweden- 
borg, and  argues  so  skillfully  that  the  accuser  is  forced  to 
defend  his  orthodoxy  by  admitting  the  justice  of  Geijer's  (and 
Swedenborg's)  doctrine.  The  trial  closes  by  the  complete  ac- 
quittal of  Professor  Geijer. — Kalil  IV:  44-59;  /.  1822:  60; 
R.  S.  S.  12:  14. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  De  la  Noiivelle  Jerusalem  et  sn    Doctrine   Celeste. 
Paris. 
Third  French  edition;  mentioned  in  B.  I. — S.  S.  L. 
Doctrine  de  la   Vie  pour  la  Nouvelle  Jhmsalem.      Paris. 

Second   French   edition;  translated  by   M.  Moet. — N. 
Y.  L. 
Hiinmelska    Lbnnligheter      (Arcana    Coelestia).     Vol.    I, 
parts   VII-IX,    Nos.    692-1,113,    completing  Vol.    I. — 
Stockholm.     Deleen. 

First  Swedish  edition;  some  copies  have  an  engraved 
title  page,  with  portrait  of  Swedenborg.  The  I^ondon 
Swedenborg  Society  assisted  the  publication  by  the  sum 
of  /60.— A.  I.. 


i82i.  291 

Lefvernes-Ldra  for  det  Nya  Jerusalem  (Doctrine  of  Life). 
Stockholm.     Deleen. 

First  Swedish  edition;  translated  by  Carl  Deleen,  and 
published  by  the  Society    ''Pro  Fide  et  Charitate.'' — 
Kahl\\\\  79. 
Om  Hi77imelen  och  dess  underbara   ting,  och  om  Helvetet. 
(On  Heaven  and  Hell).     Stockholm.     Deleen.     524  pp. 
First  Swedish  edition;  translated  by  Deleen,  and  pub- 
lished by  "  Pro  Fide  et  Charitate.'' — Kahl,  ibid. — A.  L,. 
The   Doctri7ie  of  Chaidty  and  Faith;    extracted  front  the 
Arcana     Ccelestia.      Manchester.      Gleaver.      90    pp. — 
Conv.  Theol.  School. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem   concer7iing   the  Lord. 
Cambridge,  Mass. 

Fourth   American   edition;    published  by  the   Boston 
Society. — N.  I:  541. 
7'he  Doctrine  of  Life  for  the  New  Jertisalem.      Boston. 
Cumings  and  Hilliard. 

Third  American  edition. — N.  Y.  L. 
Vom    Neuen    Jerusalem    iind  dessen    Him^nlischen    Lehre. 
Reutlingen. 

Sixth  German  edition;  mentioned  in  T.  M.  II:   199. 
[Anonymous] :   An  affectionate  address  to  Trinitarians  and  Uni- 
tarians,   by    a   layman   of  the   New  Jerusalem    Church. 
Baltimore.     Lusby.     20  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Something   New   under   the   Su7i;    or   a    Book    without   a 
Preface!  1 1     Cincinnati.     47  pp. 

A  rambling  account  of  the  New  Church. — Cin.  L. 
Arbouin,  James:   Select   Aphorisms  for  the    Serious  and    Well 
disposed.     London. 

Noticed  in  /.   1821:  467. 
The  Mirror  of  the  Human  Mind.     London. 

A  collection  of  poems,  noticed  in  /.  VI:  68. 
Bradley,  Rev.  James:  A  Lectiu^e  on  the  Godhead  and  the  Holy 
Trinity.     Newcastle.     52  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1821:  467. — A.  L. 
A  Course  of  Thirteen  Lectures  07i  the  most  important    Theo^ 
logical  Subjects.     London.     354  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  VI:   121. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:   Christian   Temper.     Manchester.     Varey. 
95  pp. 


2Q2  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

A  collection  of  sermons;  reviewed  in  /.  VI:  i88.  A 
second  edition  was  published  in  1822. — A.  L. 
[Ettrick,  Rev.  W.]:  The  Trial  of  the  Spirits, — or  a  Demonst7'a- 
tio?i  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg , 
as  the  same  are  set  forth  i?i  a  Vindicatio7i  from  the  cavil 
of  all  objectors,  by  Robert  Hindmarsh.  Sunderland. 
301  pp. 

A  violent,  scurrilous  attack  on  the  New  Church,  pub- 
lished anonj^mously   under  a   misleading  title,  as  if  by 
Robert   Hindmarsh.      The  author,  a   clergyman  of   the 
Established  Church,  was  skillfully  unmasked  by  Rev. 
Samuel  Noble,  and  his  lies  and  perversions  exposed  in 
\.\iQ  l7itellectual  Repositofy,  1825:  590,  668. 
Goyder,  Rev.    Thomas:  A   sermoyi  occasio7ied    by  the  de77iise  of 
Mr,  folui  Ma7isfield.     London. 
Noticed  in /.  182 1:  467. 
Depa7'ted    Worth:    a    ser7no}i    occasio7ied   by   the    de77iise   of 
Cha7ies  fe7iki7ts,  Esq.     London. 
Noticed  in /.  1821:  333. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert:   A    Vi7idicatio7i  of  the   Cha7'acter  a7id 
Writi7igs  of  the  Ho7i.  Ei7ia7iuel  Swedenborg ,  agai7ist  the 
slanders  a7id  77iis7'ep7^ese7itations  of  the  Rev.  f.  G.  Pike,  of 
Derby.     Manchester.      290  pp. 

A  ma.sterful  defence  of  the   Heavenly  Doctrines;    re- 
viewed in  /.  1821:  519;  VI:  47;  R.  P.  332. — K.  L. 
Hodson,    Rev.   James:  A    Catechism   07i    the    Ch7istia7i    Na77ie. 
London. 

Second  edition;  noticed  in /.  1821:  467. 
[Juvenile]:  A  Catechism  for  the  use  of  childre7i,   ag7'eeable  to  the 
Heave7ily    Doctriiie   of   the    Neiv   Jerusale77i.     London. 
Goyder.  8  pp. — A.  L. 
[Liturgical]:  Mo7go7i  och   Aftonbd7ier    (Morning  and  Evening 
Prayers).     Stockholm.     12  pp. 
Fourth  edition. — A.  L. 
Madeley,    Rev.    Edward:     Pastoral  Instyiiction,    etc.      Derby. 
Richardson.      140  pp. 

A    defence   of    the  New  Church    against  J.  G.  Pike; 
reviewed  in  /.  1821:  514;  R.  P.  332. — A.  L. 
Noble,  Rev.  Samuel  :    The  Doctri7ie  of  the  Scriptures  respecti7ig 
the   Divine     Tri7iity,    Regene7^atio7i    a7id    Good     Wo7'ks. 
London.     Simpkins.     34  pp. 


i82i.  293 

Reviewed  in  /.  1821:  533;  R.  P.  343. — A.  L. 
[Periodical]  :     The   Intellectual  Repository   for   1821. — Vol.    V. 

London.     536  pp. — A.  L. 
[Reports]  :     Getieral   Confererice.     Minutes   of    the    Fourteenth 
Session.     London.     Th.  Goyder.     67  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Convention.    Journal  for  1821.     New  York.    8  pp. 

—A.  L. 
Manchester  Printing  Society.      19th  Report.     Noticed,   /. 

1821:  401. 
Swedenborg  Society.     Report  of  the  Twelfth  Annual  Meet- 
ing.    London.      19  pp. 
[Robsahm,  Carl]  :  Strodda  Anteckningar  horande  till  Sweden- 
borgs  Lefveme.   (Memoirs  of  Swedenborg.)     Carshamn. 
Soderstrom.     28  pp. — A.  L. 
Sturtzenbecker,   M.:    Tr'dst  fdr  deyi  brottslige.   (Consolation  for 

the  Criminal.)  Stockholm.  Deleen.  Second  edition. 
Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan  :  Den  wigtiga  striden  emellan  Saiinigeris 
Ljus  och  Fdrdomniar7ies  M'drker  (The  momentous  combat 
between  the  light  of  truth  and  the  darkness  of  preju- 
dices). Stockholm.  Deleen.  266  pp. 
Of'drgriplig  Anledning  till  Christeligt  behjertande,  etc. 
Stockholm.     75  pp. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Africa.  The  repubHc  of  Liberia  is  founded  by  the  American  Coloniza- 
tion Society. 

America.  Monroe  enters  on  his  second  term  of  administration.  Missouri 
is  admitted  as  a  State  of  the  Union. 

Brazil.  The  country  declares  itself  independent  of  Portugal.  John  VI 
returns  to  Portugal,  leaving  his  son,  Dom  Pedro,  as  regent  in  Brazil. 

Central  America.  The  colonies  in  Central  America  declare  themselves 
independent  of  Spain. 

France,  Saint  Simon,  the  French  socialist,  publishes  his  "Systeme  In- 
dustriel." 

Great  Britain.  Death  of  Queen  Caroline. 

Greece.  Outbreak  of  the  Greek  Revolution.  The  patriots,  under  Ypsi- 
lanti,  are  defeated  in  the  North,  but  are  successful  on  the  Morea  and  in  the 
Archipelago.  Tripolitza  is  taken  by  storm.  The  Greek  patriarch  is  hung 
at  Constantinople.     A  provisional  government  is  established  in  Greece. 

Italy.  The  autocratic  goverament  in  Naples  is  restored  by  Austrian 
troops.  A  revolution  breaks  out  in  Piedmont,  and  a  liberal  constitution  is 
proclaimed,  but  is  subsequently  annulled  by  Austria. 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


Mexico.  Iturbide,  the  "  I^iberator,"  overthrows  the  power  of  Spain  and 
secures  the  independence  of  the  country. 

South  AmeHca.  Bolivar,  by  the  victory  at  Carabobo,  puts  an  end  to  the 
Spanish  dominion  in  Colombia.  San  Martin  proclaims  the  independence 
of  Peru. 

St.  Heleyia.     Death  of  Napoleon  Bonaparte  (May  5). 

1822  America.     Abmgdofi^    Va. — Owing  to  the  evan- 

gelistic labors  of  the  Rev.  Holland  Weeks,  the 
Church  makes  great  progress  here,  between  fifty  and  sixty 
persons ,  receiving  Baptism  within  one  year.  Mr.  Nathaniel 
Holly,  formerly  of  New  York,  settles  as  minister  here,  and  is 
ordained  at  Baltimore,  October  27,  by  Rev.  John  Hargrove, 
receiving  at  once  all  clerical  powers,  including  the  authority 
to  ordain  other  ministers. — Conv.  R.  1882  :  7 ;  J/.  43  :  551. 

Bath^  Me. — The  circle  now  numbers  about  twenty  receivers. 
A  missionary  tract  is  published. — Conv.  R.  1822  :  8. 

Bostoji.,  Mass. — Mr.  Thomas  Worcester  officiates  regularly 
as  the  minister  to  the  Society.  The  leaders  are  engaged  in  a 
lively  controversy  with  prominent  members  of  the  Society  in 
Philadelphia,  respecting  the  "  conjugial  relation,"  the  former 
denying,  the  Philadelphians  upholding  the  absolute  authority 
of  the  Writings. — A^.  iv  :  66-121. 

Lydia  Maria  Child,  afterwards  famous  as  authoress,  at  this 
time  becomes  a  member  of  the  Boston  society.  She  after- 
wards falls  away  from  the  New  Church.      * 

August  10. — Organization  of  the  "Boston  Society  for  Com- 
municating Truth," — a  New  Church  "  Evidence  "  society, 
of  a  literary  character,  formed  by  Samuel  Worcester,  T.  B. 
Hayward,  Sampson  and  Caleb  Reed,  Warren  Goddard,  H.  G. 
Foster,  Theophilus  Parsons,  T.  H.  Carter,  Simeon  Child,  and 
B.  F.  Ivoring, — all  young  men  of  subsequent  prominence  in  the 
Church.  Weekly  meetings  are  held  until  1824.  The  activity 
of  the  Society  is  described  in  M.  71,  s.  xiv  :  569. 

Henderson^  N.  Y. — The  Rev.  Holland  Weeks  settled  on  his 
farm  in  this  region,  near  Lake  Ontario.  He  is  engaged  in  ex- 
tensive evangelistic  labors,  travelling  in  all  directions,  and  fre- 
quently  preaching   the   Doctrines   to    congregations   of  from 


l822.  295 

twelve  to  fifteen  hundred  persons. — Coiw,  R.  1822  ;  J/.  23  : 
332. 

Jeffersonville^  Ind. — A  "  pretty  large  society  "  is  said  to  have 
been  formed. — Conv.  R.   1822  :  8. 

Kentucky. — The  societies  at  Knoxville  and  Louisville  are 
described  as  increasing.  Mr.  Thomas  H.  Roberts  is  preaching 
occasionally. — Ibid.  9. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati. — The  Society  is  flourishing  exceedingly, 
but  radical  notions,  developed  by  Mr.  Daniel  Roe,  begin  to 
create  some  disturbance. — Ex.  174. 

The  work  of  Jonathan  Chapman  ("Johnny  Appleseed  ")  is 
reported  to  the  General  Convention : 

"  One  very  extraordinary  missionary  continues  to  exert,  for 
the  spread  of  Divine  Truth,  his  modest  and  humble  efforts, 
which  would  put  the  most  zealous  members  to  the  blush.  We 
now  allude  to  Mr.  J.  Chapman,  from  whom  we  are  in  the  habit 
of  hearing  frequently.  His  temporal  employment  consists  in 
preceding  the  settlements,  and  sowing  nurseries  of  fruit  trees, 
which  he  avows  to  be  pursued  for  the  chief  purpose  of  giving 
him  an  opportunity  of  spreading  the  Doctrines  throughout  the 
western  country.  In  his  progress,  which  neither  heat  nor  cold, 
swamps  nor  mountains,  are  permitted  to  arrest,  he  carries  on  his 
back  all  the  New  Church  publications  he  can  procure,  and  dis- 
tributes them  wherever  opportunity  is  afforded.  So  great  is  his 
zeal,  that  he  does  not  hesitate  to  divide  his  volumes  into  parts, 
and,  by  repeated  calls,  enable  the  readers  to  peruse  the  whole 
in  succession.  Having  no  family,  and  inured  to  hardships  of 
every  kind,  his  operations  are  unceasing.  He  is  now  employed 
in  traversing  the  district  between  Detroit  and  the  closer  settle- 
ments of  Ohio.  What  shall  be  the  reward  of  such  an  indi- 
vidual, where,  as  we  are  told  in  the  Holy  Writ,  '  they  that  turn 
many  lo  righteousness  shall  shine  as  the  stars  forever.''^ — Conv. 
R.  1822  :  8. 

Philadelphia.,  Pa.^  June  3-5. — Fifth  General  Convention. 
Rev.  John  Hargrove  is  chosen  president,  and  Mr.  Daniel 
Lammot,  secretary.  The  Rev.  T.  Boyle,  and  his  society  at 
Frankford,  are,  by  resolution,  admitted  into  the  fellowship  of 


296  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

the  New  Church,  being  allowed  to  retain  their  mode  of  Baptism 
by  immersion.  Resolutions  are  adopted  recommending  the 
custom  of  family  worship,  the  support  of  missionary  work, 
the  publication  of  a  quarterly  magazine,  and  various  measures 
intended  as  a  guard  against  the  admission  of  unsuitable  persons 
into  the  office  of  the  ordained  ministry.  The  receivers  in  the 
West  are  recommended  to  form  district  conventions. —  Cojiv,  R, 
1822.     The  spirit  of  the  meeting  is  described  in  N.  iv  :  123. 

Great  excitement,  in  regard  to  the  New  Church,  is  aroused 
in  Philadelphia  by  two  public  events,  the  furious  attack  on  the 
Heavenly  Doctrines  by  the  Rev.  Jackson  Kemper,  a  prominent 
Episcopalian  minister,  (see  "Publications"),  and  the  open 
avowal  of  these  Doctrines  by  the  Rev.  Manning  B.  Roche, 
another  popular  minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  The 
latter,  on  Dec.  15,  preaches  his  resignation  sermon  to  his  great 
congregation,  and  immediately  begins  to  preach  the  Doctrines 
of  the  New  Church  in  two  different  places  in  the  city.  A 
number  of  his  former  parishioners  follow  him  into  the  New 
Church. — Coitzj.  R.  1823:  17;  N.  J.  Miss.  p.  41,  45.  His 
eloquent  address  of  farewell,  and  the  stirring  scene  of  his  leav- 
ing, are  published  in  /.  1823:  416. 

St.  Charles^  Missouri. — A  New  Church  Society  is  established 
here,  not  far  from  St   Louis. — Conv.  R.  1822:  9. 

France.  Anger. — M.  Verdier,  a  publisher,  requests  the 
British  Swedenborg  Society  to  co-operate  with  him  in  reprint- 
ing the  Latin  edition  of  the  Arcana  Coelestia  and  other  works 
by  Swedenborg.  The  proposal  is  declined,  as  not  coming 
within  the  plan  of  the  Society. — R.  6'.  5.  13 :   10. 

Coiitanches^  in  Normandy. — A  New  Church  Society,  consist- 
ing of  fifteen  members,  has  recently  been  formed  here. — /. 
1822:  202. 

Germany.  Basel. — Mr.  John  Henry  Smithson,  a  young 
Englishman,  student  of  Theology  at  the  University  of  Basel, 
receives  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  through  the  reading 
of  Heave7i  and  Hell.  He  soon  afterwards  becomes  acquainted 
with  J.  A.  Tulk,  Esq.,  and  visits  Dr.  Tafel  at  Tiibingen. — /. 
1864:   209. 


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Tubingen. — Dr.  Steudel,  Professor  of  Theology  at  the  Uni- 
versity, in  an  article  in  the  Suabian  Mercuiy^  severely  con- 
demns Dr.  Tafel's  proposition  to  publish  Swedenborg's  works 
in  German.  Dr.  C.  Barth,  another  theological  professor,  soon 
afterwards  issues  his  well-known  pamphlet  ''A  Warning 
against  Swedenborgianism." — /.  1830:  8. 

Great  Britain.  Brightlingsea^  Aug.  23. — Death  of  Rev. 
Robert  Brant,  at  the  age  of  74  years.  The  deceased  was  a 
member  of  the  "  Theosophical  Society"  in  1784,  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  separate  New  Church  in  London,  1787; 
receiving  ordination,  in  1791,  he  settled  in  Bristol  as  the  first 
minister  of  that  Society,  and  served  subsequently  in  Hull, 
1807,  in  London,  (Dudley  Court),  18 10,  and  at  Brightlin^sea, 
1810-1822,  where  he  was  greatly  respected. — /.  1822:  346. 

Bristol — A  "split"  occurs  in  this  Society;  a  minority,  re- 
taining the  services  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Enoch,  open  a  place  of 
worship  in  " Horse  Fair;"  the  majority  remaining  at  Silver 
St.,  engage  as  pastor  Mr.  David  G.  Goyder,  who,  on  Nov.  3,  is 
ordained  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Churchill. —  /.  1822:  544; 
Conf.  R.   1822  :  32. 

Dublin. — A  society  exists  here,  under  the  leadership  of  Mr. 
Joseph  Radley. — Ibid.  p.  43. 

Dundee. — An  ecclesiastical  adventurer,  belonging  to  the 
"Relief"  Church,  attracts  great  attention  through  his  eloquence 
and  new  doctrines.  A  number  of  his  hearers,  accidentally  dis- 
covering that  these  teachings  were  those  of  the  New  Jerusalem, 
embrace  the  same  heartily,  but  separate  from  the  preacher,  who 
is  found  to  be  a  fraud.  A  new  society  is  formed,  and  the  mem- 
bers enter  into  connection  with  the  General  Conference. — 
Conf.  R.  1822:  43;  /.  1822:  540.  See  also  i?.  P.  367,  and 
N.  C.  M.  I:  52. 

Edinburgh. --Th^  members  here  institute  "The  North 
British  Missionary  and  Tract  Society  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
Church."  The  Rev.  T.  Goyder,  of  London,  lectures  with 
great  success,  and  baptizes  thirty-three  persons. — Conf.  R. 
1822 :  42. 


298  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Glasgow. — Rev.  T.  Goyder,  while  lecturing  here,  baptizes 
twenty-one  adults  and  eight  children. — Ibid.  p.  42. 

Hull. — The  society,  after  the  successful  termination  of  a 
tedious  law  suit,  gain  possession  of  the  Chapel,  together  with 
a  debt  to  the  lawyers,  amounting  to  ;^7oo ;  the  payment  of 
the  interest  of  this  debt  consumes  about  half  of  the  income 
from  the  societ>'s  estate. — Ibid.  p.  41. 

Lo7ido7i^  June  19. — Thirteenth  annual  meeting  of  the 
Swedenborg  Society.  The  committee  reports  the  publication 
of  a  new  edition  of  the  Doctrine  of  the  Lord. — R.  S.  S.  13. 

The  society  in  Lisle  St.,  under  Mr.  Noble,  numbers  120 
members;  the  society  in  Waterloo  Road,  under  Mr.  Goyder, 
has  over  100  members.  Twenty-one  adults  have  been  baptized 
during  the  year.  The  Sunday  School  has  been  discontinued, 
to  make  room  for  a  new  institution,  "The  New  Jerusalem 
Free  School." — Conf.  R.  1822:  32. 

Manchester^  Nov.  i. — Death  of  Mr.  William  Harrison,  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Church,  founder  of  the  society  at 
Mansfield,  and  distinguished  by  his  literary  labors  in  behalf  of 
the  Doctrines. — /.  1822:  421. 

Paisley. — The  society  here  is  split  into  two  parties,  owing 
to  personal  differences.  Public  services  are  discontinued. — 
Conf.  R.  1822:  29,  42. 

Salford^  Aug.  13-17. — Fifteenth  General  Conference.  Eight 
ministers  and  thirty-seven  representatives  are  present.  Mr. 
Hindmarsh  is  chosen  president,  and  Mr.  Noble,  secretary. 
Resolutions  are  adopted,  affirming  the  desirability  of  uni- 
formity in  worship,  etc.  Mr.  Hindmarsh's  new  form  of 
Liturgy  is  referred  to  a  committee  of  ministers  and  leaders. 
A  committee  is  appointed  to  publish  a  revised  hymnbook.  A 
bequest  of  ;^300  is  received  from  the  late  Mrs.  Berry. — Conf. 
R.  1822:  R.  P.  375. 

St.  Heliers.^  Jersey.^  March  5. — The  members  of  the  New 
Church  in  this  island,  about  a  dozen  in  number,  open  public 
worship  under  the  leadership  of  Captain  Gomm,  R.  N.,  and 
Mr.  A.  Le  Cras.— /.  1822:  201 ;  R.  P.  361. 

Spain. — Captain  Bernard,  being  stationed  with  his  regiment 


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on  the  Spanish  frontier,  communicates  the  Doctrines  to  many 
prominent  persons  on  both  sides  of  the  Pyrenees.  Among 
the  Spanish  receivers  are  mentioned  the  Bishop  of  Barcelona, 
Don  Ellola,  commissioner  of  the  army.  General  Palafox,  the 
heroic  defender  of  Sarragossa,  Don  Augustin  Quinto,  the 
author,  etc. — M.  31:  462. 

Sweden,  Gottenburg. — Mr.  J.  Minten,  a  prominent  New 
Churchman,  opens  correspondence  with  Professor  Tafel.  Mr. 
Lowegren,  another  receiver  in  this  city,  begins  to  publish  a 
small  New  Church  Monthly  in  Swedish,  entitled  Aftonbladet. 
— /.  1870:   140. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  Hhnmelska  Lbn7iligheter  (Arcana  Ccelestia), 
Vol.  II,  parts  I-III;  Nos.  1114-1520.  Stockholm, 
Deleen. 

First  Swedish  Edition.— A.  L. 
Sagesse  A7igelique  sur  le  Divine  Amour  et  stir  la  Divijie 
Sagesse  (Divine  Love  and  Wisdom).     Paris. 

Second  French   edition;  translated  by  M.    Moet,  and 
published  by  J.  A.  Tulk.— A.  L. 
The  Dodriyie  of  the  New  Jertisale7n  concerning  the  Lord. 
London.    S.  S. 

"  Seventh  English  edition,   carefully  compared  with 
Latin."— S.  S.  L. 
[AnonymousJ :    An  hiteresting  Accoujit  of  the  last  illness  and 
death  of  Miss  Lavinia  R.  Murdoch.     London. 
Noticed  in  /.  vi  :   203. 
Remarks  up07i  the    lVriti?igs  of  Swederiborg ;  zvith  extracts 
from  the  ivorks  of  different  authors.     Bath,  Me.      38  pp. 
An  interesting  and  historically  important  pamphlet, 
containing  the  favorable  remarks  of  various  celebrated 
writers  respecting  Swedenborg  and  his  works. — Cin.   L. 
Sens  Spirituel  de  f  Oraison    Dominicale.     Brussels;    men- 
tioned in  B.  I. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  few  plain  answers  to  the  questioii :    Why 
do  you   receive   the    Testimony    of   Baro7i    Swedenborg  f 
London.     Hodson.     36  pp. 
Fourth  edition. — A.  L. 


300  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Letters  to  a  Member  of  Parlia77ient  07i  the  Cha7'acter  and 
Writbigs  of  Baron  Swedenborg.     Manchester. 
Second  edition;  mentioned  in  /.  vi  :   258.        * 
Scripture  Histories.     Vol.  III.     Manchester. 

Noticed  in  /.  vi :  203 
The  Dicdne  Person  and  Character  of  fesus  Christ  defended. 
London.      Hodson. 

Second  edition;  noticed  in  /.  vi  :   127. 
The   Tzvelve  Hours  of  the  Day ;  or  a  Summary    View  of 
some  of  the  principal  stages  or  processes  of  the  Regenerate 
Life.     Manchester.     Gleave.     178  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  vi  :  388. — A.  L. 
Goyder,   David  G.:    A   Lecture  on   the   Ufiity  of  the   Godhead. 
London.      24  pp. 

Noticed  in  /.  vi  :    192. 
Goyder,    Rev.    Thomas  :     Moimtains   removed    by    Faith.     A 
lecture.     London.     Goyder.     22  pp. — A.  L. 
The  htvestigator ;  or  an  htquiry  how  far  the  Doctrirte  of 
the  Divine    Trinity,  as  set  forth  by  the   late  Rev.  fohn 
Wesley,  is  in  agreement  with  the    Testimony  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures.     London.     Goyder.     44  pp. — A.  L. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert :    A   Vindication  of  Emajiuel  Sweden- 
borg.     London. 

Second,  "cheap  edition;"   noticed  in  /.  vi  :  203  ;   R. 
^'  332. 
Letters  to  Dr.  Priestley.     London.      Hodson.   252  pp. 
Second  edition;  reviewed  in  /.  vi  :  203,  258. 
[Kemper,  Rev.  Jackson]  :  An  Appendix  to  Mr.  Cloives  Pamph- 
let, or,  Swedenboigianism  Displayed.  Philadelphia.  32  pp. 
A  violent  attack  on  the  New  Church,  by  an  Episcopal 
minister,  (afterwards  bishop  in  the  North  West).    It  was 
answered  in  an  excellent  pamphlet  by  Jonathan  Condy, 
Esq.  —See  Mess.  32  :  70;  New  ferusale7n  Missio7iary,  pp. 
41-45.    We  have  found  a  copy  in  the  library  of  Harvard 
University. 
[Liturgical]:    The  Liturgy  of  the  New  feriisalem  Church,  respect- 
fully reco7nme7ided  to  the  use  of  the  Societies  of  the  New 
Church  in  the  U7iited  States.      Together  with  Hymns  for 
the  use  of  the  Neiv  Church.   Philadelphia.   T.  S.  Manning. 
325  PP- 


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This  is  the  first  distinctively  American  New  Church 
Liturgy,  and  was  composed  chiefly  by  Jonathan  Condy, 
Esq. — See  Mess.  vol.  32  :  70.  A  copy  is  owned  by  Rev. 
Frank  Sewall. 
[Periodical]:  4//d7^^^/«^(?/ (The  Evening  News).  Gottenburg. 
G.  Lowegren.    4to. 

A  four-page  New  Church  monthly  published  during 
the  years  1822-1824.     A  set  is  preserved  by  Nykyrkliga 
Bokforlaget  in  Stockholm. 
The  Intellechcal  Repository,    for    1822,    together   with   the 
issues  for  1823,  constituting  vol.  vi  of  the  whole  series. 
—A.  L. 
Pilkington,  Rev.  Thomas  :    A  Candid  Reply  to  the  Rev.  George 
Partington.     Haslingden.      76  pp — A.  L. 
A    Compliance   ivith  the    ''Enquirer's  Request;''    beirig  a 
solution  of  U?iitaria7i  doubts,  etc.      Haslingden.     30  pp. 
Reviewed  /.  vi  :  258. — A.  L. 
[Reports]  :   General  Conference .   Minutes  of  the  Fifteenth  Session. 
London.     Th.  Goyder.     58  pp. — A.  L. 
General    Convention.     Journal    for     1822.      Philadelphia. 

17  pp.— A.  L. 
Manchester  Pj^inting  Society.      20th  Report.      Manchester. 

28  pp. 
Missionary  and  Tract  Society  of  the  Nezv  ferusalem  Church. 
Proceedings    of    the   first    annual    meeting.      London. 
Goyder.     34  pp. — A.  L. 
North  British   Missio7iary  and  Tract  Society  of  the  New 
ferusalem  Church,  Rules  of.    Edinburgh.     23  pp. — U.  L. 
Plan  for  the  fomentation   of  a  School,  for  the  Education   of 
Children  in  the  principles  of  the  Neiv  ferusalem  Church. 
London.     Goyder.     8  pp. — S.  S.  L. 
Swedenborg    Society.      Report    of    the    thirteenth    annual 
meeting.     London.      19  pp. — A.  L. 
Roche,  Rev.  M.  B.:  A  Sermon  on  the  Character  aiid  Mission  of 
the  Son  of  Man.   Philadelphia.    J.  Frick.    16  pp. — A.  L. 
Tybeck,    Rev.    Johan:     Den     Heliga     Sanningens     Segrande 
Bestdnd.     Stockholm.     70  pp. — A.  L. 
Forsok  att  gora  Luthers  Lilla  Kateches  7iyttig  och  a7ivd7id- 
bar  (An  effort  to  make  Luther's  Catechism  useful  and 
practicable).     Stockholm.     147  pp. — A.  L. 


302 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Intolermicen  (On  the  Intolerance  in  the  I^utheran  Church). 

Gottenburg.      130  pp. — A.  ly. 
Skall  Kristna  Religione7i  i  Svejiska  Kyrkan  std  eller  falla 

(Is  the  Christian  Religion  to  stand  or  fall  in  the  Swedish 

Church?)     Stockholm.     288  pp.— A.  L. 
Worcester,  Thomas:   ''  Jcsics  said  unto  him:  Follow  Me.^^     A 

Discourse.     Cambridge.      Hilliard. — B.   I^. 


Contemporary  Events. 

Brazil.     Dom  Pedro  is  declared  constitutional  emperor. 

Italy.  A  Congress  of  the  Powers  assembles  at  Verona.  Death  of  Canova, 
the  sculptor. 

Greece.  The  independence  of  Greece  is  proclaimed  by  the  national  as- 
sembly. The  Greeks  capture  Athens.  The  Turks  massacre  the  Christians 
in  the  island  of  Scios;  they  are  victorious  at  Peta,  but  are  defeated  in  the 
Morea. 

Great  Britain.  The  Irish  Insurrection  Act  is  passed  by  Parliament.  The 
Caledonian  Canal  is  completed.  Canning  is  appointed  secretary  of  foreign 
affairs.  Death  of  Shelley,  the  poet,  and  of  Sir  William  Herschel,  the  as- 
tronomer. 

Mexico.  Iturbide  proclaims  himself  Emperor  of  Mexico.  Santa  Anna, 
and  others,  proclaim  the  Republic. 

Spain.  The  Constitutionalist  party  in  the  Cortes  is  triumphan*^  over  the 
Royalists.  The  representatives  of  the  Powers,  at  Verona,  resolve  to  put 
down  the  Constitutionalists  by  armed  force. 


jQ  2  o  America.     Baltimore^  June  5-7. — Sixth  Ge^ieral 

^  Convention.  Mr.  Hargrove  is  chosen  president,  and 
Mr.  Woodworth,  secretary.  Committees  are  appointed  to  com- 
po.se  a  Catechism,  to  draw  up  an  address  to  the  members  of  the 
New  Church  in  the  United  States,  and  to  draw  up  some  gen- 
eral "  Rules  of  Order"  for  the  regulation  of  the  future  con- 
ventions. A  resolution  is  passed,  recommending  that  each 
society  shall  be  represented  by  not  more  than  three  delegates 
at  the  conventions. — Conv.  R.  1823.  ^^^^^  spirit  of  the  meeting 
is  described  in  N.  iv :   126,  and  Ex.  163. 

June  8. — Ordination  of  Rev.  Manning  B.  Roche,  by  Mr. 
Hargrove.  He  is  at  once  invested  with  all  clerical  powers,  in- 
cluding that  of  ordaining  other  ministers. — A^.  /.  Miss.  96  ; 
Ex.  164. 


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303 


Boston^  Mass. — The  Society  now  numbers  40  members,  and 
has  been  incorporated. — Conv.  R.  1823  *  ^9- 

New  York  City. — The  Rev.  Solyman  Brown,  a  young 
Calvinistic  preacher  of  Connecticut,  having  warmly  embraced 
the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  attaches  himself  to  the  New  Church 
in  New  York,  and  begins  to  deliver  a  course  of  evening  lec- 
tures which  attract  great  attention  in  the  city  and  result  in  the 
conversion  of  many  persons. — N.J.  Miss.  134,  200. 

May. — Publication  of  the  first  number  of  The  New  Jerusalem 
Missionary^  a  monthly  magazine,  edited  by  Samuel  Wood- 
worth. — M.  n.  s.  viii:  140. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati. — The 
services  of  the  Church 
here  are  described  in  a 
report  to  the  Convention. 
Three  sermons  or  lectures 
are  delivered  every  Sun- 
day ;  Mr.  Roe  preaches 
in  the  forenoon,  Mr.  Hur- 
dus  in  the  afternoon,  and 
Mr.  lyovel  in  the  evening, 
all  serving  gratuitously. — 
Conv.  R.  1823  •  12. 

Steubenville^  O.,  June 
20. — Death  of  Rev.  David 
Powell.  Born  at  Browns- 
ville, Pa.,  1770,  he  emi- 
grated to  Ohio  in  1796, 
and  received  the  Doctrine 


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'^^^i^ 


of  the  New  Church  through  his  brother-in-law,  Rev.  Thomas 
Newport,  in  1798.  He  soon  began  to  preach,  with  much 
success,  received  ordination  in  181 7,  and  continued  to  serve  as 
the  pastor  of  the  Steubenville  society  until  his  death ;  a  faith- 
ful, earnest,  and  much  beloved  man. — Mess.  55  :  137  ;  N.  J. 
Miss.  104;  see  also  the  Autobiography  of  his  son.  Rev.  David 
Powell,  Jr. 

Pennsylvania. — Mr.  John   Lister,  a  New  Church   itinerant 


304  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

missionary,  preaches  at  Doylestown,  Newhope,  and  Newtown. 
—  Conv.  R.  1823  :   11. 

Philadelphia. — The  Rev.  M.  B.  Roche  begins  to  form  a 
society  in  the  southern  part  of  the  city,  ("  South wark"),  and 
opens  public  worship  in  "  Commissioners'  Hall." — Ex.  165. 

June  17. — Mr.  William  Schlatter  publishes  a  circular,  in- 
dignantly denouncing  the  "conjugial"  heresy,  which  at  this 
time  is  threatening  to  disrupt  the  New  Church  in  America.  It 
is  reproduced  in  A^.  iv  :  125. 

Frank/ord. — Death  of  Rev.  T.  Boyle,  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
clergyman,  who,  in  1820,  brought  his  whole  congregation  into 
the  New  Church.  He  is  succeeded  by  Rev.  Isaac  Worrell,  who, 
on  December  14,  is  ordained  by  Mr.  Roche.  (All  clerical 
powers  are  conferred,  excepting  that  of  ordaining  others). — 
N.J.  Miss.  293. 

France.  Bayonne^  March. — An  English  evangelist  of  the 
Established  Church,  in  a  letter  to  the  New  Evangelical  Maga- 
zine of  London,  describes  the  Swedenborgian  propaganda  of 
some  young  officers  of  the  French  army,  stationed  at  Bayonne : 
"I  know  two  in  particular,  who  are  separated  from  the  world, 
and  who  manifest  a  conduct  worthy  in  many  respects  of  the 
children  of  God,  but  alas  I  they  are  the  disciples  of  Swedenborg  I 
I  do  not  know  how  to  describe  their  zeal  for  propagating  what 
they  think  to  be  truth:  the  courage  with  which  they  brave  the 
reproaches  with  which  they  are  covered,  the  benevolence  which 
they  show  towards  the  wretched,  and  the  love  they  witness  for 
the  Word.  My  heart  is  grieved  when  I  see  such  fruits^  con- 
jiecled  7vith  principles  most  opposed  to  the  truth!  [/] — /. 
1823:  416;  R.  P.  386.  The  young  officers,  here  referred  to, 
are  Captain  Bernard  and  his  associates. 

Great  Britain.  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll,  the  pastor  of  the  society 
in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  on  account  of  ill  health  is  recommended 
to  undertake  a  sea  voyage,  and  visits  England,  where  his  health 
is  greatly  improved.  He  preaches  to  the  societies  in  Liverpool, 
Manchester,  Derby,  Birmingham,  London,  Briglitlingsea,  and 
other  places,  everywhere  creating  a  most  favorable  impression, 
and  doing  much  good  by  acting  as  arbitrator  in  matters  of  dis- 


pute  in  various  societies. — Af.  44:  605;  L.  M,  1827:  26;   G, 
H.61. 

Accrington^  July  29. — Death  of  Mr.  George  Ha  worth,  for 
many  years  the  (unordained)  minister  of  the  Accrington 
Society.  He  was  a  great  student  of  the  Word  and  the 
Writings  in  the  original  tongues,  an  acute  theologian,  an  able 
preacher  and  evangelist,  and  a  cheerful,  sincere  and  liberal 
man. — /.  1823:  547;   Conf,  R.  1823:  41. 

BirmiJtgham. — The  Rev.  Joseph  Proud,  owing  to  the  in- 
firmities of  old  age,  has  resigned  from  the  pastorate,  but  is  still 
preaching  occasionally.  Mr.  Edward  Madeley,  Jr.,  succeeds 
to  the  pastorate. — Conf.  R.  1823:  42. 

Bolton^  March  11. — Death  of  Mr.  Samuel  Dawson,  for  thirty 
years  the  leader  of  the  society  in  Bolton.  Born  in  1744,  he 
became,  VN^hile  a  young  man,  the  intimate  friend  of  Rev.  John 
Clowes,  from  whom  he  received  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church  in  1778,  and  became  the  founder  of  the  Bolton  Society 
in  1 78 1.  A  plain,  uncultured  man,  of  bright  intelligence  and 
a  most  remarkable  memory,  he  is  one  of  the  most  interesting 
characters  in  the  history  of  the  New  Church  in  Lancashire. — 
See  biographies  in  /.  1823:  474;  1872:  292;  Mess.  47:  65; 
N.  C.  M.  1890:  316,  and  Dr.  Bay  ley's  Early  Worthies  of  the 
New  Church.,  p.  i. 

Dover ^  May  20. — Death  of  Thomas  Chester,  Esq.,  a  well- 
known  and  wealthy  New  Churchman.  He  leaves,  by  bequest, 
the  sum  of  ;^3,ooo  to  the  General  Conference. — /.  1823 :  479- 

Dtiblin^  August. — Mr.  David  Howarth,  of  Salford,  visits 
the  small  society  in  this  city,  and  delivers  the  first  New  Church 
lectures  in  Ireland. — R.  P.  396. 

Hull. — The  society  engages  the  services  of  the  Rev.  F.  M. 
Hodson,  formely  of  Manchester,  whose  lively  eloquence  creates 
a  great  revival  of  interest.  The  congregations  increase  to  200 
at  the  morning,  and  from  500  to  700  at  the  evening  services. — 
Conf.  R.    1823  :  46. 

London^  March  16. — Mr.  Noble's  society  removes  from  its 
obscure  quarters  in  Lisle  St.  to  a  commodious  chapel  in  Han- 
over St.,  Long  Acre.     There  are   now  160  regular  attendants. 


3o6  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

(This  society  was  formed  at  Cross  St.,  1796,  removed  to  York 
St.,  1799,  and  to  Lisle  St.,  1813.  It  removed  to  its  original 
quarters  in  Cross  St.,  Hatton  Gardens,  in  1827,  and  to  Camden 
Road,  in  1872.)—/:.  1895:  ^^\  L  1823;  412;  Conf.  R.  1823  ; 
work  47. 

June  19. — Fourteenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society,  Dr.  Spurgin,  chairman,  and  William  Mason,  secretary. 
The  committee  reports  that  arrangements  have  been  made 
with  the  Manchester  Printing  Society  for  co-operation  in  the 
work  of  publishing  the  Arcana  Ccelestia. — R,  S.  S.  14. 

August  12-16. — Sixtee7ith  General  Co)tference^  Rev. 
Richard  Jones,  president ;  S.  Noble,  secretary.  Eight  ministers 
and  nineteen  delegates  are  present.  The  Conference  resolves 
to  appoint  a  minister  at  each  annual  meeting  to  draw  up  an 
"Affectionate  Address"  to  the  members  of  the  New  Church  at 
large.  All  the  ministers  present  are  constituted  a  committee 
to  prepare  a  Liturgy.  Resolutions  are  adopted  to  receive  in 
trust  the  temple  lately  erected  in  Newcastle,  to  assist  the  new 
society  in  Norwich,  and  to  receive  the  bequests  of  the  late 
Thomas  Chester,  of  Dover.  The  principle  of  a  trine  in  the 
ministry  is  approved,  but  further  consideration  is  postponed ; 
white  is  recommended  as  the  proper  color  for  the  official  robes 
of  New  Church  ministers. — Conf.  R.  1823. 

Manchester^  July  11. — Rev.  John  Clowes,  in  a  letter  to  Chas. 
Augustus  Tulk,  Esq.,  expresses  the  "horror"  which  has  been 
excited  in  his  mind  by  perusing  a  manuscript  of  Mr.  Tulk's, 
in  which  the  author  sets  forth  his  idealistic  and  gnostical 
notions  denying  the  reality  of  the  Lord's  incarnation.  Mr. 
Clowes,  in  most  earnest  and  pitiful  terms,  appeals  to  his  old 
friend  not  to  disturb  the  infant  New  Church  by  the  publica- 
tion of  these  fantastic  but  insidious  sentiments. — Compton's 
Life  of  Clowes^  1874:   211. 

Newcastle^  February  6. — Consecration  of  the  new  temple  of 
the  New  Church,  by  Rev.  James  Bradley,  and  Rev.  Samuel 
Noble,  of  London.  The  occasion  and  the  building  are  de- 
scribed, together  with  the  history  of  its  erection,  in  /.  1823  : 
407 ;   G.  H,  82,  83. 


1 82 J,  307 

Norwich^  July. — Mr.  Noble  lectures  here  with  great  success. 
The  Rev.  G.  Beaumont,  a  Methodist  minister,  alarmed  for  his 
flock,  or  irritated  at  the  insinuation  that  he  himself  was  al- 
most a  Swedenborgian,  now  openly  attacks  the  New  Church 
from  his  pulpit.  The  Sunday  following,  twenty-seven  of  his 
members  sever  their  connection  with  his  chapel. — /.  1865: 
480. 

Holland.  Dortrecht.—l^\i^  Rev.  B.  F.  Tydeman,  a  Dutch 
clergyman,  in  a  letter  to  Manchester  describes  his  conversion 
to  the  New  Jerusalem,  and  his  literary  efforts  in  its  behalf. — 
/.  1823:  406;  see  also  Z.  1890:  218. 

Sweden,  Stockholm. — The  first  New  Church  Liturgy  in 
Swedish  is  published  this  year  by  members  in  Stockholm. 
Enemies  of  the  Church  publish  a  furious,  anonymous  attack 
on  the  Doctrines,  and  also  a  translation  of  Pike's  Sweden- 
borgzanism  Depicted  in  its  True  Colours.  The  latter  calls  forth 
an  eloquent  reply  by  the  Rev.  Johan  Tybeck. 

April  3. — Death  of  E.  J.  Stagnelius,  'Hhe  sphinx  of  modern 
poets,"  by  some  considered  "  Sweden's  noblest  bard."  He  is 
said  to  have  been  "  the  first  of  all  poets  to  take  up  Sweden- 
borg's  teachings  respecting  the  spiritual  world,  as  yielding  fit 
materials  for  poetical  delineation."  An  interesting  sketch  of 
his  life  and  work,  together  with  many  specimens,  (in  English), 
of  his  poetry,  is  published  by  Richard  M'Cully  in  /.  1869:  512. 

NOTABIvE   ArTICIvES. 

Intellectual  Repository,  Vol.  VI. 

"On  the  various  names  in  the  Word,  terminating  with  'el,'  which  in 
Hebrew  signifies  'God,'"  an  exegetical  study,  by  Robert  Hindmarsh,  p. 
290. 

"On   the   various  readings  of  the  Word,"  p.   521.    Mr.    Noble  here  first 
promulgates  his  well-known  theory  that  the  real  text  of  the  Sacred  Scrip- 
tures, t\\ovi'^  preserved  intact,  is  not  to  be  found  entire  in  any  single  manu- 
script or  edition,  but  is  dispersed  in  all  of  them. 
New  Jerusalem  Missionary,  Vol.  I. 

Jonathan  Condy's  "  Reply  "  to  the  Rev.  Jackson  Kemper's  attack  on  the 
New  Church,  republished. 

"Controversial,"  a  series  of  brilliant  replies  by  Samuel  Woodworth  to 
sarcastic  and  acrimonious  comments  on  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  by  num- 
erous Unitarian  and  Universalist  journals. 


3o8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

"  On  the  Pastoral  Relation, "  an  excellent  exposure  of  the  absurdity  of 
the  "conjugial  "  heresy,  p.  162. 

"The  Names  of  the  Prophets  and  the  Evangelists,"  a  philological  and 
expository  study  by  M.  B,  Roche — very  original   and  interesting,  p.  169. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  Arcaiia  Ccelestia,  Vol.  I,  Nos.  1-287.    New  York. 
Sam.  Woodworth.     96  pp. 

"  First  American  edition;"  published  in  monthlj^  issues 
as  appendix  to  The  New  Jerusalem  Missionary ,  but  dis- 
continued simultaneously  with  that  journal. — A.  L. 
Die  Lehre  des  Neue^i  Jerzisalem  vom  Herrn    (Doctrine  of 
the  Lord).     Tiibingen.     492  pp. 

Second    German    edition;    translated    by    Immanuel 
Tafel,  who  has  introduced  a  preface  of  296  pp;  noticed 
in  M.  14  :  109. — A.  L. 
Fortsetzung  vom  Jiingsten   Ge^dcht  (Continuation  concern- 
ing the  Last  Judgment).     Tiibingen. 

First  German  edition;  translated  by   Im.    Tafel.     M. 
14  :  109. — A.  L. 
L'  Apocalypse  Revelee.     Paris. 

First  French  edition;  translated  by  M.  Moet,  and  pub- 
Hshed  by  J.  A.  Tulk.— N.  Y.  L. 
On  Heaven  and  Hell.     London.     S.  S. 
Seventh  English  edition. — S.  S.  L. 
Sagesse  Angelique  de  la  Divine  Provide?ice.      Paris. 

First  French  edition;  translated  by    Moet,   and  pub- 
lished by  Tulk.— A.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  Life  for  the   Neiv  ferusalem.     London. 
S.  S. 

Eighth  English  edition;  mentioned  in  B.  I. 
The  Docti'ine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  Faith.    Lon- 
don.    S.  S. 

Fourth    English    edition,    revised. — R.   S.   S.    1825: 
e.—B.  I. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  Neiv  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Lord. 
London.  S.  S. 

Eighth  English  edition. — B.  /. 

[Anonymous]  :  A  Letter  ivritten  by  of  L — d,  Me. ,  to  his 

friend  ,  giving  reasons  why  he  has  altered  his  re- 
ligious sentiments.      Hallowell,  Me.      23  pp. 


lS2J.  309 

Describes  the  writer's  conversion  to  the  New  Church. 
— Harvard  Library. 
Fdrodelseiis  sty gg else  i  Guds  Helgedom  (The  Abomination 
of  desolation  in  the  Sanctuary  of  God;  or,  the  false  con- 
fession of  faith  of  Swedenborgianism,  as  professed  in 
the  Christian  Church,  exposed  and  disproved  by  Anony- 
mous, in  conversations  between  a  Lutheran  and  a  Sweden- 
borgian).     Gottenburg.     304  pp. 

A  furious,  incoherent  tirade  against  the  New  Church. 
— R.  L. 
Proofs  of  the  Supreme  Divinity  of  the  Lord  Jesus    Christy 
and  of  the  Doctrine  of  the  Divine    Triiiity.     London. 
Goyder.     30  pp. — I.  L. 
Reflexioner  ofver  Assessor  Emanuel  Swedenborgs  character 
och  arbeien  (Reflections  on  Swedenborg's  character  and 
works).     Stockholm.      Deleen.     25  pp.     An  excellent 
tract.— A.  L. 
The  Theological  Contrast.     Bath,  Me.      128  pp. 

A  comparison  of   the  Heavenly   Doctrines   with  the 
tenets  of  various  sects,  in  parallel  columns.     No   title 
page. — Cin.  L. 
Arbouin,  James  :     Dissertations  on  the  Regenerate  Life.     Phila- 
delphia.    T.  S.  Manning.     76  pp. 
Beyer,  Rev.  G.  A.:  A  declaration  respecting  the  Doctrines  taught 
by  Emanuel  Swedenborg ,  delivered  in  ijyo  to  the  King  of 
Swede7i.     London.     Hodson.     24  pp 
Second  edition. — S.  S.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John  :     On  Delights:  their  origin,   variety,  uses, 
and  ends:  together  zvith  the  important  duties  to  which  they 
point.     Leamington.     Spa  Press.      167  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1824:  312. — K.  L. 
The    Gospel    accordiyig   to   Luke.      Manchester.      W.    D. 
Varey.     434  pp. 

Second  edition. — A    L. 

Condy,   Jonathan  W. :    A   letter  to  the  Rev.  Jackso7i  Kemper, 

presbyter  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United 

States,    on    the   subject   of   Swedenborg' s    Character    and 

Writings.      Philadelphia.     T.    S.    Manning.     40   pp. — 

Cin.  L. 


3IO  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

[Daillant  de  la  Touche]  :    The  Beauties  of  Swedenborg.  London. 

Second  edition. — R.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :  Ordning  och  Boner  vid  deii  albnaniia  Gudstjensteii 
uti  de7i  Nya  F'drsamlingen  hvilken  i  Uppenbarelseboken 
forstds  med  det  Nya  Jei^usalem  (Liturgy  and  Prayers 
for  the  public  worship  in  the  New  Church,  signified  by 
the  New  Jerusalem  in  the  Revelation).  Stockholm. 
Deleen.     43  pp. 

The  first  New  Church  Liturgy  in  Swedish,  based  on 
the  Liturgy  of  the  English  Conference.  The  publica- 
tion, which  was  done  for  Mr.  Tybeck  and  his  friends, 
created  much  ill-feeling  among  the  non-separatists  in 
Sweden.  It  was  used  ovXy  at  the  private  worship  of 
certain  New  Church  families.  See  Knos'  Forsbk,  p. 
221.— R.  L. 
[Periodical]:  The  I?itellectual  Repository  for  1823,  completing 
vol.  VI.  Hondon.  Hodson.  556  pp. — A.  L. 
The  New  Jerusalem  Missionary  and  Intellectual  Repository. 
New  York.     384  pp. 

A  monthly   magazine,  edited  by  Samuel   Woodworth, 
and  published  by  ' '  The"  New  York  Society  of  the  New 
Jerusalem,"  from  May,  1823  to  April,  1824.  It  is  "very 
outspoken  "  in  character,  and  contains  many  interesting 
articles. — M.  71.  s.  VIII:   140. — A.  L. 
[Pike,  Rev.  J.  G.]  :  Swede7iborg  och  Bibeln;  eller  Swede7iborgian- 
is7ne7i  betraktad  i  si7i  var7ia7ide  gestalt  (Swedenborg  and 
the  Bible;  or  Swedenborgianism  viewed  in  its  dangerous 
and  warning  aspects).     Stockholm.   Rumstedt.     118  pp. 
A  Swedish  translation  of  Pike's  attack  on  the  New 
Church,  by  C.  F.  Haggman. — A.  L- 
[Reports] :   Ge7ieral    Co7ifere7ice.       Minutes    of    the     Sixteenth 
Session.     London.     Th.  Goyder.     58  pp. — A.  L. 
General    Co7ive7itio7i.     Journal    for    1823.     Baltimore.     24 

pp.— A.  L. 
Ma7ichester  Pri7iting   Society,    21st    Report,     Manchester. 

28  pp. 
New  Jerusale77i    Church  Free  Schools.     First    Annual   Re- 
port of  the  Committee  of.  London.   Goyder,    19  pp, — S. 
S.  L. 
Swedenborg  Society,    Report  No.    14.     London.     Hodson. 
18  pp. — A.  L. 


1824.  311 

Salmon,  J.  W.:  The  Supreme  Divi7iity  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
again  defended  in  opposition  to  Mr.  Knowle' s  late  tract. 
Nantwich.     Jones.     74  pp. — A.  L. 

Thayer,  Mrs.  Caroline:  Letters  to  the  jnembers  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  New  York.     London.     24  pp. 

This  tract,  which  describes  the  reasons  for  the  writer's 
conversion  to  the  New  Church,  was  originally  published 
at  New  York,  and  created  quite  a  sensation  both  within 
and  without  the  New  Church. — Reviewed  in/.  VI:  396. 

Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan:  Ar  del  Nya  Fdrslaget  till  Eva7igelii-bok 
nog  lampadt  efter  jiarvarande  lids  ofriga  npplysningf 
Stockholm.     43  pp. — R.  L. 

^A^ilderspin,  Samuel:  On  the  Importance  of  Educating  the  Infant 
Children  of  the  Poor.      196  pp.     Reviewed  in /.  VI:  466. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Africa.     Denhain  and  Clapperton,  the  explorers,  reach  Lake  Tchad. 

America.  The  President,  in  his  annual  message,  enunciates  the 
"  Monroe  Doctrine." 

Central  America.  The  Republics  of  Guatemala,  San  Salvador,  Honduras, 
Nicaragua  and  Costa  Rica,  constitute  themselves  the  Federal  Republic  of 
Central  America. 

Italy.  Death  of  Pope  Pius  VII.  He  is  succeeded  by  Leo  XII,  a  cunning 
and  imperious  character. 

Great  Britain.  Foundation  of  the  British  Anti-Slavery  Society,  by 
Wilberforce  and  others.  The  Welsh  Calvinistic  Methodists  adopt  a  con- 
fession of  faith. 

Greece.     Death  of  Marco  Bozzaris,  the  heroic  leader  of  the  Suliotes. 

Mexico.     Iturbide  is  forced  to  resign. 

Portugal.     John  VI  abolishes  the  Constitution. 

Spain.  A  French  army  invades  Spain  and  expels  the  Cortes  from  Madrid. 
The  Cortes  carry  off  the  king  to  Cadiz,  where  they  are  bombarded  by  the 
French.  Cadiz  falls,  Ferdinand  VII  is  released,  and  the  constitutional 
party  crushed. 


18  2 /I  America.     Abingdon.^    Va.^  August  29. — Ordina- 

■^  tion  of  Samuel  H.  Wills  into  the  ministry  of  the 
New  Church,  by  Rev.  Nathaniel  Holly,  who  now  removes  to 
Cincinnati. —  Conv.  R.  1826  :  16. 

Massachusetts^  Abington. — iV  number  of  young  men  receive 
the  Doctrines,  and  begin  to  associate  together,  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Mr.  Elisha  Paxon  and  Mr.  Cephas  Cobb,  who  had  been 


312  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

introduced  into  the  Church  by  Rev.  Holland  Weeks.  This 
forms  the  beginning  of  the   Abington   Society. — M.  28  :  339. 

Bridgewater. — A  number  of  new  receivers  establish  a  New 
Church  library,  and  form  themselves  into  a  society.  They  re- 
port a  membership  of  15  to  20   persons. — Conv.  R.  1826  :  13. 

Yarmouth. — A  society  of  seven  members  is  formed  here. — 
Ibid. 

Pennsylvania^  Lancaster. — Though  receivers  of  the  Doc- 
trines have  existed  here  since  1796,  a  New  Church  society  is 
not  formed  until  the  present  year. — Ibid.  p.  16. 

Philadelphia. — The  society  of  Rev.  M.  B.  Roche  in  ''  South- 
wark "  is  reported  as  in  a  most  flourishing  condition,  with 
more  than  150  members.  Seventy  new  members  have  been 
added  within  a  year,  many  of  these  being  former  members  of 
the  original  society  in  Philadelphia.  The  latter  society  is  in  a 
state  of  decline,  owing  to  the  financial  embarrassments  of  the 
most  prominent  members.  The  pastor,  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll,  after 
a  long  absence  on  account  of  ill  health,  on  his  return  finds 
himself  unable  to  serv^e  gratuitously  as  before,  and  the  regular 
services  in  the  Temple  are  discontinued.  The  society,  in  con- 
sequence, loses  its  charter. — Conv.  R.  1826:  15  ;  Ex.  169. 

June  3-5. — Seventh  General  Convention^  Mr.  Hargrove, 
president,  and  Mr.  Roche,  secretary.  The  committee  on  "Rules 
of  Order,"  appointed  at  the  last  Convention,  reports  that 
''  until  it  be  deemed  advisable  to  change  the  nature  and  char- 
acter of  this  assembly,  it  will  be  unnecessary  to  form  a  special 
code  of  laws."  It  is  resolved  to  transmit  "  a  respectful  and 
affectionate  address "  to  the  General  Conference  of  the  New- 
Church  in  England.  A  communication  from  the  Cincinnati 
society,  signed  by  Daniel  Roe,  denying  i)i  toto  the  use  of  or- 
dination, or  of  any  distinctive  priesthood,  and  requesting  the 
Convention  to  express  itself  upon  the  subject,  is  received,  and 
a  committee  of  three  ministers  and  four  laymen  is  appointed  to 
make  a  report  to  the  next  meeting.  This  marks  the  beginning 
of  the  controversy  on  the  subject  of  the  Priesthood,  which  so 
long  has  agitated  the  New  Church  in  America.  It  is  resolved 
that  the  next  Conventiou  be   held   in  New  York,  1826.     The 


1824.  313 

reason  for  thus  deferring  the  meeting  seems  to  have  been  the 
languishing  conditions  of  the  societies  in  Philadelphia  and 
New  York,  and  the  generally  disturbed  state  of  the  Church, 
as  resulting  from  the  heated  controversy  about  the  "  con- 
jugial "  relation  between  pastors  and  their  societies.  The 
Journal  of  this  Convention  did  not  appear  until  1826,  when  it 
was  printed  as  an  Appendix  to  the  Journal  of  the  Eighth  Gen- 
eral Convention.  The  extraordinary  communication  from  Cin- 
cinnati is  published  in  Ex.  Appendix,  p.  xli.  See  also  Conv. 
R.  1826,  p.  22,  and  Ex.  166-177. 

Portland,  Me. — Beginning  of  the  New  Church  in  this  city. 
A  lawyer,  John  L.  Megquier,  settles  in  Portland.  Possessing 
a  copy  of  Heaven  and  Hell,  he  lends  the  same  to  his  physician, 
Dr.  Timothy  Little,  who  speedily  receives  the  Doctrines,  and 
before  long  succeeds  in  interesting  Mr.  Megquier  himself,  Mr. 
Oliver  Gerrish,and  a  few  others. — M.  30  :  207  ;  M.  n.  s.  V:  475; 
Mess.  38  :  255. 

Steiger^s  Rest,  Athens  Co.,  Ohio. — Baron  J.  R.  de  Steiger 
Granson,  one  of  Napoleon's  old  generals,  settles  in  this  district, 
where  he  has  purchased  some  thousand  acres  along  the  "  Little 
Federal  Creek,"  in  Ames  township.  He  brings  with  him  several 
hundred  emigrants  from  Switzerland  and  builds  a  baronial 
mansion  for  himself,  and  cabins  for  his  tenants.  While  on  his 
way  to  the  wilderness,  he  stops  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  be- 
comes acquainted  with  members  of  the  New  Church,  and  re- 
ceives the  Doctrines  with  much  enthusiasm.  In  a  letter  to  the 
Convention  of  1824  he  states  his  intention  to  introduce  all  his 
tenants  into  the  faith  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  that  he  is  build- 
ing a  temple  for  this  purpose,  and  desires  the  services  of  a 
minister.  He  subsequently  secures  the  services  of  Mr.  Daniel 
Thuun,  an  old  and  well-known  member  of  the  Church  in 
Philadelphia,  who  spends  the  rest  of  his  days  as  chaplain  to 
the  Baron.  According  to  the  Rev.  J.  R.  Hibbard,  who  visited 
"Steiger's  Rest  "  in  his  youth,  the  Baron  died  at  an  advanced 
age,  and  the  colony  dispersed,  but  the  temple  and  a  few  of  the 
colonists  remained,  among  these  a  Mr.  Junod,  who,  among 
others,  was  instrumental  in   presenting  the   Doctrines  to  Mr. 


314  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Hibbard. — See    Co7iv.  R.  1826  :  17,  and   Mess.  vols.  30  :  177  ; 

ZZ  '  304  ;  44  :  208. 

France.  Ban-de-la- Roche. — ^J.  H.  Smithson  visits  the  cele- 
brated Oberlin,  who  declares  his  faith  in  the  general  principles 
of  the  New  Church. — N.  C.  M.  1895  :  214  ;  /.  1864  :  211. 

Great  Britain.  Ballyroan^  Queen's  Co.,  Ireland. — A  small 
society  exists  here,  with  Mr.  James  Hutchinson  as  the  leader. 
—  Conf.  R.  1824:  66. 

Birmingham^  August  10-14. — Seventeenth  General  Confer- 
ence, Rev.  Samuel  Noble,  president,  Mr.  J.  S.  Hodson,  secre- 
tary. Nine  ministers  and  twenty  representatives  are  present. 
The  reports  of  the  committees  on  the  Liturgy  and  the  Hymn- 
book  are  received  and  referred  to  the  London  ministers  for 
final  arrangement  and  publication.  A  form  for  registering 
baptisms  is  adopted.  A  committee  is  appointed  to  consider  the 
ordering  of  the  Ministry.  A  resolution  is  adopted  to  apply 
part  of  the  income  of  the  Chester  bequest  to  the  use  of  edu- 
cating thirty  poor  children  in  the  New  Jerusalem  Free  School 
in  London.  Mr.  William  Mason  is  appointed  Secretary  of 
Foreign  Correspondence. — Co?t/.  R.  1824  j  ^-  ^'  424- 

August  12. — Mr.  David  Howarth,  minister  of  the  Salford 
society,  is  ordained  by  Rev.  Richard  Jones. — /.   1825:  415. 

Dundee. — Mr.  William  Bruce,  of  Edinburgh,  settles  as 
minister  of  this  society,  which  now  consists  of  thirty-seven 
members. — Coiif.  R.  1824:  66. 

Haslingden. — An  outline  history  of  this  society  is  given 
ibid.  68. 

London. — Death  of  Mr.  William  Sharpe,  the  eminent  line- 
engraver,  noted,  also,  for  his  "eccentric"  religious  views.  He 
was  a  pronounced  New  Churchman,  and  one  of  the  earliest 
members  of  the  "  Theosophical  Society,"  in  1784. — M.  L. 
1896:   145;  R.P.  23. 

May  24. — The  members  of  the  society  in  Friars'  St.  pre- 
sent a  superb  silver  cup  to  their  pastor,  the  Rev.  Manoah 
Sibly,  as  a  testification  of  their  appreciation  of  his  services, 
given  gratuitously  for  thirty-six  years. — R.  P.  423. 

June  21. — Fifteenth    annual    meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 


1824,  315 

Society.  The  committee  reports  an  extensive  advertisement 
and  gratis  distribution  of  the  Writings  during  the  past  year. 
The  book  shop  of  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder,  415  Strand,  has  been 
made  the  depository  of  the  society's  publications. — R.  S.  S.  15. 

Manchester^  March  28. — Ordination  of  Mr.  John  Pownall, 
by  Rev.  Richard  Jones. — /.  1824:  246. 

August  8. — Ordination  of  Mr.  Thomas  Pilkington,  of  Has- 
lingden,  by 'Rev.  Richard  Jones. — /.  1825:  415. 

Mr.  John  Broadfield  receives  the  Doctrines,  becomes  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Peter  St.  society,  and  begins  his  career  of  activity 
in  the  New  Church. — /.   1876:  553. 

Norwich,  January. — The  Rev.  G.  Beaumont  publishes  his 
virulent  work,  The  Anti-Swedenborg,  and  continues  his 
campaign  by  foul  vituperations  in  the  newspapers. — R.  P.  416. 

Salford,  April  2. — The  Rev.  Robert  Hindmarsh,  owing  to 
age  and  physical  weakness,  resigns  his  pastoral  charge  of  the 
society.  The  members,  as  a  sign  of  their  gratitude,  present  to 
him  a  beautiful  silver  cup.  Rev.  David  Howarth  succeeds  to 
the  pastorate. — R.  P.  419;  /.  1835:  407;   Coiif.  R,  1824:  ']l. 

St.  Heliers^  Jersey. — The  enemies  of  the  New  Church  dis- 
turb the  services  of  the  society  by  riots  and  stone  throwing, 
but  are  finally  restrained  by  the  police.  The  small  society 
at  Weymouth,  near  St.  Heliers,  is  similarly  persecuted  and 
vainly  applies  for  protection  to  the  mayor  of  the  town,  who 
sympathizes  with  the  rioters. — /.  1824:   164. 

Mr.  Elias  De  la  Roche  Rendell, — afterwards  a  prominent 
minister  of  the  New  Church, — is  introduced  to  the  Doctrines  by 
Mr.  A.  J.  Le  Cras,  the  leader  of  the  society  in  St.  Heliers. — 
See  the  introduction  to  Le  Cras'  Compendium. 

Warwick,  July  6. — The  annual  meetings  of  "non-separat- 
ists," formerly  held  at  Hawkstone  Park,  are  henceforth  held 
at  Warwick. — /.  1824:  249;  1825:  411. 

India.  Trichinopolis,  Feb.  19. — A  letter  from  a  sergeant  in 
the  English  army,  to  his  father  in  Wigan,  states  that  a  num- 
ber of  the  best  members  of  the  Methodist  Society  in  that 
place  have  embraced  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. — 
R.  P  432. 


3i6  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Notable  Articles. 

Intellectual  Repository,  1824. 

"An  inquiry  whether  the  Word  in  all  its  integrity,  though  preserved,  at 
present  exists  in  any  individual  copy," — an  important  and  able  discussion, 
in  a  series  of  articles,  between  Robert  Hindmarsh  and  Samuel  Noble,  the 
former  taking  the  affirmative,  the  latter  the  negative  side  of  this  question. 

"  Important  sentiments  of  the  New  Church  advocated  by  Dr.  Isaac  Watts 
and  John  Locke." — p.  127. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg :     Appendix   concerning    the    White   Horse.     Also 
called  Concerning  the  Horse  and  the  Hieroglyphics. 

This  short  paper  by  Swedenborg,  addressed,  presuta- 
ably,  to  the  Academy  of  Sciences   in  Stockholm,  was 
found  by  J.  A.  Tulk  among  the  papers  of  the  late  Rev. 
Thomas  Hartley,  and  is  published  in  /.  1824  :  166. 
Contimiatio7i  du  Jugeinent  Der7iier.     Paris. 

Second  French  edition;  translated  by  Moet,  and  pub- 
lished by  J.  A.  Tulk.— L.  R.  T. 
Des  Terres  Planetaires  (On  the  Earths  in   the  Universe). 
Paris. 

Second  French  edition;  translated  by  Moet,  and  pub- 
lished by  Tulk  — Iv.  R.  T. 
Die  Lehre  des  Neueii  Jerusalem  zmn  Heilige?i  Schrift  (Doc- 
trine concerning  the  Sacred  Scripture).     Tiibingen. 

First  German  edition;  translated  by  Immanuel  Tafel. 
— S.  S.  L. 
Die  Lehre  des  Neuen  Jerusalem  vom  Glauben   (Doctrine  of 
Faith).     Tiibingen. 

First  German  edition;  translated  bylm.  Tafel. — Men- 
tioned in  M.  14  :  109  — S.  S.  L. 
Die  Enthullte  Offenbahrung  (Apocalypse  Revealed).    Vol. 
I.     Tiibingen.     448  pp. 

First    German    edition;    translated    by    Im.    Tafel. — 
S.  S.  L. 
Du  Dernier  Judgement  (On  the  Last  Judgment).    Paris. 
Second  French  edition;  translated  by  Moet,  and  pub- 
lished by  J.  A.  Tulk.— L.  R.  T. 
Extracts  concerning  the   Lord's  Prayer   (From  the  Writ- 
ings).    London.     Goyder.     33  pp.— S.  S.  L. 


1824.  317 

Himmelska  Loymligheter  (Arcana  Coelestia).   (Vol.  I,  part 

4,  nos.  1521-1633).     Stockholm.     Deleen. 
First  Swedish  edition. — A.L. 

Die  Lebenslehre  des  Neuen  Jerusalem    (Doctrine   of  Life). 
Tiibingen. 

First    German    edition;    translated   by    Im.    Tafel. — 

A.  L. 

Les   Delisses   de  Sagesse   d' Amour    Conpigale    (Conjugial 
Love).     Paris. 

First    French  edition;  translated  by   Moet,   and  pub- 
lished by  Tulk.— N.  Y.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  Life  for  the  New  Jerusalem.     Boston.     T. 
H.  Carter. 

Fourth  American  edition;   mentioned  in  N,   I  :  542. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusale?}i  concerriing  the  Lord. 
Boston.     T.  H.  Carter. 

Fifth  American  edition;  mentioned  ibid. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  co?icerni?ig  the  Sacred 
Scripture.     London.     S.  S. 

"  Fifth  EngHsh  edition."— S.  S.  L. 
The  Psalms  of  David,  ivith  the  Internal  Se7ise.     London.— 

5.  S.  L. 

Vom  Jic7igsten  Gericht  (On  the  Last  Judgment).  Tiibingen. 

First  German  edition,  translated  by  Im.  Tafel. — A.  L. 

[Anonymous]  :     Address   to  the  Clergy  of  the   United  States,  on 

the  Theological  lVriti7igs  of  the  Hon.   Emanuel  Szveden- 

borg.     Bedford,  Pa.      16  pp. — U.  L. 

Portrait  af  en  sdkallad  Swedenborgian,  sddan  som   han   bor 

wara  (Portrait  of  a  so-called  Swedenborgian,  such  as  he 

ought  to  be).     Gottenburg.     Lowegren.     4  pp.   4to. 

Translated  into  Swedish  from  the  Intellectual  Re- 
pository.— R.  L. 
Beaumont,  Rev.  G.:  The  Aiiti-Swede^iborg :  or  a  declaration  of 
the  principal  errors  and  anii-scripttiral  Doctrines  contained 
in  the  Theological  Works  of  Emariuel  Swede?iborg. 
London.     Baynes.      142  pp. 

An  abusive  attack  on  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. — R.  P. 
415.— A.  L. 
Clowes,    Rev.    John:      Teck7ii7ig   af  den  Breda  och  den  Smala 


3l8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Vdgen  (On  the  Broad  and  the  Narrow  Roads).    Gotten- 
burg.     Lowegren.     24  pp. 

Translated  from  the  EngUsh. — R.  L. 
French,  Mrs.  G.  G. :    The  co7itrasf;  or  the  jiatural  ajid  the  spiritual 
ma7i  compared.     With  a   collection  of  poems.     I^ondon. 
Hodson.     42  pp. — A.  L. 
Gosse,   Pierre  Frederic:   Portfeidlle  d'un    AiicieJi   Typographe, 
OIL  Recueil  de  Lettres  sur  divers  sujects  (Portfolio   of  an 
old  printer,  or  a  collection  of  letters  on  various  subjects). 
The  Hague.     Gosse.     254  pp. 

An    extremeh-     interesting     publication,     containing 
man}^  important  documents  connected  with  the  earliest 
history  of  the  New  Church. — A.  I^. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert:   Christiajiity  against  Deism,  Material- 
ism, and  Atheism ,  occasioned  by  a  letter  addressed  to  the 
author  by  Richai'd  Carlile.     London.      52  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1824:   156. 
Knos,  Prof.    Gustaf:  Samtal  med  mig  sjelf  om  Werlden,  Men- 
niskan  och   Gud  (Conversations  with  myself  respecting 
the  world,  man  and  God).     Upsala.    Palmbald.   288  pp. 
The  author,  professor  of  oriental  languages  in  Upsala, 
and  one   of   the    foremost  orientalists  in    Europe,    here 
teaches  a  philosophy   clearly   based   on   the   Heavenly 
Doctrines.     The    work    created   a   great    sensation    in 
Sweden  and  involved  the  author  in  much  controversy. — 
Kahl.  IV:   122;  D.  II:   1209.— A.  L. 
Le   Cras,  Abraham  J.:    The   Theological  Co7itrast;  or  error  ex- 
posed and  truth  ehicidated;  being  an  investigation  iiito  alt 
the  sy sterns  of  religion  now  propagated  in  the  whole  zvorld. 
[St.  Hehers,  Jersey?]    224  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1825:  405. 
[Liturgical] :  TTynins  for  the  use  of  the  Nezv  Church.     London. 
Hodson.     432  pp. 

Compiled  by  order  of  the  General  Conference;  reviewed 
in  /.  1824:   315. 
Noble,    Rev.  Samuel:     The    Praises  of  the  Lord.     A   Sermon 
delivered  on  occasion  of  the  introductioji  of  the  new  Hymn- 
book.     London. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1824:   315. 


1824.  319 

[Periodical]:  Magazin  fur  die  Neue  Kirche.  Tubingen.     Vol.  I, 
part  I ;  40  pp. 

The  first  New  Church  Magazine  in  the  German  tongue, 
edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel,  and  published  as  supplement  to 
the  volume  of  *'  Gottliche  Offenbarungen,"  which  con- 
tains the  German  translations  of  the  Doctrine  of  the 
Sacred  Scripture,  Doctrijte  of  Life,  Doctrine  of  Faith,  and 
The  Last  Judgynent.  (Tiibingen,  1824.  446  pp. — A.  ly. ) 
The  Intellectual  Repository;  together  with  issues  for   1825 

constituting  vol.  I  of  the  "  new  series." 
The  New  Church  Christian  s  Pocket  Magazine.     Bristol. 
A  monthly  journal,   on  a  popular  plan,  edited  and 
published  by   Rev.  D.  G.   Goyder,   for  one  year. — See 
Goyder's  Autobiography,  p.  177. 
Pilkington,    Rev.    Thomas:    An   Investigation  of   "  Unitarian 
Remarks  on  a  '  Compliance  zvith  the  Inquirer'' s  Request? ' ' ' 
London.     Goyder.     73  pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1824:   238. — A.  L. 
[Reports]:   General   Confrence.       Minutes   of   the   Seventeenth 
Session.     London.     J.  S.  Hodson.     84  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Convention.     Journal  for  1824. 

Published  as  appendix  to  Journal  for   1826.     Pp.  22- 
24.— A.  Iv. 
Missionary  and   Tract  Society.     Third    Report.     London. 

Hodson.     32  pp. — Copy  belongs  to  Mr.  Sewall. 
Nezv  Jerusalem   Church  Free  School.      London.      Second 

Report.— S.  S.  L. 
Szvedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  XV.     London.   Hodson. 
20  pp. — A.  L. 
Roche,    Rev.    Manning   B.:     The  New  Jerusalem  Church  De- 
fended; being  a  reply  to  an  attack  made  tipon  her  doctrines 
and  principles    in    the   "  Christiaji    Spectator,''    of  New 
Haven,   Conn.     Philadelphia.     T.  S.  Manning.     20  pp. 
Reviewed  in  N.  J.  Miss.  p.  313. 
Sturtzenbecker,    M.:    Johannis    Uppenbarelse   efter   en    andelig 
me7ii7ig  (The  Revelation  of  John  according  to  a  spiritual 
sense  J.     Stockholm.     Deleen.      139  pp. — A.  L. 
Tafel,  J.  F.  I.:   Om  halte7i  och  wdrdet  af  Emanuel  Swedenborgs 
Skrifter  (On  the  character  and  value  of  Swedenborg's 
Writings).     Stockholm.     113  pp. — A.  L. 


320  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

Translated  from  the  German  by  Rev.  J.  Tybeck. 
Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan:    Den   krdnkta   San7iinge7is  Fbrsvar  emot 
Sinadeskriften    ''  Bibeln    och  Swedenborg^     Stockholm. 
176  pp 

A  refutation  of  the  Swedish  edition  of  Pike's  attack 
on  the  New  Church. — A.  L. 
Om  den  Gode  Herden.     Afskedspredikan   halleji  i  Helgards 

Kyrka.     Stockholm.     Deleen.     24  pp. — A.  L. 
Prdfvande    Ofversigt   af    Christna    Kyrkans     Griindldroe. 
Stockholm.     Deleen.     88  pp. — A.  L. 
Williams,  Daniel  :  Strictures  on  the  Religious  System  of  Baron 

Swedenborg.     Lynchburg,  Va.     36  pp.— A.  L. 
Worcester,  Thomas  :     Ser?nons.     Boston.     84  pp. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Evknts. 

America.  The  presidential  election  results  in  no  choice.  John  Quincy 
Adams  is  electel  President  by  the  House  of  Representatives,  John  C.  Cal- 
houn, vice-president.     Lafayette  visits  the  United  States. 

Asia.  Outbreak  of  war  between  England  and  Burniah.  The  English  ac- 
quire Singapore. 

France.  Death  of  Louis  XVIII.  He  is  succeeded  by  his  brother,  Charles 
X.     Death  of  Eugene  Beauharnais. 

Great  Britain.  First  publication  of  the  "  Westminster  Review."  Forma- 
tion of  the  Catholic  Association  in  Ireland. 

Greece.  Death  of  Lord  Byron,  at  Missolonghi.  Ibrahim  Pascha  is  de- 
feated by  Miaul  is. 

Mexico.  The  Republic  is  triumphantly  established.  Iturbide  is  captured 
and  shot. 

South  America.  Bolivar  is  made  dictator  of  Peru.  The  last  Spanish 
forces  in  South  America  are  overwhelmed  by  General  Sucre  at  Ayacucho. 

jQ  ry  r  America.  No  general  convention  is  held  this  year ; 
^'  the  Church  appears  to  have  been  in  general  state  of 
weakness  and  inactivity. 

Cincinnati,  O. — Formation  of  the  "  Theosophic  Society," 
by  twelve  members  of  the  Cincinnati  Society,  for  the  purpose 
of  studying  and  discussing  the  Doctrines.  The  members  meet 
once  a  week  for  eight  or  ten  years,  and,  in  time,  come  to  ex- 
ercise a  strong  influence  upon  the  Church  in  the  West. — M.  n. 
s.  v:  395. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Holly  begins  to  publish  The  Herald  of  Truth, 


i82s.  321 

a  periodical  issued  twice  a  month,  from  March  17,  1825,  to 
May  18,  1826.  (This  periodical  should  not  be  confounded 
with  The  Herald  of  TriUh^  or  Northern  Repository^  published 
at  London,  1833.) — M.  n.  s.  viii:   144;   Conv.  R.  1826:   17. 

Danby^  N.  K,  October  16. — Rev.  Lewis  Beers  dedicates  the 
temple  of  the  New  Church  society  in  this  town. — Conv.  R. 
1826:   14. 

N'ew  York  City. — Dr.  Hans  B.  Gram,  one  of  the  first 
homoeopathic  physicians  in  history,  settles  in  New  York,  and 
introduces  the  practice  of  Homoeopathy  into  America.  He  is 
an  earnest  New  Churchman  and  a  member  of  Mr.  Doughty's 
society. — Mess.  39:   168;  L.  1898:   27. 

Urbana^  O. — The  Doctrines  are  first  introduced  here  by  Mr. 
Thomas  Gwynne,  of  Maryland. — Mess.  47:   201. 

France. — The  manuscript  translations  of  the  Writings  by 
M.  Moet,  are  at  this  time  being  published  at  Brussels  and 
Paris,  at  the  expense  of  J.  A.  Tulk,  Esq.,  who  contributes  27,- 
000  francs  to  this  use. — /.  1825  :  S^S- 

Germany.  Tiibingen^  September  24. — Dr.  Immanuel  Tafel 
is  appointed  professor  at  the  University  of  Tubingen,  on  con- 
dition that  he  should  refrain  from  publishing  and  propagating 
the  Writings  of  Swedenborg.  He  endures  this  condition  until 
March,  1829,  "laying,"  as  he  says,  "dead  for  three  years  and 
a  half"—/).  H:   1333;  /.  1863:  565. 

Great  Britain.  Birmingham,  May  8. — Mr.  Edward  Made- 
ley,  Jr.,  is  ordained  into  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church  by 
Rev.  Joseph  Proud. — /.  1825:  706. 

Brightlingsea,  September. — Rev.  William  Mason,  having 
been  ordained  into  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  Rev. 
Robert  Hind  marsh,  accepts  the  pastorate  of  the  Brightlingsea 
Society. — /.  1863:  320;   1825:  707. 

Bristol,  May. — Rev.  D.  G.  Goyder  resigns  from  the  pastor- 
ate of  the  society  in  Bridewell  Lane.  The  society  now  invites 
the  Rev.  Joseph  Enoch  to  assume  the  pastorate,  by  which 
means  the  two  societies  in  Bristol  become  once  more  united. 
— Goyder's  Autobiography,  p.  181;  Conf.  R.  1825:  48;  M.  L. 
1895:   167. 


222  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH, 

Dalton^  August  21. — A  new  chapel,  erected  at  the  expense 
of  Mr.  George  Senior,  is  dedicated  here  by  Rev.  Richard  Jones. 
Mr.  Senior  and  Mr.  J.  Parry  officiate  jointly  as  ministers  of  this 
society. — /.  1825:  707. 

Derby ^  August  9-12. — Eighteenth  General  Conference^  Rev. 
R.  Jones,  president,  and  J.  S.  Hodson,  secretary.  Eight  min- 
isters and  sixteen  representatives  are  present.  A  resolution  is 
adopted  expediting  the  publication  of  the  new  Liturgy.  The 
society  at  Newcastle  now  refusing  to  have  their  temple  vested 
in  the  Conference  trustees,  the  Conference  resolves  to  inquire 
from  Mrs.  Norman, — at  whose  expense  the  temple  had  been 
chiefly  erected, — whether  the  proceedings  of  the  Newcastle 
society  meet  with  her  approbation.  The  publication  of  a 
second  edition  of  the  Conference  Hymn  Book  is  ordered.  A 
new  committee  is  appointed  to  consider  the  ordering  of  the 
ministry.  The  application  of  the  Maguire  street  society  of 
Liverpool,  for  the  ordination  of  Mr.  R.  G.  Sheldon,  is  refused 
on  account  of  the  divided  state  of  the  Church  in  Liverpool.  It 
is  resolved  to  remunerate  the  secretary  of  the  Conference  for 
his  services.  The  address  from  the  General  Convention  in 
America  is  received  with  lively  satisfaction,  and  the  president 
is  directed  to  prepare  an  address  in  reply.  K.  committee  is 
appointed  to  prepare  a  "  New  Church  Spelling  Book  and  Class 
Book."  Rev.  J.  Robinson  resigns  from  the  treasurership,  and 
Mr.  W.  Malins  is  appointed  as  his  successor.  It  is  resolved 
that  the  treasurer,  henceforth,  be  chosen  from  the  laity.  Fif- 
teen important  rules  of  procedure  are  adopted,  and  made 
standing  rules  of  the  Conference. — Conf.  R.  1825;  ^-  P-  433- 

August  14. — Ordination  of  Mr.  Jonathan  Gilbert,  of  Leeds, 
by  Rev.  Manoah  Sibly. — /.  1825:  707. 

Dublin^  J^ily- — Rev.  D.  G.  Goyder  visits  Dublin  and  preaches 
to  the  small  society  there.  The  visit,  and  his  unfortunate  ex- 
perience of  "Irish  hospitality"  are  amusingly  described  in  his 
Autobiography^  p.  185. 

Haslingden^  May  8. — The  public  services  of  the  New  Church 
in  this  town  are  discontinued,  and  not  opened  again  until 
1839. — M,  L.  1890:  197. 


Lojidon^  January  23. — Formation  of  a  New  Church  society 
at  Curtain  Road,  Shoreditch.  The  society  never  reported  to 
the  Conference. —  G.  //.,  p.  67. 

February  i. — Institution  of  the  "London  Union  Coffee 
Meeting,"  a  select  body  of  ladies  and  gentlemen,  members  of 
the  New  Church,  who  meet  once  a  month  for  doctrinal  and 
literary  discussion. — /.  1826:   182;   1863:  320. 

June  20. — Sixteenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society,  Mr.  C.  A.  Tulk,  chairman.  The  committee  reports 
the  publication  of  the  first  volume  of  a  new  edition  of  the 
Arcana  Ccelestia^  besides  other  publications. — R.  S.  S.  16. 

According  to  the  report  of  Chas.  Aug.  Tulk,  Esq.,  his  friend, 
Samuel  T.  Coleridge,  the  poet  and  philosopher,  offers  to  write 
"a  history  of  the  mind  of  Swedenborg,"  provided  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Church  in  London  will  remunerate  him  to  the  ex- 
tent of  ^200.  Coleridge  is  at  this  time  much  affected  by 
Tulk's  form  of  Swedenborgianism,  though  he  afterwards  denies 
ever  having*  had  any  sympathy  with  the  doctrines  of  Sweden- 
borg.— /.  1863  :  320. 

Mr.  Richard  DeCharms,  of  Philadelphia,  is  now  sojourning 
in  London,  studying  the  Theology  of  the  New  Church  under 
Mr.  Noble. — O.  vi  :   250. 

Manchester^  November  2. — The  members  of  the  Peter  Street 
Society  present  a  silver  cup  to  their  pastor.  Rev.  Richard  Jones, 
together  with  a  portrait  of  himself,  painted  by  Mr.  R.  B. 
Faulkner.— ie.  P.  436;  Z.  M,  1826:  22. 

Russia. — ^John  A.  Tulk,  Esq.,  reports  that  there  has  been  a 
great  call,  in  Moscow,  for  the  French  translations  of  the  Writ- 
ings, and  that  the  emperor,  in  consequence,  has  forbidden  the 
importations  of  these  works. — /.  1825  :  3^6. 

N0TAB1.E  Artici.es, 

The  Quarterly  Theological  Review,  No.  4  (a  London  magazine  of  the 
Established  Church),  in  an  article  on  Swedenborg,  maintains  that  the  latter 
"personated  the  Holy  Ghost,"  and  covers  him  with  the  most  extravagant 
calumnies  and  ridicule.  The  Committee  of  the  Swedenborg  Society  im- 
mediately prepares  a  brief  but  pointed  reply.  The  Review  declines  to  insert 
it,  but  it  is  afterwards  published  in  twelve  different  journals,  newspapers 
and  university  magazines,  and  creates  wide  attention. — R.  S.  S.  17  :  n,  13. 


324 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Publications. 


Swedenborg:     Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vol.  I.     London. — S.  S. 

Third  English  edition,  revised  by  Samuel  Noble,  and 
published  jointly  by  the  S.  S.  and  the  M.   P.  S.— /?.  5. 
5.  1825  :  5. 
Himmelska  L'dn7iligheter  (Arcana  Coelestia).    Vol.  II,  part 
5,  nos.  1 634-1 764.     Stockholm.     Deleen. 
First  Swedish  edition. — A.  L. 
On  Heaven  and  Hell.     Boston.  Carter. 

Second  American  edition. — N.  I  :  542. 
The  Doctrine  of  Life  for  the  New  Jerusalem.   London.  — S.S. 
"  Sixth  "  English  edition;  really  the  ninth;   "  revised." 
—R.  S.  S.  1825  :  6;  N.  Y.  L. 
[Anonymous] :   Consolation  to  Bereaved  Parents.     Philadelphia. 

T.  S.  Manning.     20  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Churchill,    Rev.    Thomas :     Jesus    Christ   the   tr^ie    God    and 
Eternal  Life.     London.     228  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1826  :  44. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John  :   E^'Mdi-ung  des  Katechis7nus  der  Evarigel- 
ische  Kirch  e  ifi  England,  fi'ir  die  Jug  end.     Tiibingen. 
62  pp.     Translated  by  Dr.  Tafel.— B.  M. 
Letters  to  a  Friend  on   the  Human  Soul,  its  Immateriality 
and  Immortality .     Leamington.     Spa  Press.      143  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1825  :  613,  680. — A.  L. 
Regnbageji,  eller  Tecknet  af  Guds  Fbi'samling .   Gottenburg. 

24  pp. — R.  L. 
SermoJis  on  the  Beatitudes,  and  on  several  other  impo7'tant 
Subjects  of   Christiaji  Life  aiid  Dodriyie.     Leamington. 

451  PP- 

Reviewed  in  /.  1825  :  499. — A.  L. 
The    Golden    Weddi7ig  Ring,  or    Thoughts   071    Ma7'riage. 
Manchester.      Varey.     36  pp. 
The  "  eleventh  "  edition.— I.  L. 
Ettrick,  Rev.   W.:     Aiiszver  to  certain  allegations  co7itai7ied  i7i 
a  Critique  i7i  the  * '  Litellectual  Reposito7y. ' '      32  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.   1826  :  59. 
Langs dorf,  J.   W.:      Christlicher  Katechismus  fur  die  fuge7id. 
Tiibingen.     Schonhardt. — T.  M.  ii:    145. 
A  second  edition  was  published  in   1826. 


^^^5-  325 

[Liturgical]  :  Hymns  for  Sunday  Schools,  upon  the  Principles 
of  the  New  ferusalem  Church,  ajid  Hym?is  for  Children. 
I^ondon.     Hodson. 

Reviewed  iu  /.  1825  :  690. 
Lundblad,    Rev.     Sven  :       Christna    Religionens    Hufvudldror 
(The   principal    Doctrines   of  the   Christian    Religion). 
Upsala. 

The  author,  professor  of  Theology  at  Upsala  Uni- 
versity, and  the  most  noted  Swedish  Theologian  of  his 
day,  was  a  disciple  of  Dean  Knos,  and  a  partial  re- 
ceiver of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  of  which,  in  this 
work,  he  is  said  to  have  presented  a  systematic  com- 
pendium, yet  without  mentioning  Swedenborg's  name. 
The  chancellor  of  justice  proposed  to  institute  proceed- 
ings against  the  author,  but  was  prevented  by  the  crown- 
prince,  Oscar.  The  work  was  published  in  a  second 
edition,  at  Stockholm,  in  1826.  A  German  edition, 
translated  by  Mohnike,  was  published  at  Stralsund,  in 
1830.  The  author  died,  as  bishop  of  Skara,  April  29, 
1837. — Kahl.  iv  :  130. 
Noble,  Rev.  Samuel  :  The  Plenary  Inspiration  of  the  Scriptures 
asserted,  a7id  the  principles  of  their  composition  investi- 
gated.    Six  lectures.     London.     Simpkins.     731  pp. 

A  monumental  work;  reviewed  in  /.    1825:   506. — 
A.  L. 
[Periodical]  :      The  Daivji   of  Light  and    Theological  Inspector. 
lyondon.     Th.  Goyder.     472  pp. 
The  Herald  of  Truth.     Cincinnati. 

A  bi-weekly,  edited  and  published  by  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Holley,  from  March,  1825,  to  May    r8,  1826. — M.  n.  s. 
viii  :  144. 
The  Intellectual  Repository  iox  1825,  completing   Vol.    I   of 
the  "  new  series."     London.  556  pp. — A.  L. 
[Reports]:     General  Conference.     Minutes   for    1825.     London. 
Hodson.     76  pp. — A.  L. 
Manchester  and  Salford   Missionary    Society   of  the  New 
ferusalem  Church.     Fifth  Annual  Report.      Manchester. 
48  pp.— U.  L. 
New  fei^usalem     Church    Free    School.      London.     Third 
report.— S.  S.  L- 


326  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.    i6.     Ivondon.      Hodson. 
20  pp. — A.  L. 

Richer,  Edward:     Mes  Pensees.     Nantes.     327  pp. — A.  L. 

[Sandford,  Rev.]:  A  Casket  of  Jewels;  or,  a  Reply  in  Ques- 
tions and  A7isivers  by  a  Layman  or  Trinitai^iari,  to  An- 
dronicus,  or  Unitarian,  being  a  clear  Refutation  of  both 
their  Doctrines  07i  the  Tj'ifiity.  By  a  Lover  of  Diviyie 
Truth.     St.  Heliers.     Jersey. 

The  author  was  a  Methodist  Preacher,  lately  converted 
to  the  New  Church.— 7?.  P.  440. 

Sturtzenbecker,  M.;  Tankar  om  Meniiiskans  Frihet,  af  Eman- 
uel Sivedenborg  (Thoughts  on  Freedom  of  Man).  Stock- 
holm.    Deleen.      18  pp. 

A  series  of  extracts  from  Swedenborg' s  Writings,  so 
isolated  from  their  connection  as  to  apparently  favor 
Sturtzenbecker' s  predestinarian  heresy. — Kahl.  4:  11. 
—A.  L. 

Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan  :  Deii  Sajina  Nyttan  att  Idsa  Gamla  Testa- 
mentets  Ord  (The  true  use  of  reading  the  Word  of  the 
Old  Testament).     Stockholm.     Deleen.     69  pp. — R.  L. 


Contemporary  Evknts. 

A'nerica.  Bsgintiiag  of  thi  aiiiiQistratioti  of  John  Quiacy  Aiitns. 
Org iti'zation  of  the  American  Unitarian  Asiociation,  at  Boston.  Death  of 
Rev.  John  Henry  Livingstone,  the  patriarch  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church 
in  America.     Opening  of  the  Erie  Canal.     New  York  is  illuminated  by  gas. 

France.  The  '■^Emigres''''  are  granted  an  idemnity  of  one  thousand 
million  francs  by  the  French  government.  Death  of  vSaint  Simon,  the 
religio-socialistic  philosopher  and  writer. 

Germany.  Maximilian  I  ascends  the  throne  of  Bavaria.  Death  of  Richter 
("  Jean  Paul  "),  the  German  philosopher  and  satirist. 

Great  Britain.  Parliament  abolishes  the  "  Catholic  Association."  Com- 
mercial treaties  are  made  with  Mexico  and  the  South  American  republics. 
The  first  voyage  by  steam,  from  England  to  India,  is  accomplished.  Pub- 
lication of  Pepy's  "  Diary,"  and  Coleridge's  "  Aids  to  Reflection."  Com- 
mercial panic  in  England  (December). 

Greece.  Ibrahim  Pasha,  the  ruler  of  Egypt,  invades  Morea  and  captures 
Navarino  and  Tripoliza. 

Ltaly.     Francis  I  succeeds  his  father,  Ferdinand  I,  in  Naples. 

Russia.  Death  of  Alexander  I  (December  i);  he  is  succeeded  by  his 
brjther,  Nicholas  I.  A  military  insurrection  breaks  out  in  St.  Petersburg, 
but  is  soon  suppressed. 


1826.  3^7 

South  America.  Bolivar  resigns  his  dictatorship  in  Peru.  Bolivia  be- 
comes an  independent  republic.  Portugal  recognizes  the  independence  of 
Brazil. 

West  Indies.     The  independence  of  Hayti  is  recognized  by  France. 


1826  America.     New    York,  June  1-3. — Eighth   Gen- 

eral Convention,  Mr.  Hargrove,  president,  Mr.  T. 
B.  Hayward,  secretary.  Five  ministers  and  seventeen  dele- 
gates are  present.  A  committee  is  appointed  "to  take  into 
consideration  the  subject  of  organizing  this  Convention,  and 
also  the  several  Churches  and  Societies  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem in  this  country,  into  some  form  of  Ecclesiastical  Gov- 
ernment." The  Convention,  on  the  following  day,  June  2, 
at  the  recommendation  of  this  committee,  adopts  the  follow- 
ing resolution:  ^^ Resolved,  That  a  candidate  for  ordination 
present  himself  before  the  Convention  of  Ministers  and  Dele- 
gates, with  the  requisite  recommendations  already  prescribed, 
and  there  receive  ordination  : — unless  it  should  be  the  particular 
desire  of  his  own  Society  to  have  him  ordained  in  their 
presence ;  in  which  latter  case,  the  candidate  shall  present  a 
certificate  of  approbation  from  the  Convention,  to  any  two 
ministers  possessing  ordaining  powers,  and  then  receive  ordi- 
nation at  their  hands." 

The  Convention,  by  this  important  resolution,  takes  into  its 
own  hands  the  original  ordaining  power  and  authority,  which 
up  to  this  time  had  been  exercised  by  the  local  churches  in 
Baltimore,  Philadelphia  and  New  York,  the  ordaining  ministers 
remaining  simply  the  instruments  through  which  the  Conven- 
tion, as  the  source  of  authority,  confers  the  ordination.  This 
is,  essentially,  the  order  which  has  continued  with  the  Conven- 
tion until  the  present  time  (1899).  The  meeting  grants  ordi- 
nation to  Dr.  Lemuel  C.  Belding  and  Mr.  Eleazar  Smith. 
Rev.  Holland  Weeks,  on  behalf  of  the  committee  appointed 
in  1824  to  consider  the  communication  from  the  Cincinnati 
Society,  presents  an  able  report,  setting  forth  the  Scriptural, 
Doctrinal,  and  rational  reasons  for  the  existence  of  a  distinc- 
tive priesthood  in  the  New  Church,  and  for  a  trine  of  degrees 
within  that  priesthood.     The  report  is  read  and  laid  on  the 


328  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

table;  it  is  published  in  the  Journal  of  the  Convention  for 
1827. — Conv.  R.  1826;  Ex.   181-183  ;  and  N.   IV:   130,  132. 

June  4. — Dr.  Lemuel  C.  Belding,  of  Leraysville,  Pa.,  and 
Mr.  Eleazar  Smith,  of  Bridgewater,  ]Mass.,  are  ordained,  after 
the  closing  of  the  Convention,  by  the  laying  on  of  hands  upon 
the  candidates  by  Rev.  ^Messrs.  Hargrove,  Beers,  Carll,  Roche, 
and  Doughty. — Conv.  R.   1826:   7. 

New  Hartford^  N.  V. — A  small  society  is  formed  here  under 
the  leadership  of  Mr.  George  Bigelow. — Conv.  R.  1827:  22. 

North  Bridgewater^  Mass. — A  society  begins  to  be  formed 
in  this  town. — Ibid.  p.  26. 

Philadelphia. — Dr.  Edwin  Atlee,  an  eminent  Quaker  preacher 
and  physician,  resigns  from  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  begins 
to  preach  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  in  the  City  Con- 
missioners'  Hall. — Conf.  R.  1826. 

France.  Ban-de-la- Roche.,  Alsace^  ]May  8. — Death  of  Jean 
Frederic  Oberlin,  the  famous  philanthropist  and  ideal  pastor, 
an  open  admirer  of  Swedenborg's  works. — C.  H.  118. 

Paris. — M.  Oegger,  first  vicar  to  the  Cathedral  of  Paris,  and 
confessor  to  the  Queen  of  France,  receives  the  Doctrines  of  the 
New  Church  through  Captain  Bernard.  He  soon  afterwards 
relinquishes  his  offices  and  leaves  the  Catholic  Church.  There 
are  at  this  time  fourteen  members  of  the  society  in  Paris,  and 
about  sixty-six  receivers  in  the  whole  of  France. — M.  31: 
463;  /.  1828:  62. 

Germany.  Tiibingen. — Dr.  Tafel,  in  a  letter  to  the  Sweden- 
borg  Society,  proposes  to  give  up  his  professorship  and  devote 
himself  entirely  to  the  literary  work  of  the  New  Church,  pro- 
vided an  annual  salary  of  ^93  be  guaranteed,  the  Doctor 
himself  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  publications  out  of  this 
sum.  The  Swedenborg  vSociety,  from  a  sense  of  justice  to  Dr. 
Tafel,  declines  this  proposition. — R.  S.  S.  17:   17. 

Great  Britain.  Birmiiigham,  August  3. — Death  of  Rev. 
Joseph  Proud,  the  first  hymnologist  and  the  most  eloquent 
preacher  and  evangelist  of  the  New  Church  in  the  early  days. 
Born  in  1745,  he  entered  the  Baptist  ministry,  but  received  the 


1826.  329 

Heavenly  Doctrines  in  a  remarkable  manner,  while  at  Norwich, 
1789.  (See  Annals^  p.  148.)  He  now  became  minister  to  the 
new  society  at  Norwich,  but  encountered  much  opposition  and 
ill  usage,  was  ordained  into  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church, 
May  3,  1 79 1,  and  in  the  same  year  became  the  first  pastor  of  the 
Birmingham  Society,  where  he  preached  with  great  success 
until  1797,  when  he  removed  to  London,  to  take  charge  of  the 
congregation  in  Cross  St.,  Hatton  Garden.  Here  he  became 
one  of  the  most  popular  preachers  in  the  city,  his  eloquence 
and  the  striking,  representative  robes,  etc.,  attracting  enormous 
crowds.  The  congregations  still  increasing,  the  society  re- 
moved to  York  St.  in  1799,  where,  in  a  large  and  elegant 
chapel,  he  continued  to  preach  for  fourteen  years,  to  an  average 
attendance  of  one  thousand  hearers.  Owing  to  financial  and 
other  complications,  the  society  removed  to  a  more  obscure 
chapel  in  Lisle  St.,  Leicester  Square.  Internal  dissensions 
now  arose  in  the  congregation,  and  Mr.  Proud  returned  to 
Birmingham,  in  1814.  Being  now  seventy  years  of  age,  and 
broken  in  strength,  his  ministrations  proved  less  successful  than 
formerly,  and  the  society  became  almost  extinct,  but  revived 
under  the  preaching  of  Rev.  Edward  Madeley,  Jr.,  Mr.  Proud's 
assistant  Mr.  Proud  now  devoted  most  of  his  strength  to  the 
missionary  field,  and  preached  with  much  success  in  various 
places,  but  retired  from  active  work  in  1822.  An  indefatigable 
writer,  he  published  hundreds  of  tracts  and  sermons,  composed 
the  first  hymnbook  of  the  New  Church,  in  1790  (within  a 
period  of  three  months),  became  one  of  the  editors  of  the 
Aurora^  1 798-1800,  contributed  frequently  to  the  Intellectual 
Repository^  and  published  his  last  and  most  valuable  work.  The 
Aged  Minister's  Last  Legacy  to  the  New  Churchy  in  1818. 
As  one  of  the  most  outspoken  advocates  of  the  distinctiveness 
of  the  New  Church,  he  has  been  much  attacked  by  the  "non- 
separatists,"  but  is  generally  ackowledged  as  one  of  the  great 
apostles  of  the  New  Church  in  Great  Britain,  zealous,  ardent, 
poetical,  industrious  and  sincere. — /.  1826:  347,  351;  L.  M, 
1826:  303.  See  also  Madeley's  Obituary  Sermon^  1826. 
Dublin,  August  and  September. — The  Rev.  David  Howarth 


330  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

lectures  in  the  "Rotunda"  to  large  and  interested  audiences. — 
B.  P.  454;  L.  M.  1826:  315. 

Liverpool. — Rev.  D.  G.  Goyder,  now  settled  as  schoolmaster 
in  Iviverpool,  succeeds  in  eflfecting  a  reunion  of  the  two  long 
separated  societies.  Mr.  Goyder  is  invited  to  become  the  min- 
ister, but  "very  prudently  declines." — Conf.  R.  1826:  68;  L. 
M.  1826:  349. 

London^  January. — Publication  of  The  New  Jerusalem  Mag- 
azine and  Theological  Inspector^  a  monthly  journal  of  32 
pp.,  edited  and  published  by  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder. 

May  22. — Fifth  annual  meeting  of  the  Missionary  and  Tract 
Society. — /.  1826:  256. 

June  19. — Seventeenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society,  Chas.  A.  Tulk,  chairman.  The  committee  reports  the 
publication  of  the  ''^ Fonr  Leaditig  Doctrines^''  and  an  increased 
interest  owing  to  the  reply  to  the  calumnies  of  the  Quarterly 
Theological  Review. — R.  S.  S.  17. 

September  9. — Death  of  Mr.  John  Presland,  a  most  zealous, 
active,  and  generous  member  of  the  New  Church,  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  a  supporter  of  all  the  uses 
of  the  Church  in  London,  and  the  special  patron  of  the  society 
in  Brightlingsea,  an  honest,  independent  and  benevolent  man, 
of  whom  it  is  said  that  "no  private  individual  throughout  the 
kingdom  was  more  completely  identified  with  the  cause  of  the 
New  Church."— i?.  6'.  5.  1827  :  12  ;  /.  1826  :  351 ;  L.  M.  1826  : 

319- 

December  7. — Death  of  John  Flaxman,  the  great  sculptor, 
one  of  the  most  famous  artists  of  the  century.  He  became  a 
member  of  the  " Theosophical  Society"  in  1784,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  ]\Ir.  Proud's  society  in  Cross  street,  and,  until  his  death,  a 
zealous  member  and  contributor  to  the  Swedenborg  Society. 
"The  mind  of  John  Flaxman  was  earnest,  enthusiastic,  and 
highly  poetic;  his  temper  serene;  his  affections  warm  and 
benevolent;  and  his  whole  character  shone  with  the  angelic 
light  of  pure  disinterestedness  and  cheerful  piety.  Religion 
was  not  with  him  a  thing  set  apart  for  occasional  use,  regarded 
only  for  the  sake  of  the  world's  opinions,  or  because  the  world 


John  Flaxman. 


1826.  331 

has  lost  its  attractions ;  it  was  the 
vivifying  principle  of  his  exist- 
ence ;  it  guided  every  feeling,  was 
blended  with  every  thought,  and 
passed  into  every  action.  In  this 
dishonest,  hypocritical  world,  a 
simple-minded,  sincere  man  must 
necessarily  be  considered  very  pe- 
culiar ;  and  John  Flaxman  zvas  so 
regarded.  He  was  a  receiver  of 
the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusa- 
lem,— a  humble  believer  that  the 
revelations  of  Emanuel  Sweden- 
borg  were  graciously  provided 
by  the  Lord,  for  the  restoration 
of  a  true  faith  and  church  in  the  world."  (From  the  writ- 
ings of  Allan  Cunningham  and  Lydia  M.  Child,  in  W,  N, 
1855,  pp.  4,  5;  see  also  D.  II:  1200;  R.  S.  5.  1827:  13, 
14;  /.  1827:  434;  I-'  M.  1827:  31. 

December  17. — Rev.  John  Harbin,  formerly  a  Methodist 
minister,  is  received  into  the  membership  of  the  New  Church. 
He  becomes  the  minister  of  the  society  in  Salisbury. — L.  M. 
1827:  30. 

Manchester,  August  8-12. — Nineteenth  General  Conference, 
Rev.  Richard  Jones,  president,  J.  S.  Hodson,  secretary ;  seven 
ministers  and  twenty-one  representatives  are  present.  The 
Conference  is  much  occupied  with  the  complications  resulting 
from  the  refusal  of  Rev.  James  Bradley  and  the  Newcastle 
society  to  fulfill  their  engagement  with  the  Conference  in 
regard  to  the  vesting  of  the  temple  in  that  city. — Conf.  R. 
1826;  R.  P.  447. 

Death  of  Rev.  Francis  Marcellus  Hodson,  an  enthusiastic 
and  eloquent  laborer  in  the  New  Church.  He  was  one  of  the 
earliest  ''separatists"  in  Manchester,  and  preached  to  the  Peter 
street  society,  alternately  with  Rev.  Richard  Jones,  until  the 
year  1800.  He  subsequently  preached  to  the  various  little 
centres  in   Lancashire,  established  an   independent  society  at 


332  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Ancoat's  Road  in  Manchester,  1820,  and  finally  became  the 
pastor  of  the  society  in  Hull,  where  he  became  very  popular 
with  the  seafaring  population.  He  was  a  hymnologist  of  great 
ability,  a  lively  and  warm-hearted  man,  and  a  clear,  systematic 
and  brilliant  expounder  of  the  internal  sense  of  the  Word. 
One  of  his  daughters  married  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Bayley. — 
Mess.  Vol.  47,  p.  165;  Bayley's  New  Church  Worthies^  p.  60. 
Nantwich,  October  15. — Death  of  Mr.  Joseph  Whitting- 
ham  Salmon,  aged  79  years;  originally  a  Methodist  preacher, 
he  was  introduced  to  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  by  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Fletcher,  the  celebrated  vicar  of  Madeley,  in  1785.  Filled 
with  apostolic  zeal  and  accompanied  by  the  Rev.  Ralph 
Mather,  he  immediately  began  to  proclaim  the  Doctrines  as  a 
street  preacher  in  numerous  towns  in  England,  but  after  a  few 
years  becoming  convinced  of  the  disorderly  character  of  his 
proceedings,  he  became  a  "  non-separatist "  and  co-worker  with 
John  Clowes,  and  henceforth  confined  his  activity  to  the  literary 
field  of  the  Church. — /.  1827:  430. 

Newcastle,  July  9. — Rev.  James  Bradley  resigns  from  the 
pastorate,  owing  to  his  troubles  with  the  Conference  and  a  part 
of  the  society.  He  is  succeeded  by  Mr.  E.  R.  Rendell. — /. 
1826:  260;   G.  H.  89. 

Russia. — General  Alexander  Mouravieflf,  the  most  promi- 
nent and  active  New  Churchman  in  Russia,  is  banished  to 
Siberia  on  account  of  his  too  outspoken  advocacy  of  the  aboli- 
tion of  serfdom.  He  is  recalled  and  restored  to  imperial  favor 
in  1835.—/.  1867:  5. 

NOTABLK  ArTICI.es. 

Intellectual  Repository ,  1826. 

"On  the  causes  which  prevent  the  effect  of  pulpit  exercises  in  the  New 
Church,"  p.  34,  a  severe  criticism  of  the  general  style  of  the  New  Church 
preaching  (from  a  "  non-separatist"  point  of  view). 
New  Jeriisaletn  Magazine^  London,  vol.  i. 

"  Memoir  of  Rev.  Manoah  Sibly, "  p.  i. 

"On  Modern  Hebrew  Literature,"  p.  65. 

On  the  use  of  the  term  "Incarnate  God,"  an  important  controversy  be- 
tween "**  *"  (^  Chas.  Aug.  Tulk)  and  "  Ignoramus"  (=  A.  Le  Cras)  on 
the  one  side  and  "  Woal  l-be-right"  and  "  Xanthus  "  on  the  ather  side.  Mr. 
Tulk  attacks  the  use  of  this  term,  as  necessarily  involving  the  worship  of 


1826.  333 

the  material  or  maternal  human,  but  is  secretly  laboring  to  prepare  the  way 
for  his  gnostical  doctrines  that  the  Lord  was  never  actually  in  the  Flesh. 
This  forms  the  beginning  of  the  (first)  great  Tulkite  controversy.— pp.  82, 
171,  244,  302,  358. 


Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Anglavisheten  om  den  Gudomliga  Forsynen 
(Divine  Providence).  Two  parts,  1826,  1827.  Stock- 
holm.    Deleen. 

First  Swedish  edition. — R.  L. 
An  Hieroglyphic  Key.     London      Th.  Goyder.     59  pp. — 
/.  1825:  708.— B.  L. 

Second  English  edition. — R.  L. 
Himmelska  L'dnjiligheter.     Vol.  II;  parts  6-8;   Nos.  1767- 
2134.     Stockholm.     Deleen. 
First  Swedish  edition. — A.  L. 
Liidus  Heliconms.     Stockholm.     Deleen. 

Second  Latin  edition.— ZP.   II:  887.— A.  L. 
O71  the  hitercourse  between  the  Soul  a7id  the  Body.    London. 
— S.  S. 

"Fifth"  English  edition;  really  the  seventh. — R.  S. 
S.      1827:  6. 
On  the  Neiv  Jerusalem  a?id  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.    London. 
— S.  S. 

Ninth  English  edition.— S.  S.  L. 
On  the  White  Horse  in  the  Apocalypse.     London. — S.  S. 
Third  English  edition,  published  as  appendix   to  the 
Doctrine  of  the  Sacred  Scripture. — R.  S  S.  1825:  4. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  Neiv  Jerusalem  concernifig  the  Sacred 
Scripture      London. — S.  S. 

Sixth  English  edition,  "  carefully  revised;"  bound  in 
one  volume,  entitled  The  Four  Leadiiig  Doctrines,  to- 
gether with  the  latest  editions  of  the  Doctrines  of  the 
Lo?^d,  Life,  and  Faith,  with  a  new  translation  of  Sandels 
Eulogium  as  preface. — R.  S.  S.  1826:  4. 
[Anonymous] :  Essays  on  the  Universal  Analogy  between  the 
?iatural  and  spiritual  worlds.  By  the  author  of  *  *  Memoirs 
of  a  Deist.''     320  pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1826:  236. 
Beyer,  Rev.  G.  A.:  Nya  Forsok  till  npbygglig  Fdrklaring  bfver 


334 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


Evangeliska  Son  —  och  Hbgtidsdags  Texteraa,  i  afsigt 
pa  en  Hand-PosHlIa  (Beyer's  "Sermon-Essays"). 
Stockholm.     Deleen.     2  parts. 

The  second,    "  improv^ed  "  edition. — Sundelin.     61. — 
B.  M. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  feiv  plain  answers  to  the  question,   Why 
do   yoic    receive    the   testinio7iy   of   Baron   Szvedenborgf 
Watertown,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Published  by  Mr.  W.  B.  Copley.— J/.  20:   168. 
Einige    Schlichte    Antivorten    auf    die    Frage :      Warunt 
7iimnist  Du  das  Zeugjiiss  Sivedenborgs  anf     Tiibingen. 
61  pp. 

Translated  from  the  English  by  Professor  Ira.  Tafel. — 
A.  I.. 
Family  Prayers.     Leamington.     66  pp. 

Reviewed  in /.  1826:  248;  L.  M.  1826:   151. 
Letters  on  the  Human  Body.   Warwick.   W.  Rose.   202  pp. 

Reviewed  in  Z.  M.   1827:  11;  /.  1827:  404. — A.  L. 
Pastorns  Nydrsgafva  till  sina  Yngre  Ahbrare.    Gottenburg. 
— R.  L. 

Translated  from  the  English. 
The  Gospel  according  to  Mark,  translated  from  the  origiiial 
Greek  and  illustrated  by  extracts  from   the    Theological 
Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg .      Manchester.     340 
pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1827:  408. — A.  L. 
Ettrick,  Rev.  W.:  A  Reply  to  the  Third  Critique  in  the  ''Intel- 
lectual Repository. ' ' 

Reviewed  in  /.  1826:  335. 
[Juvenile]:  A    Catechism  for   the    use   of   the   New   ferusalem 
Church,   with  proofs  of  the   Doctrine  from  the   Sacred 
Scripture.     Bedford,  Pa.     C.  McDowell.      16  pp. 

Second  edition;  the  first  was  published  in  1806. — M. 
4:  360. — A.  E. 
Short  Dialogues  for  the  Instruction  of  Young  People.  Phila- 
delphia. T.  S.  Manning.  24  pp. — U.  E- 
Kjellberg,  Jonas:  Ndgot  om  Swedenborg  ianismeyi,  till  warning  for 
mindre  enfarne  bland  de  till  Zion  ivandrande.  (Informa- 
tion respecting  Swedenborgianism,  intended  as  a  warn- 


1826.  335 

ing  for  the  less  experienced  among  the  wanderers  of 
Zion).     Gottenburg.     S.  Norberg.     71  pp. 

An  attack  on  the  New  Church,  directed  especially 
against  Tybeck. — R.  L. 

Langsdorf,  J.  W.:  Christlicher  Katechismus.  Tiibingen.  2d 
edition.— r.  M.  II:   145. 

[Liturgical]:  Hymns  for  the  icse  of  the  New  Church,  etc.  Cin- 
cinnati.    Looker  &  Reynolds.     434  pp. — Cin.  L. 

Madeley,  Rev.  Edward,  Jr.:  A  sermon  occasioned  by  the  De- 
cease of  the  Rev.  foseph  Proud.  London.  Hodson.  38 
pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1826:  333. — A.  L. 

Noble,  Rev.  Samuel:  A7i  Appeal  in  behalf  of  the  views  of  the 
eternal  world  and  state,  and  the  Doctrines  of  faith  and  life 
held  by  the  body  of  Christians  who  believe  that  a  New 
Church  is  signified  by  the  Nezv  ferusalem.  bicluding  a7i- 
swers  to  Rev.  G.  Beanmonf  s  '' Anti-Swedenborg.''  Lon- 
don.    Hodson.     566  pp. 

This  is  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  powerful 
evangelistic  works  ever  published  by  the  New  Church. 
It  is  reviewed  in  /.  1826:  322. — A.  L. 

Paterson,  George  Murray,  M.  D.:  Sacred  Lemmas,  or  Analy- 
ses of  Scriptures,  Historical,  Prophetical,  and  Evangelical, 
according  to  the  scieiice  of  analogies.  Calcutta.  S. 
Smith.     86  pp. 

The  author,  a  New  Churchman,  signs  himself  "Sur- 
geon H.  K.  I.  C.  Bengal  Med.  Establ."-S.  S.  L. 

[Periodical]:     The  Intellectjial  Repository  iox  1826,  constituting 
Vol.  II.  of  "  New  Series,"  together  with  issues  for  1827. 
—A.  L. 
The  New  ferusalem  Magazine  a?td   Theological  hispector. 
Vol.  I.     London.     Th.  Goyder.     376. 

A  monthly  magazine,  edited,  printed,  and  published 
by  Rev.  Th.  Goyder,  with  the  financial  aid  of  Ch.  A. 
Tulk,  Esq.,  as  a  sequel  to  The  Dawn  of  Light. — A.  L. 

Reed,  Sampson:  Observations  on  the  Groivth  of  the  Mind.  Bos- 
ton.    Cummings  and  Hilliard.     44  pp. 

A  standard  New  Church  work  of  enduring  value.     It 
has  been  republished  in  numerous  editions. — B.  L. 
[Reports]:    General   Conference.     Minutes   for    1826.     London. 
Hodson.     80  pp. — A.  L. 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Getieral  Conventio7i.     Journals  for  1824  and  1826.     24  pp. 

—A.  Iv. 
Sivedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  17.     lyondon.     Hodson. 
24  pp.— A.  L. 

Roche,    Rev.    M.    B.:    Sermons  illustrative  of  several  impoi^tant 
priiiciples  of  the  New  ferusalem  Church .     Desig7ied  chiefly 
for  the  use  of  its  ministers.      Philadelphia.      Manning. 
116  pp. — A.  L. 

Sandels,  Samuel:  An   account  of  Ema7iucl  Szvedenborg ,  as  con- 
tained in  a  Eulogium  to  his  7nemory.     London.     Hodson. 

50  pp. 

The  first  complete  English  edition. — Cin.  L. 
Tybeck,    Rev.    Johan:    Anfdrande   till  Stadens  Kixm7idrs-Rdtt. 
Stockholm.     Marquard.     32  pp. — N.  K.  B. 
femnfdrelse   i7)iella7i  del  sy77iboliska   systemet  och   det   7-e7it 

Bibliska.     Stockholm.     Marquard.     88  pp. 
Predika7i   pa    Pi7igest    Dag  en.      Stockholm.      Marquard. 
28  pp. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Death  of  Thomas  Jefferson  (July  4),  and  of  John  Adams  (also 
July  4),  ex-presidents  of  the  United  States.  Death  of  Rev.  James  O'Kelly, 
the  pioneer  of  Methodism  in  the  Southern  States,  and  founder  of  the  (non- 
Episcopal)  sect  of  "  Republican  Methodists." 

Germany.  Rise  of  the  "  Tiibingen  School  of  Theology,"  a  rationalistic, 
pantheistic  development  of  German  Protestantism,  led  by  Prof.  Ferd.  C. 
Baur.     Death  of  Karl  von  Weber,  the  composer. 

Great  Britai7i.  P'oundation  of  the  University  of  London.  End  of  the 
first  v^ar  with  Burmah;  the  British  acquire  Assam  and  other  territories. 

Greece.  Fall  of  Missolonghi.  The  Turks  occupy  Athens  and  besiege  the 
Acropolis. 

Portugal.  Death  of  John  VI.  His  oldest  son,  Pedro  I.,  emperor  of 
Brazil,  resigns  the  Portuguese  crown  in  favor  of  his  young  daughter,  Maria 
II.  da  Gloria.  Dom  Miguel,  the  younger  son  of  John  VI.,  foments  a  revolu- 
tion in  Portugal,  and  usurps  the  power.  The  English  intervene,  but  in- 
effectually. 

Russia.     Outbreak  of  war  between  Russia  and  Persia. 

South  America.  War  breaks  out  between  Brazil  and  Buenos  Ayres.  The 
last  Spanish  forces  evacuate  Callao. 

Ticrfcey.  vSultan  Mahmoud  II.  causes  the  massacre  of  the  rebellious 
Janitzaries;  the  corps  is  abolished. 


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yQ^^  America.     Mahie^    Bath. — The  receivers  of  the 

'  Doctrines  continue  in  nominal  connection  with  the 
Old  Church,  but  have  begun  to  hold  separate  reading  meet- 
ings, and  are  looking  forward  to  complete  separation  from 
their  former  connections. — Conv.  R.  1827:27. 

Maryland^  Baltimore^  June  7-9. — Ninth  General  Conven- 
tion^ Mr.  Hargrove,  president,  Richard  DeCharms,  secre- 
tary. A  committee  is  appointed  "  to  consider  the  propriety  of 
establishing  a  more  orderly  form  of  ecclesiastical  government, 
and  particularly  as  relates  to  the  ministry."  This  committee, 
at  the  same  convention,  presents  a  report  (written  by  Jon. 
Condy,  Esq.),  clearly  recognizing  that  a  trine  ought  to  exist  in 
the  ministry,  and  that,  should  an  episcopal  mode  of  govern- 
ment be  established,  the  office  of  ordination  could  with  pro- 
priety be  performed  only  by  a  bishop.  External  circumstances, 
however,  forbidding  the  appointment  of  a  bishop,  the  com- 
mittee is  of  the  opinion  that  the  time  has  not  arrived  for  the 
establishment  of  such  a  form  of  government,  and  each  society 
is  recommended  to  regulate  itself  by  what  may  appear  to  be 
expedient,  leaving  for  the  future  the  adoption  of  such  measures 
as  may  become  requisite  for  the  general  benefit  and  good  order 
of  the  Church. 

The  Convention  expresses  its  concurrence  in  the  views  of 
the  above  reports,  being  "  contented,  for  the  present,  with  the 
order  now  subsisting  in  the  Church,  inasmuch,  for  all  necessary 
purposes,  a  threefold  principle  has  been  recognized,  and  does  in 
fact  exist  in  the  ministry,  *  *  *  in  the  establishment  of 
the  several  ecclesiastical  offices  of  licentiates,  priests,  and  or- 
daining ministers."  The  members  of  the  church  are,  how- 
ever, invited  to  continue  the  free  discussion  of  the  subject, 
"for  the  serious  consideration  of  their  brethren  at  large,  and 
the  more  deliberate  investigation  of  the  next  Convention."  A 
complete  list  of  the  six  "  ordaining  ministers,"  the  seven 
"  priests  and  teaching  ministers,"  and  the  eleven  "licentiates," 
connected  with  the  Convention,  is  published  in  the  journal  of 
this  meeting,  together  with  an  appendix,  containing  "  Stand- 
ing Recommendations,"  and  "a  list  of  places  containing  socie- 
ties or  receivers." — Conv.  R.  1827  ;  E^-  184-200  ;  iV.  iv:  131. 


338  '  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Massachusetts^  Boston,  September. — Publication  of  the  first 
number  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Magazine. — Conv.  R.  1828:  6. 

The  centre  of  New  Church  activity  in  America  is  at  this 
time  changing  from  Philadelphia  to  Boston. — M.  n,  s.  viii :  215. 

Bridgewater. — The  society  here  is  rapidly  growing,  under 
the  care  of  Rev.  Eleazar  Smith,  who  is  also  preaching  in  the 
neighboring  towns  of  Taunton,  Abington,  and  North  Bridge- 
water.  A  society  is  organized  in  the  latter  place  during  the 
year. — Conv.  R.  1827  •  25,  26. 

New  York.,  River  he  ad  and  Baiting  Hollozc\  Long  Island. — 
Rev.  M.  M.  Carll  ministers  with  much  success  to  the  societies 
in  these  villages;  eleven  members  are  baptized  during  the 
year. — Conv.  R.  1827:  23. 

Ohio^  Bethlehem^  August. — Death  of  Jonathan  W.  Condy, 
Esq.,  the  real  founder,  and,  for  many  years,  the  leading  mind 
of  the  Church  in  Philadelphia  and  of  the  General  Convention. 
Born  in  Philadelphia,  of  a  Huguenot  family  related  to  the 
princely  house  of  Conde,  he  graduated  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  became  one  of  the  most  eminent  lawyers  in 
Philadelphia,  and  served  with  distinction  as  Clerk  to  the  House 
of  Representatives  in  Congress  during  and  after  the  era  of  the 
Revolution.  He  received  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church 
in  1797,  and  became  a  most  profound  student  of  these  Doc- 
trines. A  man  of  great  genius  and  upright  fearless  character, 
orginal,  acute,  bold,  active  and  eloquent,  it  is  said  of  him,  that 
"  a  more  powerful,  brilliant,  or  commanding  intellect  never 
served  the  visible  body  of  our  Church  in  this  country,  or  per- 
haps in  any  other."  He  was  offered  the  office  of  first  pastor 
to  the  Philadelphia  Society,  but  declined  on  account  of  diffi- 
dence. The  New  Jerusalem  Church  Repository^  and  his  brill- 
iant defence  of  the  New  Church  against  the  attacks  of  Rev. 
Jackson  Kemper  are  eloquent  memorials  of  his  genius  and 
devotion.  He  was  also  one  of  the  most  learned  Hebraists  in 
this  country.  As  the  theological  instructor  of  Rev.  Richard 
DeCharms,  he  is  the  forerunner  of  the  "Academy  movement." 
He  died  in  Ohio,  soon  after  the  meeting  of  the  Convention, 
while  on  a  visit  to  a  settlement  which  he  had  formed  at  Beth- 


1S27.  339 

lehein  in  that  State. — Ex.  110-118;  B,  Mag.  I:  31;  Mess. 
vol.  32  :   72. 

Pennsylvania^  Haddington  (Delaware  Co.). — Rev.  M.  B. 
Roche  is  preaching  with  great  success  in  this  village.  A 
society  is  being  formed. — Conv.  R.  1827  :   20. 

Philadelphia. — Dr.  Edwin  Atlee  is  at  this  time  engaged  in 
translating  the  Principia  and  Beyers'  Index  to  the  Writings. — 
M.  I  :  260. 

The  "  First  New  Jerusalem  Society,"  after  a  period  of  utter 
exhaustion,  is  now  slowly  reviving  ;  public  services  are  opened 
by  Mr.  Carll  in  his  school-room,  and  the  membership  grows 
within  a  year  to  sixty  or  seventy  from  a  remnant  of  six  or 
seven  of  the  original  members. — Conv.  R.  1827  :   I9- 

Germany.  Giessen^  February  5. — Death  of  Herr  Johann  W. 
Langsdorf,  aged  84  years,  privy  councilor  and  court  director 
of  Hesse-Darmstadt,  a  receiver  of  the  Doctrines  since  1782, 
and  author  of  a  New  Church  Catechism  for  children.  He  cor- 
responded with  the  Swedenborg  Society  and  Dr.  Tafel. —  T.  M. 
ii:  157. 

Great  Britain.  Accrington. — The  society  now  numbers 
twenty-one  members,  with  a  Sunday  School  of  one  hundred 
children.  The  pulpit  is  filled  by  Rev.  Thomas  Pilkington 
and  other  visiting  ministers. — Conf.  R.  1827. 

Bolton^  June  26. — Death  of  Mr.  Samuel  Crompton,  aged  74 
years,  the  famous  inventor  of  the  "  spinning  mule."  He  was 
a  cordial  receiver  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  to  which  he  was 
introduced  in  1787,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  society 
in  Bolton.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  present,  enormous 
manufacture  of  cotton  material  owes  its  stupendous  growth 
during  the  century  largely  to  the  inventions  of  three  humble 
New  Churchmen,  Hargreaves,  of  Blackburn,  who  invented  the 
"spinning  jenny,"  Highs,  of  lyeigh,  who  constructed  the 
"  water-frame,"  and  Crompton,  who  in  his  invention  combined 
the  excellencies  of  the  other  two. — /.  1827  •  685  ;  1872  :  294  ; 
Mess.  vol.  47  :  81  ;  Bayley's  Nezv  Chicrch  Worthies^  p.  11. 

Bristol. — The  society  becomes  extinct  during  the  year.  No 
reports  are  henceforth  sent  to  the  Conference,  and  no  records 
are  kept  of  any  meetings  until  1845. — M.  L.  1895:   167. 


340  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH, 

Derby ^  November  27. — Death  of  Rev.  Edward  Madeley,  Sr., 
aged  50  years.  Born  at  Yoxall  in  Staffordshire,  he  received 
the  Heavenly  Doctrines  in  1804  through  Mr.  Thomas  Dawes, 
removed  to  Derby  in  1809,  and  immediately  opened  a  Sunday- 
school,  first  at  his  own  house  and  afterwards  in  his  tape  factory. 
Gradually  the  parents  began  to  attend  the  services,  and  thus  in 
time,  a  flourishing  societ)'  was  built  up.  Mr.  Madeley  was 
ordained  into  the  New  Church  ministry,  18 18.  He  was  a 
simple,  gentle,  and  intensely  affectionate  man,  with  an  extra- 
ordinary love  of  preaching.  '"He  literally  preached  himself 
to  death."  His  son,  Edward  Madeley,  Jr.,  was  the  successor  of 
Mr.  Proud  in  Birmingham. — R.  P.  472;  L.  M.  1828:   26. 

Leeds^  May  4. — The  society  removes  from  its  quarters  in 
"Noah's  Ark"  to  the  new  chapel  on  Byron  street,  which  is 
consecrated  by  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder. — M.  L.  1885:  56;  /. 
1827:  609. 

London^  June  19. — Eighteenth  annual  meeting  of  the 
Swedenborg  Society,  Dr.  Spurgin,  chairman.  The  committee 
reports,  among  other  things,  the  beginning  of  a  library  of  the 
society ;  a  complete  collection  of  Swedenborg's  scientific  and 
theological  works  in  the  original  editions  has  been  received  by 
bequest  from  the  late  Stephen  Holder,  Esq. — R.  S.  S.  18. 

July  22. — A  small  chapel  of  the  New  Church  is  opened  in 
Curtain  Road,  near  Shoreditch.  The  society  worshiping 
here  was  organized  on  January  23,  1825,  by  Mr.  John  Cayford 
and  a  few  other  persons,  former  members  of  the  society  in 
Friars  street. — R.  P.  458. 

August  14-18. — The  Tzventieth  General  Conference  is  held 
in  the  chapel  in  Cross  street,  R.  Hindmarsh,  president,  J.  S. 
Hodson,  secretary.  The  Conference  resolves  to  remove  the 
name  of  Rev.  James  Bradley  from  the  list  of  ministers,  in  view 
of  his  having  broken  his  engagements  with  the  Conference  in 
regard  to  the  Newcastle  Trust,  and  on  account  of  certain 
articles  published  by  him  in  the  London  Magazine^  which  are 
interpreted  as  insulting  to  the  Conference.  (The  whole  affair 
was  extremely  complicated,  and  based  entirely  on  personal  mis- 
understandings.    Mr.  Bradley's  name  was  restored   in   1833.) 


i82j.  341 

Rev.  Samuel  Noble  is  declared  an  ordaining  minister.  The 
ordination  of  Mr.  W.  Bruce,  of  Edinburgh,  is  authorized. 
The  rules  for  regulating  the  ministry,  adopted  by  the  confer- 
ence of  1822,  are  rescinded,  and  new  regulations  are  adopted. 
Henceforth  no  person  can  be  eligible  to  the  ministry,  ''unless 
invited  to  become  a  candidate  by  not  fewer  than  three-fourths" 
of  the  adult  members  of  some  New  Church  Society.  The 
candidate  must  produce  a  certificate  ot  "exemplary  life  and 
character,"  must  be  at  least  twenty-four  years  of  age,  must 
have  been  baptized  into  the  New  Church,  have  been  a  known 
receiver  of  the  Doctrines  for  no  less  than  three  years,  and  have 
"  exercised  his  talents  as  a  preacher  for  the  space  of  one  year, 
at  least."  It  is  resolved  that  "on  future  revisals  of  the  list  ot 
ordaining  and  ordained  ministers,  the  president  shall  ask  the 
members  of  Conference,  immediately  after  reading  the  name, 
'whether  there  be  any  complaint  against  such  minister?'"  But 
"no  name  shall  be  omitted,  without  giving  the  party  oppor- 
tunity for  explanation,  unless  where  the  cause  of  the  complaint 
is  matter  of  public  notoriety." — Conf.  R.  1827;  ^-  P-  458. 

August  16. — A  great  social  meeting  is  held  during  the  con- 
ference. Mr.  W.  Malins,  a  zealous  member  of  the  church  in 
Ivondon,  on  this  occasion  reads  a  lengthy  paper  in  which  he 
unexpectedly  proposes  the  establishment  of  an  institution  for 
general  New  Church  education.  The  proposition  excites  great 
enthusiasm.  A  second  meeting  is  held  on  September  19,  and 
steps  are  taken  to  secure  for  the  proposed  school  a  beautiful 
and  convenient  property,  eight  miles  from  London. — /.  1827: 
684 ;  R.  P.  464. 

A  committee  of  all  the  ministers,  together  with  six  laymen, 
having  been  appointed  by  the  Conference,  to  bring  the  long- 
expected  new  liturgy  to  a  speedy  completion,  remains  in 
London  after  the  Conference,  and  finishes  its  work  after  a 
week  of  severe  labor. — R.  P.  459. 

December  30. — Re-consecration  of  the  temple  in  Cross  street, 
Hatton  Garden.  This  building  was  originally  erected  for  the 
New  Church  in  1796,  and  was  occupied  by  Mr.  Proud's  con- 
gregation until  1799.     It  was  afterwards  purchased  for  the  use 


342  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

of  the  Scottish  Presbyterians,  and  was  for  many  years  occupied 
by  the  celebrated  and  eccentric  Rev.  Edward  Irving,  the  founder 
of  the  '*  Catholic  x\postolic  Church."  Mr.  Irving  having  been 
excommunicated  from  the  Kirk,  the  building  is  sold  for  £\,' 
ooo  to  Mr.  Noble's  society,  which  now  removes  from  Hanover 
street  to  Cross  street,  and  thus  once  more  comes  into  possession 
of  its  original  and  elegant  quarters. — /.  1873:   239;  R.  P.  461. 

Manchester,  June  25. — Opening  of  the  "Manchester  and 
Sal  ford  New  Jerusalem  Church  Free  Schools,"  under  the  au- 
spices of  the  New  Church  in  Manchester.  This  school  after  a 
time  becomes  greatly  celebrated  on  account  of  its  excellent 
work  in  secular  education,  receives  Government  support, 
emancipates  itself  from  all  New  Church  influences  and  becomes 
a  prominent  public  school. — /.  1857:  127:  M.  L.  1891 :  355; 
R.  R  475. 

Sheffield. — The  society  in  this  city,  organized  in  1816,  be- 
comes extinct  at  this  time. 

St.  He  Hers,  Jersey. — The  New  Church  society  is  again 
exposed  to  mob-persecutions,  with  the  secret  connivance  of 
the  police.  The  attacks  are  finally  stopped  through  the  in- 
fluence of  Captain  Gomm,  R.  N.  with  the  prejudiced  author- 
ities.— L.  M.  1827:  317. 

Sweden.  Skara. — Professor  Lundblad,  of  Upsala,  becomes 
Bishop  of  Skara,  and,  being  himself  favorable  to  the  Heavenly 
Doctrines,  he  extends  protection  to  the  "Swedenborgians" 
among  the  Clergy  of  his  diocese. — /.  1831 :  443. 

Stockholm. — A  correspondent  of  Dr.  Tafel's  states  that  "a 
mournful  calm"  has  arisen  in  respect  to  the  New  Church  in 
Sweden.  The  Rev.  Olof  Wallin,  pastor  of  the  Cathedral 
church,  and  afterwards  Archbishop  of  Sweden,  is  described  as 
preaching  and  writing  "completely  in  the  spirit  of  the  New 
Church."— /^z^. 

Respecting  Professor  Knos,  of  Upsala,  and  his  literary 
activity,  see  R.  S.  S.  1828:   15,  and  1865:   7. 

Notable  Articles. 
Intellectual  Repository,  1827. 

"The  New  Church  Canon  of  Scripture,  as  far  as  regards  the  Old  Testa- 


1^27'  343 


ment,  advocated  by  the  Eclectic  Review,'"  an  able  paper,  by  Sam.  Noble, 
pp.  364,  467. 

"  Errors  corrected  in  the  translation  of  important  passages  of  Scripture," 
PP-  531.  552. 

Translation  of  Swede aborg's  "  Introduction  to  Rational  Psychology,"  pp. 
18,  106,  199,  315. 

Translation  of  the  preface  to  the  "  Economy  of  the  Animal  Kingdom,"  p. 
615. 

Exposure  of  the  literary  fraud  of  Chas.  Augustus  Tulk,  who,  under  the 
anonymous  name  of  "Mr.  Collins,"  attempts  to  deceive  the  editor  of  the 
hitellectual  Repository .     This  marks  the  beginning  of  the  great  contro- 
versy between  Tulk  and  the  Repository,  p.  613;  see  also  1828:  196. 
New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  London,  1827. 

"The  late  Dr.  Watts  an  undoubted  member  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
Church,"  (a  very  remarkable  case),  p.  105. 

"  Case  of  Rev.  James  Bradley,"  a  series  of  articles  in  which  this  minister 
ventilates  his  grievances  against  the  General  Conference  in  regard  to  the 
chapel  in  Newcastle,  52,  86,  122,  150,  183. 

"  On  the  phrase  '  Incarnate  God,'  "  a  continuation  of  the  controversy  be- 
tween Chas.  A.  Tulk  and  his  opponents,  who  here  uncover  the  secret  sources 
of  Tulk's  heresy,  viz.,   Berkeley,  Kant  and  Spinoza,  pp.  37,  45,  79.     The 
editors  give  a  summary  of  the  controversy,  p.  134. 
New  Jerusalem  Magazifie,  Boston,  1927. 

"Life  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg,"  by  Nathaniel  Hobart,  pp.  225,  257,  etc. 


Publications. 

Swedenborg:  De7i  Uppenbarade  Uppenbarelseboken  (Apocalypse 
Revealed).     Vol    I.     Jonkoping. 

First  Swedish  edition;  translated  by  Deleen,  and  pub- 
lished by  the  Society  ''Pro  Fide  et  Charitate.'' — R.  L. 
Dei  Nya  Jeritsalems  Lara  am    Trail   (Doctrine  of  Faith). 
Stockholm.     Deleen.     36  pp. 
Second  Swedish  edition. — R.  L. 
Hhnmelska  Lonnligheter.     Vol.    Ill;  parts  i  and  2;  Nos. 

2135-2494.     Stockholm.     Deleen. — A.  L. 
Index  to  the  Apocalypse  Explained.     London. — S.  S. 

Compiled  and  edited  by  John  A.  Tulk,  Esq.— i^.  6".  6*. 
1827:  6.— S.  S.  L. 
[Anonymous] :   A  Brief  Account  of  the  Life  of  Emanuel  Sweden- 
borg.    Cincinnati.     Reynolds.   72  pp. 

Republished   from   the  New  ferusaleni    Magazine  of 
1790. — A.  L. 
A  Plain  Statement  of  what  is  taught  in  the  Church  signified 


344 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


by  the  New  Jerusalem,  as  taken  from   the    Writings  of 
Emanuel  Swedenborg.     Edinburgh.      114  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1827:  605. — A.  L. 

[Butter,  Henry] :  A  Reading  and  Spelling  Book  for  the  use  of 
the  Sunday  and  Day  Schools  of  the  Neiu  Church.  Lon- 
don.    Hodson.      108  pp. 

Drawn  up  by  direction  of  the  General  Conference.  It 
was  not  well  received  in  the  New^  Church,  as  it  contained 
nothing  distinctive  of  its  principles,  but  the  work  was 
republished  under  the  title  Gradations  i7i  Readijig  a?id 
Spelling  and  gained  great  popularity  in  the  world  at 
large.  It  has  been  reviewed  in  /.  1828:  141;  R.  P.  ^'ji. 
— Cin.  L. 

Gorres,  Professor  F.:  Emanuel  Swedenborg:  seine  Visionen, 
und  sein  Verhdltniss  zur  Kirche  (Swedenborg,  his 
visions  and  his  relation  to  the  Church).  Strassburg. 
— /.  1863:    221. 

Goyder,  Rev.  D.  G.:  A  concise  History  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
Church;  cvith  a  critical  account  of  her  defenders;  an  ab- 
stract of  her  Doctrines;  together  with  a  biographical  sketch 
of  the  life  of  her  acknozvledged  Apostle,  the  Ho?i.  Emajiuel 
Szvedenboig .     London.     Th.  Goyder.      176  pp. 

A  very  lively  little  work,  full  of  original  information, 
inaccuracies,  and  interesting  gossip. — A.  L. 

Harbin,  Rev.  John:  On  the  Existence  of  Genuine  and  Apparent 
Truths  hi  the  Letter  of  the  Word.  London.  Th. 
Goyder.     26  pp. — A.  L. 

Knos,  Professor  Gustaf:  Forsok  att  lUreda  7idgra  wigtiga 
Frdgor:  ett  till agg  till  skidften  "  Samtal  med  mig  sjelf 
(An  attempt  to  elucidate  some  important  questions:  a 
sequel  to  the  work  ' '  Conversations  with  myself  " ) . 
Upsala.     Palmblad.     454  pp. 

The  author's  first  work  had  been  attacked  by  Profes- 
sor Rogberg,  of  Upsala,  in  the  journal  Swea  for  1826, 
and  its  "Swedenborgian"  tendencies  exposed.  Professor 
Knos  now  openly  acknowledges  his  indebtedness  to 
Swedenborg,  but  attempts  to  explain  the  agreement  be- 
tween the  Heavenly  Doctrines  and  the  Augsburg  Con- 
fession when  both  are  "rightly  understood."  Kahl  ^'. 
123.— A.  L. 


i82j.  345 

Savital  med  7nig  sjelf  om    Verlden,  mefmiskan,   och   Gud. 
Upsala.     Palmblad.      288   pp.     The   second    edition. — 
A.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :    The  Liturgy  of  the  Neiv  Church  sig7iijied  by  the 
New  Jerusalem  in  the  Revelation.     Prepared  by  order  of 
the  General  Conference.     London. 
Reviewed  in /.  1828:   128. 
bberg,   Rev.   H.:    Strbdda  anmdrhmigar  bfver  de7i  nya  Ldran 
och  den  Ganila^  egeyitligen  fbranledde  af  Tybeck'  s  Skrifter 
(Observations  on  the   New  Doctrine,  and  on  the  Old, 
occasioned    especially    by    the    writings    of    Tybeck). 
Stockholm.     Nordstrom.     343  pp. 

A  bitter  and  systematic  attack  on  the  Heavenly  Doc- 
trines.— A.  L. 
[Periodical]:    Christian  Neighbor.     No.    i.     Gloucester,   Mass. 
November  7.  1827.     4  pp. 

This  "weekly,"  of  which  only  one  number  seems  to 
have  been  published,  was  edited  by  Mr.  Samuel  Wor- 
cester.    It  is  described  in  M.  ?i.  s.  VIII:  227. 

The  Ayinunciator,  or  a  brief  statement  of  some  of  the  most 
essential  a?id  leadiyig  Doctrines  of  the  Nezv  Church.      To 
be  published  occasionally .     No.  i.      London  [?]  . 
Mentioned  in  L.  M.  1827:   192. 

The  Intellectual  Repository,  together  with  issues  for  1826, 
completing  Vol.  II.  of  the  ''New  Series."  London. 
Hodson.     692  pp. — A.  L 

The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine.  Vol.1.  Boston.  Adonis 
Howard.     $2.50  per  annum. 

A  thirty-two  page  monthly,  published  at  the  expense 
of  ten  members  of  the  Boston  Society,  and  edited  at  first 
by  Mr.  Thomas  Worcester,  who,  after  six  months, 
resigned  the  editorship  to  Mr.  Caleb  Reed.  Mr.  Wor- 
cester retained  a  supervising  control  until  1832,  when 
Mr.  Reed  became  the  sole  responsible  editor,  continuing 
in  this  office  until  1854.  'I^^ie  history  of  this  well  known 
journal  is  given  in  M.  n.  s.  VIII:  216. 

The  Nezv  Jerusalem  Magazine  arid  Theological  hispector. 
Vol.  II.     London.     Th.  Goyder.     378  pp.— A.  L. 

The  Novitiate' s  Preceptor,  or  religious  and  literary  register 
Jor  the  Nezv  Church.  Vol.  I.  London.  Hodson.  - 
S.  S.  L. 


346  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Reed,  Sampson:   Observations  oji  the  Growth  of  the  Mind.     Lon- 
don.    Th.  Goyder.     49  pp. 

Reprinted  from  the  American  edition. — A.  L. 
[Reports]:    Geiieral   Conference.     Minutes    for    1827.     London. 
Hodson.     72  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Convention.     Journal  for  1827.     32  pp. — A.  L. 
Missio7iary    ajid    Tract    Society.     Sixth    Annual    Report. 

London.     Hodson.     38  pp. — A.  L. 
Report  of  Proceediyigs,  having  for  their  object  the  formation 
of  a  general  educational  establishment  for  the  children  of 
the  ^nembers  of  the  New  ferusale7n  Church,  with  a  Plan 
of  the  Institution.     London.     Hodson.     38  pp. — B.   L. 
Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  18.     London.     Hodson. 
24  pp. — A.  L. 
Sturtzenbecker,  M.:    Tankar  om  Syndafallet.     Stockholm. 
Tybeck,    Rev.    Johan:     Fortsatt   Rdttegd7igs-handling.     Stock- 
holm.    Marquard.      18  pp. — A.  L. 
Predikaft  pa  Fjerde  S'dndagen  efter  Tri^iitatis.     Stockholm. 

20  pp  — R.  L. 
Predikan  pa  Femte  S'dndagen  efter  Trinitatis.     Stockholm. 

23  pp.— R.  L. 
Predikan  pa  Fjorto7ide  S'dndagen  efter  Trinitatis.     Stock- 
holm.    23  pp. — R.  L. 
Predika7i    pa    Midso77ima7'dage7i.     Stockholm.     40    pp. — 
R.  L. 
Walter,   Samuel:    Dialogues  on   the  Lord' s  Prayer  aiid  07i  the 
Fifth  Co 77ima7id77te7it .     Philadelphia.     Manning.      16  pp. 
— Cin.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  A  great  division  among  the  Quakers  is  caused  by  the  Arian 
teachings  of  EHas  Hicks.  Organization  of  the  sect  of  "  Disciples  of  Christ," 
or  "  Church  of  Christ"  (also  known  as  "  Campbellites"),  by  Rev.  Alex- 
ander Campbell,  formerly  a  Baptist  clergyman.  Joseph  Smith  discovers  (!) 
the  "  Book  of  Mormon,"  near  Manchester,  N.  Y. 

France.  Death  of  Laplace,  the  great  astronomer  and  natural  philosopher. 
Charles  X.  dissolves  the  National  Guard  and  the  Chamber  of  Deputies. 

Germatty.  Death  of  Beethoven,  the  composer,  and  of  Frederick  Augustus 
I.,  king  of  Saxony. 

Great  Britain.  Fall  of  the  Liverpool  ministry.  Canning  becomes  prime- 
minister,  but  dies  in  the  same  year  and  is  succeeded  by  Goderich.  Death 
of  Blake,  the   poet. 


i828.  347 

Greece.  The  patriots  are  almost  crushed  by  the  Turks,  but  Greece  is 
saved  by  the  iutervention  of  Great  Biitain,  France,  and  Russia.  The  allied 
fleets  of  the  Powers  destroy  the  Turkish  navy  at  Navarino. 

Switzerland.     Death  of  Pestalozzi,  the  father  of  modern  Pedagogy. 

jO^Q  America.     Maine,  Gardiner. — The  few  receivers 

in  this  town  begin  to  assemble  for  private   worship 
on  Sunday  evenings. —  Conv.  i^.  1828:  5;   1829:  4. 

Portland. — The  circle  here  now  consists  of  twelve  members, 
who  meet  on  Sunday  evenings. —  Co7iv.  R.  1828  :  5. 

Massachusetts,  Boston,  August  14-16. — Tenth  General  Con- 
vention (the  first  held  in  New  England),  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll, 
president,  Mr.  Hayward,  secretary.  Resolutions  are  passed 
conferring  upon  Rev.  Adam  Hurdees,  of  Cincinnati,  by  a  writ- 
ten certificate,  the  power  of  ordaining  other  ministers,  and 
authorizing  Mr.  Carll  "  to  ordain  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester  as 
pastor  over  the  Boston  Society  and  into  the  class  of  ordaining 
ministers."  (This  ordination  accordingly  took  place  on  August 
17.)  No  other  business  of  general  importance  is  transacted, 
the  meeting  being  largely  of  a  social  character. — Conv.  R. 
1828  ;  Ex.  205-211  ;  see  also  Conv.  R.  1842  :  420  \  M.  2:31; 
N.  iv  :  131. 

East  Bridgewater. — There  is  a  circle  of  eight  or  ten  re- 
ceivers here,  and  another,  of  six  or  eight  members,  at  West 
Bridgewater. — Conv.  R.  1828  :  6. 

Nezv  Jersey,  Newark. — A  society  of  twelve  receivers  is 
formed  during  this  year. — Ibid.  p.  8. 

Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia. — The  society  in  South  Phila- 
delphia adopts  the  name  of  "  The  Second  New  Jerusalem 
Church  of  Philadelphia."  The  numbers  are  still  increasing  ; 
the  pastor.  Rev.  M.  B.  Roche,  undertakes  an  evangelistic  tour 
to  Cincinnati. —  Conv.  R.  1828  :  8. 

Rev.  Thomas  Seddon  ministers  to  the  Frankford  society  in 
place  of  Rev.  I.  C.  Worrell,  who  has  removed  to  Jenkintown, 
where  he  takes  charge  of  a  small  circle  of  new  receivers. — Ibid. 

Ohio,  Cincimtati — This  society,  in  a  letter  to  the  Conven- 
tion, virtually  repudiates  the  radical  sentiments  expressed,  on 
its  behalf  by   Daniel   Roe,   in   the  communication  of  1824 ; 


348  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

the  reply  to  the  latter,  written  for  the  Convention  by  Rev. 
Holland  Weeks,  is  satisfactory  to  the  Cincinnati  society. — 
Conv.  R.  1828  :   10. 

France.  Paris.,  February  23. — Death  of  Captain  Jean 
Jacques  Bernard,  the  first  eminent  apostle  of  the  New  Church 
in  France,  a  man  of  sublime  character,  great  learning,  and  in- 
defatigable zeal  for  the  Truth.  Born  near  Nantes,  1791,  he 
entered  the  imperial  army,  as  lieutenant,  1809,  took  part  in  the 
ill-fated  expedition  to  Russia,  18 12,  was  wounded  at  Leipzig, 
18 13,  and  was  made  a  member  of  the  Legion  of  Honor.  While 
stationed  at  Bordeaux,  in  1820,  he  accidentally  came  across 
the  Writings  of  Swedenborg,  received  the  Doctrines  with  the 
utmost  enthusiasm,  and  at  once  began  his  successful  evange- 
listic activity,  chiefly  among  his  brother  officers,  of  whom  quite 
a  number  became  steadfast  receivers.  At  first  somewhat 
affected  by  Animal  Magnetism  and  Spiritualism,  he  soon 
recognized  the  dangerous  and  disorderly  character  of  all  forms 
of  magic,  and  became  a  loyal  and  profound  student  of  the 
Heavenly  Doctrines.  Accompanying  his  regiment,  he  worked 
for  the  New  Church  wherever  he  was  stationed,  introducing  the 
Doctrines  to  many  prominent  persons,  such  as  Edouard  Richer 
and  Madame  de  St.  Amour,  of  Nantes,  Oegger  and  Saint 
Martin,  of  Paris,  General  Count  de  Bissy  and  Professor 
Genisset,  of  Besangon,  and  many  others.  Though  hated,  alike 
by  the  Jesuits  arid  Calvinists,  he  was  protected  from  persecution 
by  the  respect  and  affection  of  his  comrades  in  the  army.  For 
a  long  time  suffering  from  consumption,  he  died  at  the  age  of 
thirty-seven  years. — M.  31:  463;  Mrs.  Ehrenborg's  Letters 
from  France^  Vol.  I,  p.  106. 

Germany.  Rostock. — Death  of  Charles  Frederick  Norden- 
skjold,  "  charge  d'  affairs  "  for  Sweden  at  Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 
brother  of  Augustus  Nordenskjold,  and  president  of  the 
"Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society  "  in  Stockholm  (see  1787- 
1791).  A  profound  student  of  the  Doctrines  and  one  of  the 
most  important  of  the  earlier  champions  of  the  New  Church. 
—D.  I:  622. 

Great    Britain.      Birmingham.,    August     12-16. — Twenty- 


i828.  349 

Jirst  General  Conference^  Rev.  David  Howarth,  president,  J. 
S.  Hodson,  secretary.  Seven  ministers  and  thirteen  repre- 
sentatives are  present.  The  new  Liturgy,  as  finally  completed, 
is  received  and  approved.  The  Conference  resolves  that  "it  is 
inexpedient  to  proceed  further"  with  the  business  of  ordering 
the  ministry.  A  "code  of  laws  for  the  New  Church,"  having 
been  agreed  upon,  the  same  is  recommended  for  adoption  by 
all  societies  in  the  Church,  subject  to  the  necessary  alterations 
demanded  by  the  peculiar  circumstances  of  each  society. 
Blanks,  for  the  registry  of  baptisms,  are  furnished  to  all 
societies.  It  is  resolved  that  "no  person,  whose  name  is 
omitted  from  the  list  of  ministers  recognized  by  the  Conference, 
can  with  propriety  be  permitted  to  exercise  the  functions  of 
the  ministry  in  any  society  of  the  New  Church  in  connection 
with  the  Conference."  (This  resolution  is  directed  especially 
against  the  Rev.  J.  Bradley.)  The  application  of  the  New- 
castle Society,  for  the  ordination  Mr.  E.  D.  Rendell,  is  declined, 
but  the  ordination  of  Mr.  William  Bruce,  of  Edinburgh,  is 
authorized. — Conf.  R.  1828;  R.  P.  479;  L.  M.  1828:  299; 
D.  G.  Goyder's  Autobiography^  p.  207. 

August  14. — The  Rev.  Samuel  Noble  is  consecrated  an 
ordaining  minister  by  Rev.  Richard  Jones.  This  is  the  first 
instance  of  a  service  of  "  Consecration  "  in  the  history  of  the  New 
Church.— O;//  R.  1828:  8;  R.  P.  481;  L.  M,  1828:  299. 

London^  February  4. — Opening  of  the  New  Church  educa- 
tional institute  at  Woodford,  near  London,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Mr.  W.  Malins.— /.  1828:   146;  R.  P.  467. 

February  20. — Death  of  Mr.  Thomas  Jones,  of  Long  Acre, 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  and  a  liberal 
supporter  of  all  the  general  uses  of  the  New  Church. — /. 
1828:   159. 

March  2. — A  long,  flippant,  but  rather  friendly  editorial 
notice  of  the  New  Church  appears  in  the  London  Examiner. 
An  interesting,  though  somewhat  ridiculous,  description  is 
given  of  Rev.  Sam.  Noble  and  the  services  at  Cross  street. — /. 
1828:   152. 

March  33. — The  services  of  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder's  society 


350  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

in  Waterloo  Road  are  discontinued,  the  chapel  having  been 
condemned  as  dangerous.  The  building  is  torn  down,  and  a 
new  one  erected.  The  society,  in  the  meanwhile,  worships 
together  with  Mr.  Sibly's  society  in  Friar  street. —  Conf.  R. 
1828:  51;  Z.  M.  1828:  124. 

June  19. — Nineteenth  i\nnual  Meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  The  committee  reports  the  publication  and  extensive 
circulation  of  a  complete  and  descriptive  catalogue  of  the 
Writings  and  other  New  Church  works,  resulting  in  a  greatly 
increased  sale  of  books.  The  society  has  finallv  come  into 
possession  of  the  bequest  of  the  late  James  Arbouin,  amount- 
ing to  ^900. — R.  S.  S.  19. 

Newcastle,  July  29. — Rev.  James  Bradley,  being  about  to 
remove  to  Leeds  from  Newcastle,  his  friends  in  the  latter  place 
present  him  with  a  magnificent  silver  snuff  box,  "  as  a  token 
of  their  admiration  of  his  moral  worth  as  a  Christian,  his  in- 
dependent principles  as  a  man,"  etc. — L.  M.  1828:  358;  R.  P. 

478. 

Nottingham. — A  society  is  established  here  through  the 
labors  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Madeley  and  Rev.  Charles  Collyer, 
formerly  a  Baptist  minister.  The  latter  has  opened  public 
services,  and  is  preaching  to  a  congregation  of  fifty  persons. 
Application  is  made  to  Conference  for  the  ordination  of  Air. 
Collyer.— Cd?;^/:  R.  1828  :  57. 

Preston. — The  public  services,  which  had  been  discontinued 
for  some  years,  are  resumed  under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  D. 
G.  Goyder. — Ibid.  p.  52. 

Warwick,  July  4. — Twenty-second  session  of  the  "  Warwick 
meeting"  (formerly  held  at  Hawkstone),  Rev.  Sam.  Noble  pre- 
siding. Chas.  x\ug.  Tulk,  the  former  president,  refuses  to  sign 
the  doctrinal  resolutions  of  the  meeting  (written  by  Mr. 
Clowes),  as  being  contrary  to   his  gnostical    heresy. — /.  1828: 

344- 

Sweden.     Stockhobn. — The  Supreme  Court  decides  that  the 

Academy  of  Sciences  shall  remain  in  undisputed  possession  of 

Swedenborg's  Manuscripts  versus  the  claims  of  Mr.  Abraham 

Berg,  who  had   purchased   them   from  Swedenborg's  heir  (al- 


1828.  351 

though  the  latter  no  longer  had  any  right  to  dispose  of  them). 
—R.  S.  S.  1842  :  19. 

West  Indies.  Jamaica. — Mr.  Alexander  Chambers,  in  a 
letter  to  the  Conference,  describes  the  conditions  of  the  New 
Church  in  Jamaica.  About  fifteen  members  meet  regularly 
for  worship  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Chambers  in  Lucca. — Conf.R. 
1828  :  42. 

N0TAB1.E  Artici.es. 
Intellectual  Repository,  1828, 

Translation  of  the  Preface  to  the  "  Economy  of  the  Animal  Kingdom," 
p.  30. 

Remarks  on  the  Woodford  New  Church  School,  and  on  the  neglect  of  the 
Church  in  regard  to  distinctive  New  Church  education,  which  has  resulted 
in  enormous  loss  to  the  Church,  p.  46. 

"Disquisitions  on  certain  Philosophical  Doctrines,  as  subordinate  to,  and 
illustrative  of  True  Theology,"  a  series  of  very  able  articles  by  Dr.  Spurgin, 
pp.  13,  104,  508,  579,  632. 

On  the  Indestructability  of  the  Earth,  in  explanation  of  ^.  (T.  931,  p. 
297. 

On  the  accuracy  of  Swedenborg's  knowledge  of  Hebrew,  and  on  the  au- 
thority of  the  Writings  in  respect  to  the  text  of  the  literal  sense  of  the 
Word, — an  afiirmative,  spirited,  and  learned  article  by  Henry  Tulk,  p.  308. 

Continuation  of  the  exposure  of  the  heresy  of  Charles  Augustus  Tulk, — 
a  series  of  most  important  articles  by  Samuel  Noble  and  others,  pp.  112,  195, 
216,  257,  333. 

A  letter  from  Rev.  John  Clowes,  condemning  the  "  most  dangerous  and 
groundless  heresy  "  of  Mr.  Tulk,  p.  236, 

"The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Church  respecting  the  Lord's  Divine  Person, 
Form  and  actual  assumption  of  Humanity," — a  most  valuable  collection  of 
extracts  from  the  Writings,  in  refutation  of  Mr.  Tulk,  p.  238. 

"  Some  Account  of  the  Doctrine  of  Idealism  as  taught  by  Bishop  Berke- 
ley," p.  320. 
New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  London,  1828. 

Articles  by  Chas.  Aug.  Tulk,  and  others,  setting  forth  the  idealistic  doc- 
trine of  the  non-reality  of  the  Lord's  incarnation,  and  controverting  the 
editors  of  the  "Intellectual  Repository,"  pp.  33,  76,  106,  155,  159,  188,  209, 
309,  337,  343,  353.  3^5- 

See  our  "History  of  Tulkism,"  L.  1890  :  89. 
New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  Boston,  Vol.  2. 

Life  of  Swedenborg,  continued,  pp.  i,  33. 

Swedenborg's  Memorial  respecting  Charles  XII.,  p.  84. 

Publications. 
Swedenborg:  A  Brief  View  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  co?icerning 
Marriage,  the  Life  of  Man  after  Death,  and  the  Second 


352  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

Advent,  compiled  from  the  \V)'itings  of  Emaiuiel  Sweden- 
borg.     Edinburgh.      209  pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1828:    143. — A.  L. 
Continuation  concerning  the  Last  fudgnient.     Boston. 

First  American  edition. — B.  L. 
LLinnnelska  L'dnnligheter.     Vol.   Ill,   pare  3,   Nos.    2495- 
2605.     Stockholm.     Deleen. 
First  Swedish  edition. — A.  L. 
On  Divine   Love  a?id  oti  Divine  Wisdom.      (From  A.  E.) 
Boston.     Howard. 

First  American  edition.      Mentioned  in  N.  I:  541. 
On  the  Athanasiaji  Creed.     From  the  Apocalypse  Explained. 
Boston.     Boston  Printing  Societ}'. 
First  American  edition. — A^.  I:   541. 
0?t  the  Earths  iyi  the  Universe.     lyOndon.      Hodson. 

Second  English  edition;  published  at  the  expense  of 
M.  P.  S.— /.  1828:   253. 
On  the  Earths  i7i  the  Universe.     Boston.     Boston  Printing 
Society. 

First  American  edition. — A^.  I:   541. 
0?i  the  Lntercourse  betweeii  the  Soul  and  the  Body.     Boston. 
Howard.     56  pp. 

Second  American  edition. — A^.  ibid.     A  copy  is  owned 
by  Rev.  Frank  Sewall. 
On  the  Last  Judgmeyit.     Boston.     Howard. 

First    American   edition;    published    by    the    Boston 
Printing  Society. — A^.  I:   541. 
On  the  Worship  a7id  Love  of  God.     Eondon. 

Third  English  edition. — I.  E. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  Nev.'  ferusalem  concerning  Faith.     Bos- 
ton.    Howard. 

First  American  edition.     B.  P.  S. — N  I:  541. 
The  Heavenly  Doctrine  of  the  Neiv  ferusalem  as  Revealed 
from  Heaven.   Philadelphia.   Daniel  Harrington.    114,  pp. 
"Fourth"   American  edition,  "from   the   latest   En- 
glish," with  Dr.  Beyer's  letter  to  the  king  and  Sandel's 
Eulogium. — N.  Y.  L. 
[Anonymous]  :  A  Feiv  Observatio?ts  on  the  Character  and  Writ- 
ings of  the  celebrated  Emanuel  Swedenboig.     By  H.  E. 
G.     Eiverpool.      18  pp. 


t 


REV.  RICHARD  JONES, 

OF  MANCHESTER. 


/^^^.  353 

Reviewed  xn  L.  M.  1828:  85. 
Atlee,  Edwin  A  :  Thoughts  on  Christ.  A  sermon  by  a  Mi7iister 
of  the  Lord' s  New  Church.  Philadelphia.  Manning. 
12  pp. — U.  Iv. 
[Catologue]  :  A  General  Catalogue  with  descriptive  notices  of  the 
Theological  Writijigs  of  Emannel  Swedenborg  and  other 
authors.     London.     Hodson.     26  pp. 

Published  conjointly  by  the  Swedenborg  Society,  the 
Manchester   Printing   Society,   and  J.    S.    Hodson. — /. 
1849:  78.— Cin.  \f. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Interpretation  of  the  Parable  of  the  Urijust 
Steward.     Portland,  Me.     24  pp. — A.  L. 
On  Science.     Manchester.     Varey.     46  pp. 

Second  edition. — A.  L. 
Sermons  07i  the  Parable  of  the  Ten  Virgins.     Manchester. 
496  pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1828:  251. 
[De  Charms,  Richard]:  A  Discourse  on  the  Paramount  Import- 
ance of  Spiritual  things,  by  a  Novitiate  of  the  New 
ferusalein.  Philadelphia.  32  pp.  A^.  iii:  162. 
Hill,  Rev.  William:  Devout  Prayers  for  the  use  of  Families  and 
hidividuals.  With  a  portrait  of  the  author.  Liverpool. 
G.  Bradley.     264  pp. 

Edited  by   Rev.  John  Clowes;  reviewed  in  /.   1828: 
252.— A.  L. 
Hindmarsh,   Rev.  Robert:  A    Compendium  of  the  Chief  Doc- 
trines of  the  True  Christiayi  Religion.     Cincinnati.      197 
pp. 

Published  by  the  "  Western  New  Jerusalem  Printing 
Society."— A.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :    The  Liturgy  of  the  New   Church   signified  by  the 
New  ferusalem,    etc.      London.      General    Conference. 
122  pp. 
A  beautiful  4to  edition. — S.  S.  L. 
Noble,   Rev.   Samuel:    Brief  Remarks  on  the  Atonement  a?id 
Mediation  of  fesus  Christ.     Boston.     Howard.     20  pp. 
Extracted  from  Noble's  Appeal. — Cin.  L. 
The  Astro7iomical  Doctrifie  of  a  Plurality  of  worlds  irreconcil- 
able with  the  popular  systems  of  Theology,  but  iri  perfect 
harmo7iy  with   the    True    Christia7i    Religion.     London. 
Hodson.     64  pp. 


354  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1828:   246. — A.  ly. 
The  True  Object  of  Christian  Worship  demo7tstrated.   Boston. 
Howard.      35  pp. 

Extracted  from  the  Appeal. — B.  L. 
Parker,   Th.:   A  Collection  of  the  Na7nes,  Titles,  and  AppellatioJis 
given  to  fesus  Christ  and  the  Church  of  God,  in  the  Holy 
Scriptures.     Edinburgh. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1828:  349. 
[Periodical]:   The  Intellectual  Repository,  with   issues   for   1829 
constituting  Vol.  Ill  of  the  New  Series. — A.  E- 
The   New  ferusalem    Magazifie   Vol.    II    (for    1828-29). 

Boston.     A.  Howard.     384  pp. — A.  E. 
The  New  ferusalem  Magazine  and  Theological  hispector. 
Vol.  Ill,     Eondon.     Th.  Goyder.     394  pp. — A.  E. 
The  last  volume  of  the  series. 
The  N'ovitiate' s  Pi^eceptor.     Vol.  II,     Eondon.      Hodson. 
[Proctor,  Charles] :   An  Essay  on  the  Credibility  of  Sivedenborg . 
Eondon.     Proctor.     75  pp. 

The  anonymous  author  of  this  very  able   essay,  who 
was  a  young  printer,  and  "  a  real  but  unhappy  genius," 
is  mentioned  in  /.  1846:  465;  the  book  is  reviewed  in  /. 
1828:    I35-— A.  E. 
Rendell,  Elias  De  la  Roche:  An  Authentic  History  of  the  Rise, 
Progress  and  Proceedings  of  the  New  ferusalem    Church 
Society  at  Newcastle.     Newcastle.     60  pp. 
Reviewed  in  Z.  M.  1828:   289. 
[Reports]:     General  Conference.     Minutes  for    1828.     Eondon. 
Hodson.     68  pp. — A.  E. 
General  Convention.     Journal  for  1828.     20  pp. — A.   E. 
Missionary   and     Tract  Society.       7th    annual    report. — /. 

1828  :   346. 
New  ferusalem   Church  Free  School  Society.     6th  annual 

report. — /.  1828  :  347. 
Manchester  and'Salford  Missionary  Society.     12th  report, 

— /.  1828  :   345. 
North  British  Missionary  a7id  Tract  Society.     4th  report. — 

7:11828  :  348. 
Szvedejiborg  Society.     Report  No.  19.     Eondon.      Hodson, 
24  pp. — A.  E. 


i828—i82g,  355 

Tolleson,   Rev.  Pehr  :     Bref  till  en  hdgf'dr7iam  Herre  angae7ide 

Skoniakaredottern  Sara  Stina  Schultz.     Stockholm.      30 

pp.— A.  Iv. 
Tracts,   seven  in   number,   consisting  mostly  of  extracts   from 

Swedenborg's  Writings.     Boston. — 108  pp. — M.  2  :  243. 

Conv.  R.  1829:  6. 
Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan  :     AnledjiiJig  att  betrakta  Christi  Lidaride 

utur  Gilds  Ord.     Stockholm.     51  pp. 
Ajunarkningar  vid  skriften    "  Var  Adam  de?i  Forsta  Men- 

niskanf     Stockholm. 
Oforgriplig  Erinran  och  Betraktelse  vid  Fbrslaget  till  For- 

bdttring  af  Kyrkolag  och  Ordning  for  Svenska  Fbrsam- 

lingen.     Stockholm.     32  pp. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Andrew  Jackson  is  elected  President,  and  Calhoun,  Vice- 
President,  of  the  United  States. 

Canada.  Organization  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Domin- 
ion. 

Great  Britain.  Goderich  resigns  from  the  premiership.  Wellington 
forms  a  new  ministry.  The  repeal  of  the  "  Test  Act  "  opens  Parliament  to 
all  Dissenters,  including  the  Catholics.  Rev,  Edward  Irving,  an  eloquent 
but  unbalanced  minister  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  creates  great  excite- 
ment by  placing  himself  at  the  head  of  certain  Montanistic  enthusiasts  who 
claim  the  Apostolic  gifts  of  prophecy,  speaking  of  tongues,  etc. 

Greece.  Capo  d'Istria  is  elected  president  of  Greece.  The  French  com- 
pel Ibrahim  Pasha  to  evacuate  Morea. 

Russia.  War  is  declared  against  Turkey.  The  Russians  occupy  Kars, 
Varna  and  Bucharest.  Persia  sues  for  peace  ;  Persian  Armenia  is  ceded  to 
Russia, 

South  America.     Uruguay  is  recognized  as  an  independent  republic. 

jQ^Q  America.     Maine,  Bangor. — Mr.  Th.  P.  Chandler 

^       receives  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. — M.  30  : 
208. 

Bath. — The  receivers  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  separate 
from  their  Old  Church  connections ;  some  of  them  are  excom- 
municated. They  now  open  public  worship,  and,  on  October 
29,  are  organized  into  a  regular  church  society  by  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Worcester,  of  Boston.  There  are  at  this  time  about 
twenty  attendants  at  the  services. — Conv.  R.  1829:  4;  1830: 
8;  M30:  208;  N.  C.  R,  1852:  32. 


350  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Portland. — The  society  here  opens  public  worship  in  a  hall 
on  the  corner  of  Chestnut  and  Cumberland  streets.  Dr.  T. 
Little  acts  as  the  reader.— C^;/z/.  R,  1829:  5  ;  M.  30:  207  ;  M, 
n.  s.  V.  478. 

Massachusetts,  Boston. — The  Church  is  at  this  time  rapidly 
increasing,  great  publicistic  activity  is  developed :  some  of  the 
Writings,  a  series  of  tracts,  and  a  new  Liturgy  are  among  the 
things  published. — Conv.  R.  1829:  6. 

August  13-15. — Eleventh  General  Convention,  Rev.  L. 
Beers,  president ;  Mr.  Hayward,  secretary.  Theophilus  Parsons, 
Esq.,  having  proposed  certain  resolutions  involving  that  "the 
Convention  should  resign  to  the  ordaining  ministers  the  power 
of  licensing  and  ordaining  to  the  ministry,"  the  Convention 
appoints  a  committee,  which,  in  response,  proposes  this  subject 
for  the  consideration  of  the  next  meeting.  On  motion  of  Dr. 
Beers,  however,  the  Convention  resolves  that  the  considera- 
tion of  this  subject  be  indefinitely  postponed.  The  presiden 
of  the  Convention,  together  with  three  other  clergymen,  are 
appointed  a  committee  for  the  purpose  of  defining  the  re- 
spective duties  of  the  three  orders  of  the  clergy. — Conv.  R. 
1829;  Ex.  223;  M.  3:  57. 

August. — Messrs.  Otis  Clapp,  J.  E.  Hinkley,  and  Charles  D. 
Taft  are  excommunicated  from  orthodox  churches  in  Boston 
on  account  of  their  "Swedenborgianism." — M.  2:  379. 

New  York,  Catlin. — A  small  circle  of  new  receivers  separate 
themselves  from  the  Methodist  Church. — Conv.  R.  1829:  9. 

Ohio,  Cincinnati. — Rev.  M.  B.  Roche,  of  Philadelphia,  visits 
this  city.  Dr.  E.  A.  Atlee  is  elected  resident  pastor.  A 
minority  of  the  members  separate  themselves  and  form  a 
"Second  Society,"  under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  Alexander 
Kinmont. — Ibid. 

Mansfield  and  New  Petersburg. — A  society  of  fifty  or  sixty 
members  is  built  up  in  this  region,  within  a  very  short  time, 
by  Rev.  Silas  Ensign,  a  former  Methodist  preacher.  Mr. 
Ensign  afterwards  renounces  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church 
and  the  society  is  broken  up,  about  1832,  leaving  a  remnant  of 


1^2^.  357 

five  or  six  steadfast  disciples. — Conzj.  R.  1829:  15;  W.  Conv. 
R.  1833  :   16. 

Pennsylvania^  Bedford. — Mr.  Richard  De  Charms,  now  a 
licentiate,  is  laboring  for  the  circle  in  this  town,  preaching 
also  to  the  neighboring  circles  at  Dunning's  Creek,  Schells- 
burg,  and  Stoystown. — Conv.  R.  1829:   12. 

Haddington  (or  Darby\  Delaware  Co.  —  Rev.  James 
Robinson,  formerly  of  Derby,  England,  settles  in  this  village, 
and  begins  to  hold  public  meetings.  The  society,  originally 
built  up  by  Rev.  M.  B.  Roche,  is  rapidly  increasing ;  a  lot  is 
purchased,  and  the  building  of  a  chapel  is  begun. — Ibid.  1830: 

15- 

Pike,  Bradford  Co.,  December   27. — Rev.  Lemuel   Belding 

organizes  a  society  of  fifteen  members. — Ibid.. 

Philadelphia,  October  25. — Consecration  of  the  new  temple 
of  the  Second  New  Jerusalem  church.  The  pastor,  the  Rev. 
M.  B.  Roche,  makes  an  extended  evangelistic  journey  through 
Pennsylvania  and  Ohio,  preaching,  lecturing  and  baptizing  at 
Lancaster,  Strausburg,  Harrisburg,  Bedford,  and  Greensburg, 
in  Pennsylvania,  and  at  Cincinnati,  Hamilton,  Oxford, 
Lebanon,  and  Columbus,  in  Ohio. — Ibid.  1829  •  ^^  5  ^-  3  • 
123. 

France.  Nantes. — Madame  de  St.  Amour,  a  convert  of 
Captain  Bern  hard's,  erects  a  small  chapel  for  the  society  in  this 
city  ;  there  are  about  a  dozen  confirmed  receivers,  with  many 
others  more  or  less  interested. — /.  1829  :  687. 

Germany.  Tilbingen,  March  i. — Dr.  Immanuel  Tafel,  unable 
to  endure  any  longer  the  royal  prohibition  against  his  activity 
for  the  New  Church,  addresses  a  petition  to  the  king  of 
Wiirtemberg,  praying  for  permission  to  continue  his  publica- 
tion of  Swedenborg's  works,  and,  in  the  case  of  refusal,  offer- 
ing his  resignation  from  his  professorship.  The  king,  on 
March  25,  releases  Dr.  Tafel  from  the  conditions  laid  upon  him 
in  1825,  ai^d  unexpectedly  confers  upon  him  the .  office  of 
Librarian  to  the  University.  About  the  same  time  Dr.  Tafel 
receives  an  offer  of  financial  assistance  for  his  publications 
from   Herr  J.   F.   Frank,  a  royal  apothecary  of   Potsdam,  in 


358  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Prussia,  and  makes  arrangement  with  Ludwig  Hofaker,  a  pub- 
lisher and  bookseller  in  Tubingen,  for  the  distribution  of  the 
Writings.  He  now  re-enters,  with  indefatigable  zeal,  upon 
the  mission  of  his  life. — Mess.  33  :  303  ;  /.  1829  '-  685  ;  1863  : 
565;  J/.  3:  58;  R'  S.S.  1829:   12. 

Great  Britain.  Accritigton. — Rev.  D.  G.  Goyder  accepts 
the  pastorate  of  this  society,  at  a  salary  of  ;^i6  a  year;  the 
membership  increases  greatly  under  his  administrations. — 
Goyder's  Autobiography^  p.  216. 

BatJi.  A  New  Church  society  is  organized  by  Mr.  J.  W. 
Barnes  and  Mr.  James  Keene.  Public  worship  is  opened  at 
No.  8  Westgate  Buildings  (afterwards  at  Chandos  Buildings) ; 
there  are  about  fifty  attendants. — Conf.  R.  1830:  74;  /.  1830: 
92;  M.  L.  1894:  457.  The  history  of  the  Society  is  given  in 
/.  1862 :  568. 

Derby.  August  11-15. — Twenty-second  General  Co7ifer- 
ence.  Rev.  W.  Mason  is  elected  president,  and  J.  S.  Hodson, 
secretary.  Six  ministers  and  fourteen  representatives  are 
present.  A  committee  is  appointed  to  consider  the  propriety 
and  practicability  of  forming  a  third  order  or  degree  of  the 
ministry,  particularly  with  a  view  of  granting  ordination  to 
local  leaders,  so  as  to  enable  them  to  administer  one  or  both 
of  the  sacraments.  The  application  of  the  Newcastle  society 
for  the  ordination  of  Mr.  E.  D.  Rendell  is  again  refused,  (per- 
haps on  account  of  Mr.  RendelPs  suspected  leanings  towards 
Tulkism).  The  hitellectual  Repository  is  adopted  as  the 
organ  of  the  General  Conference.  It  is  henceforth  to  be  pub- 
lished under  the  title  The  Intellectual  Repository  and  New 
Jerusalem  Magazi7te^  under  the  editorial  management  of 
Messrs.  Hindmarsh,  Noble  and  Th.  Jones.  Mr.  J.  H.  Smith- 
son  is  appointed  secretary  for  foreign  correspondence,  in  place 
of  Mr.  E.  W.  Brayley,  resigned.  New  rules  are  adopted  in 
relation  to  the  administration  of  the  Chester  legacy,  and  addi- 
tional rules  are  adopted  in  reference  to  the  status  of  ministers 
suspended  from  the  Conference,  and  as  to  the  method  of  re- 
moving suspension.  A  long  resolution  is  adopted,  solemnly 
condemning    as    "most    awfully    erroneous"     the    following 


iS2g,  359 

teachings  of  Chas.  Aug.  Tulk,  viz.,  t.  That  "the  finite  appre- 
hension of  the  Infinite  is  the  Divine  Human  of  the  Lord," 
and,  2.  that  "the  Lord's  glorification  only  consists  in  the 
reception  of  Him  by  man."  The  Church  at  large  is  warned 
against  such  notions,  as  "  utterly  repugnant  to  the  Word  and  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  inasmuch  as  they  destroy  all 
reality  in  the  Divine  Person  of  the  Lord,  and  abolish  altogether 
the  idea  of  Him  as  an  actually  self-existent  Divine  Man." — 
Conf.  R.  1829;  R.  P.  497- 

Dublin.  May  and  June. — The  Rev.  D,  Howarth  preaches 
and  lectures  in  Dublin.  A  small  chapel  is  opened  for  public 
worship,  in  December. — /.  1830:  35,  93  ;  R.  P.  503. 

Edinburgh^  May  22. — Death  of  Mr.  Thomas  Parker  (aged 
90  years),  a  former  Methodist  minister,  for  many  years  the 
leader  and  preacher  of  the  New  Church  society  in  Edinburgh. 
— /.  1829:  695. 

July  21. — Mr.  William  Bruce  is  ordained  into  the  ministry 
of  the  New  Church,  by  Rev.  Samuel  Noble.  —  Conf.  R.  1829:  6. 

Failsworth. — Mr.  Thomas  Wilson  begins  to  establish  a 
society  here.  He  becomes  famous  throughout  Lancashire  as 
the  conqueror,  in  numerous  public  debates,  of  the  notorious 
infidel,  Richard  Carlile,  whom  he  so  completely  defeated  that 
Carlile  fled  in  terror  at  the  mere  suspicion  of  Wilson's  pres- 
ence even  when  in  disguise.  Many  amusing  stories  are  told 
of  these  encounters. — /.  1871:  480,  516;  M.  L.  1889:  211. 

Hull. — A  split  occurs  in  this  society,  a  number  of  members 
withdrawing  and  publishing  inflammatory  and  indecent 
pamphlets  against  the  minister,  the  Rev.  James  Bradley. — 
Conf.  R.  1829:  57,  64. 

London. — A  New  Church  school  for  young  ladies  is  estab- 
lished by  Mrs.  H.  C.  Hodson  and  Miss  Paulson.  It  continues 
for  about  four  years. — R.  P.  490. 

March  4. — The  society  at  Cross  St.  presents  a  gold  cup, 
worth  ^65,  to  their  minister,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Noble,  as  a 
token  of  their  esteem  for  his  distinguished  services. — /.  1873  • 

239 ;  R'  P-  483. 

April  19. — The  chapel  at  Waterloo   Road,  now  rebuilt,  is 


360  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

consecrated  by  the  Rev.  Robert  Hind  marsh — R.  P.  487  ;  /. 
1829:  619. 

June  20. — Twentieth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  The  committee  reports  the  reception  of  the  original 
manuscript  of  the  Apocalypsis  Explicata  as  a  gift  from  the 
heirs  of  Mrs.  Henry  Peckitt.  K  complete  set  of  Swedenborg's 
Writings,  in  Latin  and  in  English,  has  been  presented  to  the 
newly  instituted  University  of  London.  When  this  gift  was 
announced,  at  a  public  meeting,  it  was  followed  by  ^Houd 
laughter^^  in  the  assembly  ! — R.  S.  S.  20:  6. 

Manchester^  August  6. — Death  of  Mr.  William  Hutchinson, 
for  twenty  years  the  treasurer  ot  the  Manchester  Printing 
Society;  a  loyal  and  generous  member  of  the  Church. — /. 
1829:  696. 

Nottingha7n^  March  8. — A  place  of  worship  is  opened  by 
Mr.  Collyer.— i^.  P.  486;  /.  1829:  542. 

Salisbury.,  October  18. — A  new  society  is  formed,  under  the 
leadership  of  Mr.  J.  Harbin. — /.  1830:  92;  R.  P.  502. 

Sweden.  Gotte7tburg. — A  letter  from  Mr.  Jacob  Olbers,  to 
the  General  Conference,  stales  that  there  are  about  sixteen 
receivers  in  this  city,  but  no  meetings  are  held,  on  account  of 
the  determined  opposition  of  the  clergy.  It  is  believed  that 
the  wliole  Lutheran  Church  will  shortly  become  the  New 
Church ;  hence  no  efforts  are  made  to  spread  the  Doctrines. — 
Conf.  R.  1829:  49;  R.  P.  500. 

Stockholm. — Mr.  H.  G.  Linberg,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  while 
visiting  Stockholm,  offers  to  purchase  Swedenborg's  MSS. 
from  the  Academy  of  Sciences,  but  is  refused.  Mr.  C.  A. 
Tulk,  of  London,  has  engaged  a  person  to  copy  the  MSS. — M. 
3:  94;  /.  1831:  444. 

Upsala^  December  13. — Death  of  the  Rev.  Gustaf  Knos,  D. 
Th.,  professor  of  Oriental  languages  in  Upsala,  one  of  the 
most  famous  philologists  in  Europe,  and  author  of  a  number 
of  important  New  Church  works.  His  daughter,  Thecla 
Knos,  a  distinguished  poetess,  married  Professor  Clses  T. 
Odhner,  the  national  historian  and  royal  archivist  of  Sweden. 
— Kahl.  4:   121;  /.  1829:  547. 


i82g.  361 

NoTABivE  Articles. 

Intellectual  Repositoiy,  1829. 

"Public  declarations  in  contrast  with  manuscript  statements,"  p.  402- 
411;  Mr.  Noble  here  proves  the  lack  of  consistency  and  sincerity  shown  by 
Mr.  C.  A.  Tnlk. 

"On  the  Lord's  glorification,"  p.  411,  a  very  able  article,  in  which  Mr. 
Wm.  Mason  demolishes  Mr.  Tulk's  heresy,  chiefly  by  quotations  from  the 
Letter  of  the  Word. 

The  editor,  in  some  final  remarks  on  pp.  432  and  439,  withdraws  from  the 
discussion  with  Mr.  Tulk,  as  the  latter,  in  his  organ,  the  New  Jerusalem 
Magazine,  of  London,  instead  of  arguments,  presents  nothing  but  coarse 
invectives  and  personal  insults  against  his  opponents. 

New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  Boston,  vol.  3,  "  Diseases  of  the  Body  the 
effects  of  Spiritual  causes,"  by  Sampson  Reed,  pp.  103-111. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  A  Synopsis  of  the  True  Christiaji  Religio7i,  London. 
Mentioned  in  /.  1629:  694. 
EntMillte   Offenbaru7ig   (Apocalypse    Revealed).     Vol.   2. 
414  pp.     Tiibingen. 

First    German  edition,   translated   and  published    by- 
Prof.  Tafel.— A.  L. 
On  the  New  Jerusalefn  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.     Boston. 
Howard.      72  pp. 

Fifth  American  edition,  from  the  fifth,  improved  Lon- 
don editon.     Price,  9  cents. — M.  3:  61;  Conv.  R.  1829:  6. 
The   Doctri7ie   of  the   Neiv  Jerusalem    Church    co7icerning 
Angels  and  Spirits,  and  C07icer7ii7ig  hiflux,  by  Emanuel 
Swedenborg .     Philadelphia.     W.  Brown.     80  pp. 

Published  by  Mr.  Daniel  Harrington,   for  gratuitous 
distribution. — Cin.  L. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  the  New  Jer2isale77i  concer7ii7ig  the  Sacred 
Scriptitre.     Boston. 

Third  American  edition,  published  by  the  Boston 
Printing  Society.  Price,  44  cents.  Mentioned  in  Co7iv. 
R.  1829:  6,  and  A^  I:  541. 
[Anonymous]  :  Letters  to  a  Frie7id  i7i  reply  to  observatio7is  re- 
specting the  possibility  of  ma7i  having  i7itercourse  or  co7n- 
mu7iicatio7i  with  a7igels  a7id  spirits.  By  a  layman.  Man- 
chester. 98  pp. — /.  1829  :  694. — A.  L. 
Nagot  om  Eina7iuel  Swedenborg  och  ha7is  Skrifter.  Skara. 
28  pp. 


362  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Translated  from  the  Englisb. — A.  L. 
Brown,  Rev.  Solyman:  Sermons  illustratmg  the  Method  of  ht 
terpreting  the  Sacred  Scriptures  in  their  Spiritual  Sense. 
New  York.     Elliott  &  Palmer.     80  pp.— A.  I^. 
[Catechism] :   Questions  on  the  Four  Doctrines  for  the  Improve- 
ment  of  Youth.     London. 
Mentioned  in  /.  1829  :  694. 
Clowes,   Rev.  John:     An   Affectionate  Address   to    the    Clergy^ 

Manchester.     32  pp. — A.  L. 
Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas  :   Glimrneriiigs  of  Light  from  the   Word 
of  God.     London.     Simpkin.      112  pp. — /.  1829:694.-  — 
A.  L. 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert  :  A  Sermoji  preached  on  the  occasion 
of  the    Consecration   of   the   New   fertisalem   Church    in 
Waterloo  Road.     London.     24  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1829  :  609. 
[Liturgical] :    The  Book  of  Publick  Worship,  prepared  for  the  use 
of  the  Boston  Society  of  the  New  ferusalem,  with   Selec- 
tions from   the   Sacred  Scriptures,    adapted  to    Chants. 
Boston.      170  pp.  6x4. 

Published  by  Messrs.  Hilliard,  Gray,  Little,  Wilkins^ 
and  Adonis  Howard. — A  copy  is  owned  by  Rev.  Frank 
Sewall. 

The  above  edition  was  withdrawn  on  account  of  the 
error  ("Publick")  in  the  title  page,  and  a  new,  cor- 
rected, and  enlarged  edition  of  278  pp.  was  published  in 
the  same  year.  Reviewed  in  M.  2  :  340;  9  :  352. 
Mitchell,  James  :  The  Latter  Day  Glory  ;  or  an  Ehicidation  of 
primary  Doctrines  of  the  Christiari  Religion.  London. 
Th.  Goyder.     51  pp. 

The  author,  a  schoolmaster  in  Leicester,  was  an  early 
member  of  the  New  Church,  and  author  of  several 
popular  scientific  works. — /.  1829  :  671. — A.  L. 
Noble,  Rev.  Samuel  :  The  Doctririe of  the  Scriptures  respectiiig 
Reg e7ieratio7i  a7id  Good  Works.  Boston.  Howard.  20  pp. 
— A.  L. 
The  Pleiiary  Inspiration  of  the  Sacred  Scriptiircs.  Boston. 
Carter. 

Mentioned  in  N.  I.:  542. 
A  Dialogue   on    the   Apostolic  Doctrine  of  the   Atonemeiit. 
Boston.     A.  Howard. — Conv.  R.  1829  :  6. 


i82g.  363 

Oegger,  G.:  Le  Vrai  Messie,   on  V A^icien  et  le  Nouveau    Testa- 
vie7tt  examine  d'apres  les  pi'incipes  de  la  langue  de  la 
Nature.     Paris.      Felix  lyocquin.      561  pp. — A.  ly. 
Manuel  de  la  Religion  et  de  Morale.      Paris. 
Mentioned  in  /.  1861  :  192. 
Parry,  Rev.  John  :  Sermoyis,  Doclri7ial,  Experimental,  and  Prac- 
tical.    London.     Hodson.  295  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1829  :  613. — A.  L. 
Pegg,  J.  G.  :    The  Improbability  of  the  destruction   of  the  Earth. 
London.     Goyder.      52  pp.     Critically   reviewed   in   /. 
1829  :  678. — A.  L. 
[Periodical]:    The  Intellectual  Repository  iox  1829;  together  with 
issues   for     1828    completing    vol.    Ill    of    the    "  New 
Series." — London.     Hodson.     700  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Messenger  of  Intelligence.     An  annual.     London  [?] 

Noticed  in  a  peculiar  manner  in  /.  1829  :  450. 
The   New  Jerusalem    Magazitie,    vol.    iii   (for    1829-30). 

Boston.     A.  Howard.     384  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Novitiate's  Preceptor.     Vol.   III. 

The  magazine   was   discontinued   at  the  end  of  this 
year. — S.  S.  L. 
Magazin  fiir  die  Neue  Kirche.     Vol.  I,  part  2.    Tubingen. 
—A.  L. 
Reed,    Sampson  :     Observations   on    the   Growth   of   the   Mind. 
Boston.     Howard.     Second  edition. — Conv.  R.  1829  :  7. 
[Reports]  :     General  Conference.     Minutes  for  1829.     London. 
Hodson.     68  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Convention.     Journal  for  1829.     24  pp. — K.  L. 
Lojidon     Missiofiary    and     Tract    Society.        8th     annual 

report. — /.  1829  :  619,  689. 
Manchester  and  Salford  Missionary  Society.      13th  annual 

report. — /.  1830:  34. 
Majichester  Printing  Society.   27th  annual  report. — /.  1829: 

618. 
North  British  Missionary  and   Tract  Society.     5th  annual 

report. — /.  1830  :  39. 
Repoi't  of  Proceedings  relative  to  the  Presentatio7i  of  a  Gold 
Cup  to  the  Rev.  Sam.  Noble,   by  the   Congregation   of  the 
Cross  St.  Church,  Londo7i,  on  March  ^th,  1829.    London. 
23  pp.— A.  L. 


364  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  20.     London.     Hodson. 

27  pp. — A.  L. 

•    Warwick  Meeting.     24th  report. — /.  1830:38. 

Roche,  Rev.  M.  B.  :  Sermo7i  delivered  at  the  consecration  of  the 
Teinple  of  the  Second  Neiv  ferusalem  Chnrch  of  Phila- 
delphia.    Philadelphia.     Manning.     16  pp. — A.   L. 

Tafel,  Prof.  J.  F.  I.  :  Fbrsprdk  till  en  annoncerad  ofversattiiing 
af  Emaiiuel Swedenborg' s  Skrifter.    Skara.    C.  M.  Torin. 

28  pp. 

Translated  from  the  German. — A.  L- 
Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan  :    Fyra  Predikningar.     Stockholm.     Mar- 
quard. — R.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

France.  Prince  de  Polignac  becomes  prime  minister  to  Charles  X. 
whose  government  is  becoming  more  and  more  reactionary.  Death  of 
Lamarck,  the  naturaHst. 

Germany.  Death  of  Frederick  von  Schlegel,  the  German  philosopher, 
author  of  "  Philosophic  des  Lebens,"  and  "  Philosophic  der  Geschichte." 

Great  Britain.  The  Hicksite  division  in  America  extends  to  the  Quakers 
in  England.  Passage  of  the  Catholic  Emancipation  Act.  Death  of  Sir 
Humphry  Davy,  the  chemist,  and  of  Thomas  Young,  the  egyptologist  and 
physicist. 

Italy.  Death  of  pope  Leo  XII.  He  is  succeeded  by  Pius  VIII.  a  learned 
and  virtuous  man,  but  much  opposed  to  the  Bible  societies  and  the  secret 
organizations. 

Russia.  A  great  epidemic  of  cholera  devastates  Russia,  and  spreads 
thence  over  the  rest  of  Europe. 

South  America.  Venezuela  is  separated  from  Colombia.  Rosas  gains 
supreme  power  in  Buenos  Ayres. 

Tuj-key.  The  Russians  capture  Silistria,  Erzerum,  and  Adrianople.  The 
war  is  ended  by  the  Peace  of  Adrianople  (Sept.  4),  Turkey  relinquishing  to 
Russia  the  northeastern  coast  of  the  Black  Sea,  and  the  suzerainty  over  the 
tribes  of  Caucasus.  The  independence  of  Greece  is  recognized,  and  also 
the  Russian  protectorate  over  Moldavia  and  Wallachia. 

18^0  America.     The   census   for   this  year  ascribes  to 

^  the    New   Church    a   membership   of  five  hundred 

persons,  with  twenty-eight  societies,  sixteen  ordained   minis- 
ters, and  seven  temples. — Mess.  47  :  283 ;  /!/.  6  :  440. 

Maryland^  Baltimore.  April  17. — Rev.  John  Hargrove, 
now  in  his  eightieth  year,  resigns  the  pastoral  charge  of  the 
society.     He  is  tendered  the  use  of  the  parsonage  for  the  re- 


mainder  of  his  natural  life. — M.  14:  491 ;  Ex.  81. 

Massachusetts^  Bridgewater.  —  This  society  reports  "an 
absolute  change  of  state — for  the  better — both  within  and 
without  the  society," — Conv.  R.  1830  :  10. 

Boston. — Rev.  Warren  Bird,  a  Baptist  minister,  is  excom- 
municated by  his  former  brethren,  and  unites  openly  with  the 
New  Church. — Ibid. 

Lancaster. — A  small  society  is  formed  here  during  this  year. 
—Ibid. 

New  York  City. — Death  of  Mr.  Edward  C.  Riley,  the 
founder  of  the  New  Church  in  this  city. — Ibid.  p.  11. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati^  October  10.  —  Organization  of  "The 
New  Jerusalem  Western  Missionary  Society."  This  move- 
ment subsequently  leads  to  the  formation  of  the  "Western 
Convention." — M.  4:  116. 

Pennsylvania.,  Haddington^  June  7. — Foundation  of  the 
chapel  of  the  "First  New  Jerusalem  Church  of  Delaware 
County."  This  society  now  applies  for  admission  into  the 
General  Convention. — Conv.  R.  1830  :  15. 

Philadelphia.  June  3-5. — Tzvelfth  General  Convention., 
Mr.  Hargrove,  president ;  Mr.  DeCharms,  secretary  ;  nine  min- 
isters and  twenty-five  representatives  are  present.  The  com- 
mittee appointed  in  1829,  ^"^^  ^^  purpose  of  defining  the 
respective  duties  of  the  three  degrees  of  the  clergy,  reports 
its  inability  to  present  any  such  definition  and  recommends 
that  the  subject  be  postponed  for  future  consideration.  Certain 
resolutions,  presented  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester,  attempt- 
ing such  a  definition,  are  laid  on  the  table.  A  committee  is 
appointed  to  collect  information  in  relation  to  infant  schools. 
Rev.  Samuel  H.  Wills,  of  Abingdon,  Va.,  and  Rev.  James 
Robinson,  formerly  of  Derby,  England,  but  now  of  Delaware 
county.  Pa.,  are  recognized  as  priests  of  the  second  degree  of 
the  ministry. — Conv.  R.  1830;  Ex.  236-244;  M.  3:  345. 

Canada. — Mr.  John  Harbin,  formerly  the  leader  of  the  New 
Church  in  Salisbury,  England,  settles  at  Chingachowchy 
(twenty-five  miles  north  of  Toronto,  Out.),  and  opens  worship 
in  a  log  cabin.     This  marks  the  beginning  of  the  New  Church 


^66 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEIV  CsHURCH. 


in  the  Dominion,  and  of  the  Chingachowchy  (or  Chingua- 
cousy)  society.  Mr.  Harbin  is  said  to  have  been  the  son  of  an 
English  bishop  ;  he  was  at  first  a  Methodist  preacher,  after- 
wards practiced  medicine  in  India,  and  finally  joined  the  New 
Church. — Mess.  47  :   loi. 

France.  Paris. — M.  Emile  Broussais,  a  physician  and  ad- 
vocate, assumes  the  leadership  of  the  New  Church  in  Paris. 
He  soon  develops  disorderly  tendencies,  like  M.  Oegger  and 
the  Count  de  Bissy,  w^ho  have  mixed  the  Heavenly  Doctrines 
with  spiritistic  revelations. — /.  1831:  340;   i860:   207. 

Germany.  Potsdam^  December  31. — Death  of  Herr  Johann 
Frank,  royal  apothecary;  he  leaves  the  sum  of  1300  florins  to 
assist  Dr.  Im.  Tafel  in  his  publications. — T.  M.  ii:  195;  R. 
S.  S.  1832:   15. 

Tubingen^  May  29. — Dr.  Tafel,  in  a  letter  to  the  Sweden- 
borg  Society,  describes  the  controversy  respecting  Swedenborg 
between  two  prominent  theologians,  Dr.  Paulus,  of  Heidelberg, 
and  Professor  D'Eschenmayer,  of  Tiibingeu,  each  claiming 
that  his  opponent  has  done  injustice  to  Swedenborg.  Dr. 
Vorherr,  of  Miinich,aroyal  councillor,  is  mentioned  as  an  active 
New  Churchman.  Iv.  Hofaker's  edition  of  Heaven  and  Hell  has 
met  with  an  extensive  circulation  ;  seventy  copies  have  been 
disposed  of  in  Austria. — R.  S.  S.  1830  :  13  ;  1831  :  15  ;  M. 
4:   156. 

Great  Britain.  Bii^mingham^  March  28. — Consecration  of 
the  new  temple  of  the  New  Church  in  Summer  Lane.  The 
building,  which  is  one  of  the  largest  and  finest  in  the  Church, 
is  described  in  /.  1830  :  43,  153. 

Glasgow. — The  church  in  this  city  separates  into  two  small 
societies,  one  worshiping  at  Hutchinson's  Hospital,  the  other 
at  St.  Andrew  street. — Conf.  R.  1830  :   76. 

London,  June  16. — The  closing  exercises  of  the  Woodford 
School  are  described.  Mr.  J.  H.  Smithson  is  one  of  the 
teachers.  The  work  on  Heaven  and  Hell  is  used  as  one  of  the 
Latin  text-books,  and  the  pupils  are  able  to  read  it  off,  in 
English,  without  hesitation.     Owing  to  lack  of  support  on  the 


1830.  3^7 

part  of  the  Church,  the  proprietors  are  now  compelled  to  open 
the  school  to  the  general  public. — /.  1830:   200,  252. 

June  21. — Twenty-first  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  It  is  resolved  to  publish  pocket  editions  of  the  minor 
works,  and  to  assist  Dr.  Tafel  in  the  publication  of  the 
Writings  in  German. — R.  S.  S.  1830  :   17. 

Ma7ichester^  December. — Mr.  John  Henry  Smithson  is  en- 
:gaged  as  the  assistant  to  the  Rev.  Richard  Jones,  and  to  take 
charge  of  the  literary  work  of  the  Manchester  Printing 
Society. — /.  1861  :   579. 

Newcastle^  August  13. — Elias  de  la  Roche  Rendell  is  or- 
dained into  the  Ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Noble.  Mr.  Rendell,  in  the  same  year,  resigns  the 
pastoral  charge  of  the  Newcastle  society. —  Conf.  R.  1830  :  20. 
M.  L.  1895  :   156,  157. 

Norwich. — The  church  here  separates  into  two  societies. 
The  majority,  under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  S.  Allison,  continue 
their  services  in  the  French  Protestant  chapel,  which  is  offered 
gratuitously.  The  two  parties  are  re-united  in  1831. — /.  183 1 : 
298;   Conf.  R.  1830:   72. 

Poole.^  ^v\y  25. — Rev.  Th.  Goyder  consecrates  a  chapel 
opened  for  worship  by  a  new  society  which  has  been  gathered 
•together  by  Mr.  A.  J.  Le  Cras. — Ibid.  84. 

Salford^  August  10-14. —  Tzventy-third  General  Conference, 
Rev.  David  Howarth  is  elected  president.  Nine  ministers  and 
twenty-five  representatives  are  present.  A  legacy  of  ^300  is 
received  from  the  late  W.  Hutchinson.  A  new  committee  is 
appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the  question  of  a  third 
degree  in  the  ministry.  The  Conference  expresses  its  con- 
viction that  the  sacraments  should  be  administered  only  by 
ordained  clergymen.  The  manner  of  receiving  new  societies 
into  connection  with  the  Conference,  and  of  admitting  ordained 
ministers  into  the  office  of  ordaining  ministers,  is  regulated. 
Mr.  T.  C.  Shaw,  of  London,  is  appointed  on  the  editorial  board 
of  the  Intellectual  Repository^  in  place  of  Rev.  R.  Hind  marsh, 
resigned.     The  ordination  of  Mr.  E.  D.  Rendell   is  granted, 


368  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

but  the  application  for  the  ordination  of  Mr.  R.  G.  Sheldon, 
of  Liverpool,  is  refused. — Conf.  R.  1830. 

Mr.  Jonathan  Bailey,  of  Salford,  receives  the  Doctrines  of 
the  New  Church  at  this  period,  and  is  appointed  secretary  of 
the  Salford  society. — M.  L.  1886:  221. 

St.  Heliers^  Jersey. — The  chapel  and  the  public  services  of 
the  New  Church  in  this  island  are  given  up,  owing  to  lack  of 
interest  among  the  nominal  members. — /.  1830:  93. 

Sweden.  Lyi-estad^  IVestgothland^  ^\i\y  16. — Death  of  Rev. 
Jonas  P.  Odhner,  dean  of  Lyrestad,  aged  eighty-six  years.  He 
was  one  of  the  earliest  receivers  of  the  New  Church  in  Sweden, 
a  member  of  the  "Exegetic  Philanthropic  Society,"  of  the 
society  "  Pro  Fide  et  Chariiate^^^  and  the  first  translator  of  the 
the  True  Christian  Religion  into  Swedish.  He  was  one  of 
the  few  Lutheran  clergymen  in  Sweden  who  adhered  fearlessly 
and  openly  to  the  confession  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  during 
the  period  of  persecution.  His  son,  grandson,  and  great- 
grandson  have  been  active  members  of  the  New  Church.  "  A 
gentle  and  lovable  man,  zealous  in  his  office,  and  passionately 
devoted  to  studies,  music,  and  flowers." — Warholm's  Skara 
Stifts  Herdaminne^W'.  256. 

West  Indies. — Mr.  Kjerulf,  a  judge  of  St.  Thomas,  and  Mr. 
Linberg,  formerly  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  now  a  judge  of  the  High 
Court  of  St.  Croix,  are  mentioned  as  the  first  New  Churchmen 
in  the  Danish  West  Indies — Conv.  R.  1830:   17. 

NOTABI^K   ArTICI.es. 

Intellectual  Repository^  1830. 

"Sketch  of  the  Historj'  of  the  General  Conference,"  pp.  30,  86. 

New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  Boston,  vol.  IV. 

"  Discovery  of  a  new  tribe  in  the  interior  of  Africa,"  p.  35. 

"  Education  of  children  in  the  New  Church,"  p.  250. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:    A  Brief  Expositioii  of  the  Doctrine  of  the  New 
Church.     Boston.     Adonis  Howard.     92  pp. 

First  American  edition,  from  the  English  edition  of 
1818.— i7/.  3:   221;   Conv.  R.  1831:  6.— A.  L. 


i8so.  369 

Der  Himmel  mit  seinen    Wu?ider  Ersheinu7igen,  und  die 
H'dlle  (Heaven  and  Hell).     Tiibingen.     Hofaker. 

Third    German  edition;    translated,   or   rather,   para- 
phrased, in  an  inexcusable  manner,  by  L.  Hofaker. — I^. 
R.  T. 
Enthiillte  Offe7ibarung   (Apocalypse   Revealed).     Part    3. 
Tubingen. 

First  German  edition;  translated  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel.^ 
A.  L. 
Nine  Queries  respecting  the   Trinity.     Boston.     Carter. — 

M.  4:  96;   Conv.  R.  1831:  6. 
On  the  Last  Judgme7it.     London.     S.  S. 

Third  English  edition.— S.  S.  L. 
On  the  New  Jerusalem  a7id  its  Heave7ily  Doctri7ie.     London. 
S.  S. 

Tenth  English  edition;  revised. — R.  S.  S.  1830:  9. 
The  Decalogue  Explaiyied  (from  A,  E.).     Boston.     Carter. 

First  American  edition. — B.  L. 
Heilig    Jerusalem    und  desse7i    Hi7n77ilische    Lehre    (New 
Jerusalem    and    its    Heavenly    Doctrine).     Tiibingen. 
Hofaker. 

Seventh  German  edition;  translated  by  Hofaker;  the 
references  to^.  C.  are  omitted  in  this  edition. — E.  R.  T. 
The  complete  edition  of  this  work  was  published  in 
the  same  year  under  the  title  Die  Neue  Kirche  des  Herrn 
2i7id  ih7'e  Hi7n7nlische  Lehj^e. 
Der    Verkehr  zwische7i   Seele   U7id  Leib    (Intercourse   be- 
tween the  Soul  and  the  Body).     Tiibingen.     Hofaker. 
Fourth  German  edition;  translated  by  Hofaker. — L. 
R.  T. 
[Anonymous]:  A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  Ada7n  Clarke,  occasio7ied  by 
so77te  strictures  on  Swedeiiborg  in  the  ' '  Methodist  Maga- 
zi7ie'' Jor  August  jo,   hy  ''  Josephus.'^     Liverpool.      C. 
Bentham.     22  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Proojs  oj  the  Supre7ne  Divi7iity  oj  the  Lord  Jesus  Christy 
and  of  the  Doct7'i7ie  oj  the  Divi7ie  Trinity.     Philadelphia. 
D.  Harrington.     70  pp. — U.  L. 
[Catechism] :  Katechismus,  oder  Unterricht  in  de7i  Lehren  der 
Neue7i  Kirche,  fur  Kinder.     Tubingen.      16  pp. 


370  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Translated  from  the  English  Conference  Catechism, 
by  Im.  Tafel.— A.  Iv. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:    The  Golden  Weddiiig  Ring.     Manchester. 

24  pp. — B.  M. 
Espy,  J.  M.:    The  Yoiith'  s  Manual  of  the  True  Christian  Religion. 

Columbus,  O.     35  pp. — Cin.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :   Order  of  Worship  for  the  use  of  the  Second  New 
Jerusalem  Church  of  Philadelphia.     Philadelphia.     T.  S. 
Manning.      108  pp. 

Compiled  by  Rev.  M.  B.  Roche.  Mess.  vol.  36:  359. 
A  copy  is  owned  by  Rev.  Frank  Sewall. 
The  Mor7iing  and  Evening  Services,  zvith  Glorifications, 
the  articles  of  Faith,  and  Chants,  as  contained  i7i  the 
Liturgy  for  the  New  Church,  compiled  for  the  use  of  Free 
Schools,  Sunday  Schools,  etc.  London.  Hodson. — Conf. 
R.  1829:  15. 
Mason,  Rev.  William:  A  Help  to  Family  and  Private  Devo- 
tion.    London.     Hodson.     206  pp. 

A  well-known  work;  reviewed  in /.  1830:  238. — A.  L. 
Noble,  Rev.  Samuel :  An  Appml  in  behalf  of  the  Doctrines  of 
Faith  and  Life  of  the  New  Church.   Boston.   A.  Howard. 
246  pp.— A^.  I.-  542. 
[Periodicals]  :    The  Intellectual  Repository  and  Nezu  Jerusalem 
Magazine  for   1830;  together  with  issues  for  1831,  con- 
stituting  "Vol.  I "   of   this  journal,   as  now  published 
under  the   auspices  of  the   General   Conference.      (See 
1831).— A.  L. 
The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine.     Vol.    iv.    (for   1830-31). 
Boston.     John  Allen.     480  pp. — A.  L. 
[Reports]  :    Genei^al  Conference.     Minutes    for    1830.     London. 
Hodson       103  pp. — A.  L. 
Gefieral    Convoition.       Journal    for    1830.       Philadelphia. 

20  pp. — A.  L. 
Manchester  and  Salford  Missionary  Society.      14th  annual 

report.  —  /.  1830:  286. 
Manchester   Printing   Society.        28th    annual    report. — /. 

1830:  197. 
Missionary    aiid    Tract    Society.       9th   annual   report. — /. 
1830:  244. 


i8so.  371 

Swedenbofg  Society.     Report  No.  21.     London.     Hodson. 
27  pp. — A.  L. 
Sheldon,    Ralph   G.:  St.  Peter's  Keys.     A  Lecture.     London. 

Hodson.      18  pp. — A.  L. 
Tafel,  Dr.  Im.:  A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  Manjiing  B.  Roche.     Phila- 
delphia.     15  pp. — A.  L. 
Tulk,  Charles  Aug.:  Letters  to  the  Editors  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
Magaziyie.     London. 

Mentioned  in  a  catalogue  of  second-hand  books,  ap- 
pended to  /.  1850.     December. 
Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan:    Christliga  Sanger.     Stockholm.     23  pp. 
—A.  L. 
Oskyldigt  Fbrsok  att  iitreda  och  upplysa  skiliiadefi  imellan 
en  Menniska,   en  Ande,   och  en  Rjigel  (An  attempt  to 
explain  the  difference  between  a  Man,  a  Spirit,  and  an 
Angel).     Stockholm.     49  pp. — A.  L. 
Predikan  pa  elfte  Smdageii  efter  Trinitatis.     Stockholm. 

29  pp. — R.  L. 
Rdttegdngs handling ar    i    tryckfrihetsmdlet    ofver    skriften 

' '  Oforgriplig  Erin rafi.''     Stockholm .     7 5  pp.  — A .  L . 
Tillagg  till  skriften  ''Religione7is  Helgedom.''     Stockholm. 
75  pp.— A.  L. 

CONTKMPORARY  BvF,NTS. 

America.  Joseph  Smith  begins  to  pubHsh  his  "  revelations, "  and  lays 
the  foundation  of  the  "Church  of  Latter-Day  Saints,"  or  "Mormons." 
The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  establishes  the  first  American  mission  in 
Armenia.  Organization  of  the  (non-Episcopal)  "Methodist  Protestant 
Church,"  at  Baltimore.  Rev.  John  Winebrenner,  of  Ilarrisburg,  Pa.,  or- 
ganizes the  '  Church  of  God,"  a  Baptist  sect,  practicing  the  rite  of  washing 
of  feet. 

Belgium.  A  revolution  against  the  oppression  of  the  Dutch  government 
breaks  out  in  Brussels  (Aug.  15).  The  Dutch  army  enters  Brussels  but  is 
forced  to  retreat.  A  national  congress  declares  the  independence  of  Belgium 
from  the  forced  union  with  the  Netherlands.  The  independence  of  the 
country  is  recognized  by  a  conference  of  the  Powers  in  I^ondon. 

France.  The  French  begin  the  conquest  of  Algeria.  Charles  X.  pub- 
lishes his  unconstitutional  "five  ordinances,"  by  which  he  attempts  to 
destroy  the  liberty  of  the  Press  and  restore  absolutism.  Thiers,  a  5'oung 
editor,  assumes  the  leadership  of  the  liberal  party.  A  revolution  breaks 
out  in  Paris,  July  27.  Charles  X.  is  forced  to  abdicate  and  flees  to  England. 
Louis  Phillippe,  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  is  proclaimed  the  constitutional  King 
of  the  French  (Aug.  9). 

Germany.      Revolutionary   movements  break   out    at  Dresden,   Berlin, 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Hamburg,  and  other  places.  The  duke  of  Brunswick  is  expelled  by  the 
populace. 

Great  Britain.  Death  of  George  IV.  He  is  succeeded  (June  26)  by  his 
brother,  William  IV.,  "  the  sailor  king."  The  Wellington  ministry  is  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Grey  cabinet.  Rise  of  the  sect  of  "  Plymouth  Brethren  "  or 
•'  Darby ites."  Organization  of  the  "  Catholic  Apostolic  Church,"  by  Rev. 
Edward  Irving;  twelve  "apostles"  are  selected  w^ith  subordinate  "proph- 
ets," "angels,"  etc.  The  Liverpool  and  Manchester  Railway  (the  first 
railway  in  England)  is  opened  for  traffic.  First  publication  of  Tennyson's 
poems. 

Italy.  Death  of  Pope  Pius  VIII.  (Nov.  30).  Ferdinand  II.  succeeds 
Francis  I.  in  Naples. 

Polaiid.  Outbreak  of  a  revolution  at  Warsaw.  The  Grandduke  Con- 
stantine  is  forced  to  retire,  with  the  Russian  garrison.  Chlopicki  is  pro- 
claimed dictator  of  Poland. 

South  AmeiHca.  Equador,  formerly  part  of  Colombia,  proclaims  itself  an 
independent  republic.  Death  of  Bolivar,  the  great  "liberator"  of  South 
America  (Dec.  17). 


jQ^y  America.      Maine.,     Po^^land^    August    21. — The 

^  *  society  is  formally  organized  as  a  church,  according 
to  the  regulations  of  the  Convention. — M.  5  :  40.  The  history 
of  the  Portland  society,  by  the  Rev.  W.  B.  Hayden,  is  given 
in  M.  n.  s.  v  :  478. 

Massachusetts^  Boston. — The  society  removes  from  the 
Athenaeum  on  Pearl  St.  to  Mr.  T.  H.  Carter's  Hall,  in  Phil- 
lips Place,  remaining  here  until  June,  1845. — Conv.  R.  1832  :  6. 

Bridgewater. — This  society  is  at  present  without  a  pastor, 
the  Rev.  Eleazar  Smith  having  "  thought  fit  to  withdraw 
himself." — Conv.  R.  1831  :  7. 

New  York  OVj,  June  2-4. —  Thirteenth  General  Convention, 
Six  ministers  and  seventeen  delegates  are  present.  Mr.  Har- 
grove is  elected  president,  but  declines  the  honor  on  account 
of  his  infirmities.  Rev.  Chas.  I.  Doughty  is  then  elected  in 
his  place.  It  is  resolved  that  "  ministers  and  licentiates  of  all 
ranks  be  considered  members  of  the  Convention  ex  officiis^ 
and  that  no  others  vote  in  Convention  except  delegates  from 
the  regularly  organized  societies."  Committees  are  appointed 
to  prepare  "Rules  and  Orders"  for  the  future  government  of 
Conventions,  to  consider  the  subject  of  a  more  perfect  organi- 
zation, and   to  draw  up  a  constitution  for  a  proposed  general 


^^J^-  373 

Missionary  and  Tract  Society. — Conv.  R.  183 1  ;  Ex.  244  ;  M. 

4:  432. 

Ohio,  June-August. — Rev.  M.  M.  Carll,  on  behalf  of  the 
*'  New  Jerusalem  Western  Missionary  Society,"  undertakes  an 
extended  evangelistic  journey  through  Western  Pennsylvania, 
West  Virginia,  Ohio  and  Kentucky.  A  detailed  and  inter- 
esting account  of  his  journey  is  published  in  J/.  5  :  64. 

Germany.  TMbingen,  December  4. — Dr.  Tafel,  in  a  letter  to 
the  Swedenborg  Society,  mentions  the  recent  formation  of 
New  Church  circles  at  Leonberg,  Hoheim,  Rasheim,  Ebingen, 
and  Stuttgardt,  which  he  has  begun  to  visit  regularly.  His 
brother.  Dr.  Leonhard  Tafel,  has  lately  received  the  Doctrines. 
Schleiermacher,  ''the  king  of  the  German  theological  world," 
has  visited  Dr.  Im.  Tafel,  and  has  expressed,  "in  mild  and 
condescending  terms,"  his  regrets  at  the  continued  publication 
of  Sweden borg's  works. — R.  S.  S.  1831  :    16  ;    Co7if.  R.  1831  : 

59- 

Great  Britain.  Accrington. — Rev.  D.  G.  Goyder  having 
removed  to  Hull,  Mr.  Adam  Haworth  becomes  the  leader  of 
this  growing  society. — /.  1871  :  407. 

Hull, — Rev.  James  Bradley  resigns  the  pastorate  in  this 
city;  he  is  succeeded  by  Rev.  D.  Goyder. — /.  1830:298; 
Conf.  R.  183 1  :  67. 

Warwick,  May  29. — Death  of  the 
Rev.  John  Clowes,  the  "  friend,  fos- 
terer, advocate "  and  patriarch  of  the 
New  Church  in  the  English-speaking 
world.  Born  in  Manchester,  October 
20.  1743,  he  graduated  at  Cambridge, 
1766,  was  ordained  into  the  priesthood 
of  the  Anglican  Church,  in  1769,  and 
immediately  received  a  call  to  the  in- 
cumbency of  the  new  parish  church  of 
Rev.  John  Clowes.  3^^  j^l^^  -^^   Mauchcstcr,  whcrc  hc  re- 

mained as  rector  for  the  period  of  sixty-two  years.  Becoming 
acquainted  with  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  in  1773,  he 
devoted  his  entire  life  to  the  study  and  dissemination  of  these 


374  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Heavenly  Truths.  The  fruits  of  his  activity,  since  that  date, 
are  evident  on  nearly  every  page  of  these  Annals  of  the  New 
Church.  A  man  of  sublime  virtue,  spirituality,  tenderness, 
wisdom,  genius,  learning,  activity,  and  usefulness,  he  will  be 
revered  in  all  future  ages  as  one  of  the  first  "  wise  men  of  the 
East,"  who  in  the  dawn  of  the  New  Dispensation  came  to 
worship  and  serve  the  Lord  in  His  Second  Advent. 

His  death,  like  his  life,  made  a  profound  impression  upon 
the  New  Church  throughout  the  world.  "  No  event  has  ever 
yet  occurred  in  the  annals  of  the  New  Church  which  produced 
so  general  a  sensation.  It  pervades  every  circle,  and  moves 
alike  all  classes  of  the  receivers.  Nothing  else  has  been  talked 
of,  or  thought  of,  since  this  dispensation  of  Providence  has 
been  known.  And  all  seem  actuated  by  one  desire, — to  ex- 
press in  the  fullest  manner  their  grateful  veneration  for  his 
memory."—/.  1831  :  453;   1841 :  353. 

London^  June  1 5. — A  great  meeting,  in  memory  of  the  Rev. 
John  Clowes,  is  held  at  the  temple  in  Cross  street.  It  is  more 
numerously  attended  than  any  other  meeting  of  the  New 
Church  previously  held  in  London.  Commemorative  addresses 
are  delivered  by  the  three  ministers  and  a  number  of  the  most 
prominent  members  of  the  Church  in  London.  The  meeting 
is  fully  reported  in  /.  183 1  :  462.  Similar  meetings  are  held 
in  most  of  the  larger  centres  of  the  New  Church  in  Great 
Britain. 

June  20. — Twenty-second  annual  meeting  of  the  Sweden- 
borg  Society.  The  committee  reports  the  gift  of  ;^20  from 
an  unknown  friend  for  the  purpose  of  placing  copies  of  the 
Writings  with  certain  literary  clubs  ;  these  donations  have  been 
well  received  by  the  clubs  mentioned,  excepting  the  Oxford  and 
Cambridge  University  club,  which  has  returned  the  books.  A 
long  resolution,  in  commemoration  of  the  Rev.  John  Clowes, 
and  of  his  services  in  behalf  of  the  New  Church,  has  been  in- 
serted in  the  leading  public  newspapers.  Much  information 
is  presented  respecting  the  activity  of  Dr.  Tafel,  in  Germany. 
—R.  S.  S.  1 83 1. 

August  9-13. — The    Twenty -fourth    General  Conference  is 


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held  at  the  temple  of  the  Cross  St.  Society.  Five  ministers 
and  sixteen  representatives  are  present.  Rev.  Robert  Hind- 
marsh  is  elected  president.  A  resolution  is  adopted,  disavow- 
ing any  intention  of  interfering  with  the  freedom  of  particular 
societies  by  the  recommendation  of  the  Conference  Liturgy, 
or  by  the  regulations  of  the  Conference  Deed.  (This,  in  reply 
to  complaints  from  Scotland,  where  many  viewed  the  Liturgy 
with  suspicion,  as  smacking  of  Romanism,  etc.)  The  Con- 
ference strongly  expresses  its  conviction  that  the  most  perfect 
arrangement  of  the  ministry  is  that  of  a  trine,  but  that 
"spiritual  benefits  can  only  result  to  the  Church  from  forms 
founded  in  rational  use."  "A  complaint  of  a  serious  nature 
[Tulkism?]  being  preferred  against  the  Rev.  E.  D.  Rendell," 
it  is  resolved  that  the  name  of  the  latter  be  omitted  from  the 
list  of  the  ordained  ministers.  Rev.  David  Howarth  is  "  ap- 
pointed" to  the  office  of  an  ordaining  minister. — Conf.  R, 
1831. 

NOTABT^E   ArTICI<ES. 

Intellectual  Repository,  1831. 

"A  sketch  of  the  History  of  the  General  Conference,"  p.  373, 

"On  the  death  of  Rev.  John  Clowes,"  p.  453. 

"  Thoughts  connected  with  the  establishment  of  another  degree  in  the 
Ministry  of  the  New  Church,"  by  James  Knight,  Esq.  (the  legal  adviser 
of  the  Conference),  p.  502,  547,  The  writer  proposes  that  ministers  in 
the  first  degree  be  authorized  to  expound  the  Word  and  administer  the 
Sacrament  of  Baptism,  ministers  in  the  second  degree  to  administer,  in 
addition,  the  Holy  Supper  and  the  consecration  of  nuptials,  and  those  in 
the  third  degree  to  ordain  others. 
New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  Boston,  vol,  5. 

"Natural  Diseases  of  a  spiritual  origin,"  by  S.  Reed,  pp.  133,  169. 

"On  the  importance  and  use  of  the  Memorable  Relations,"  p.  221. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  Coelestia.     Vol.  II.     London.     S.  S. 

Third  English  edition;  revised  by  Rev.  Samuel  Noble. 
In  this  volume  the  back  references  are  removed  to  the 
bottom  of  the  page. — R.  S.  S.  1831:  9. 
Enthi'illte  Offenbaj^u7ig.     Part  4.     Tubingen. 

First  German  edition,  now  completed;  translated  by 
Dr.  Im.  Tafel.— A.  L. 


376  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Die    Christeiireligion    i?i    ihrer  yEchtheit    (The    Christian 

Religion  in  its  genuineness).     Tiibingen.   Four  volumes. 

Third   German  edition;  translated  and   published   by 

I^udwig  Hofaker. 

The   Doctrine   of  Life  for  the   Neiv  ferusale7n.     Boston. 

Carter. 

Fifth  American  edition;  stereotyped. — B.  ly. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  Neiv  ferusalem  C07ice7niing  the  Lord. 
London.     S.  S. 

Ninth  English  edition. — R.  S.  S.  1831:  9. 
The  Four  Leading  Doctrines.     London.     S.  S.     A   pocket 
edition. — R.  S.  S.  1831:  9;   O.  vii:  411. 
[Anonymous] :    Schwedenborgsche    Abeiidteuer    auf  Reiseji    bei 
Nacht    (Swedenborgian    adventures    during    nocturnal 
journeys).     Leipzig.     Gliick.      113  pp. 

A  nonsensical  production;  noticed  in  Z.  1890:  200. — 
A.  L. 
The  Eternal  Sonship  of  the  Saviour,  considered  in  a  Letter 
to  the  Rev.   Adam   Clarke,  by  '' fosephus.''     Liverpool. 
28  pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1831:  382. — K.  L. 
Carll,  Rev.  M.  M.:  A  Sermon  delivered  before  the  General  Con- 
vention.    New  York.     20  pp. — A.  L. 
[Catechism]:  A  Catechism  for  the  Children  of  the  New  Church. 
Boston.     Allen  and  Goddard. — M.  4:  360. 
A  Catechism  for  the  use  of  the  New  ferusalem  Chu7xh,  with 
proofs  of  the  Doctj'ine,  from  the  Sacred  Scripture.     New 
York;  printed  for  R.  S.  Smith,  under  the  direction  of  S. 
Wood  worth;  noticed  in  M.  4:   360. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:   On  Mediums.     Manchester.     Varey. 
Third  edition.— B.  L. 
The  Words  of  a  Dyi7ig  Ma7i,   a  sermon,  (before  printed 
under  the  title  Pe7iite7is,  or  the  Dyi7ig  T7'ades77ia7i) .   Man- 
chester.    20  pp. — /.  1831:  587. 
Goyder,  Rev.  D.  G.:  A  Letter  07i  the  subject  of  T7-ansubsta7itia- 
tio7i.     Newcastle.      24  pp. — /.  1831:   581. 
A  Reply  to  that  part  of  Mr.  La7'ki7i' s  pa77iphlet,  which  co7i- 
tai7is  his  ' '  Tha7iks  ' '  a7id  his  ' '  Applause ' '  to  Mr.  Goyder. 
Newcastle.     20  pp. 

Reviewed  in /.  1832:  33. 


1831.  7,11 

Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas:     Little  Streams  from  the  Great  Fountain 
of  Living  Waters.     lyondon.     Goyder.     276  pp. 

A  volume  of  lectures,  with  a  portrait  of  the  chapel  in 
Waterloo  Road.  Reviewed  in  /.  1831:  392. — B.  L. 
Hobart,  Nathaniel:  Life  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg.  With  some 
account  of  his  Writi?igs.  Together  with  a  brief  notice  of 
the  Rise  and  Progress  of  the  New  Church.  Boston.  Allen 
and  Goddard.      188  pp. 

The    first    systematic    and    extended    biography    of 
Swedenborg.     Reviewed  in  y^  5:  37. — A.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :    The  Liturgy  of  the  New  ferusalem  Church .      ( Con- 
ference Liturgy. )     London.     Hodson.     220  pp. 
Second  edition. — Cin.  L. 
Noble,  Rev.  Samuel:  A  Discourse  occasioned  by  the  removal  i7ito 
Eterfiity  of  the  Rev.  fohn   Clowes.     London.     Hodson. 
43  pp.— A.  L. 
The  True  Object  of  Christia7i  Worship  demonstrated.  Second 
edition.     Boston.     Allen.     32  pp. — Cin.  L. 
[Periodical]:    The  Intellectual  Repository ,  ior  1831;  compteting 
vol.    I.   of    the    Conference  organ.     London.     Hodson. 
612  pp. — A.  L. 
The  New  ferusalem  Magazi7ie,  vol.  V  (for  1831-32).     Bos- 
ton.    J.  Allen.     480  pp. — A.  L. 
[Reports]:    Ge7ieral    Co7ifere7ice .     Minutes   for    1831.     London. 
Hodson.     78  pp. — A.  L. 
Ge7ieral  Conventio7i.     Journal   for   1831.     New  York.      16 

pp.— A.  L. 
Ma7ichester  ayid  Salford  Missionary  Society.      15th   annual 

report. — /.  1831:  606. 
Manchester    P7-i7iting    Society.       29th    annual    report. — /. 

1831:  439. 
Missio7iary    a7id    T7'act  Society.      loth    annual   report. — /. 

1831 :  604. 
North  British  Missionary  a7id  T7^act  Society.     7th  annual 

report. — /.  1832:  34. 
New  ferusalem  Wester7i   Missio7iary  Society.     Proceedi7igs 

of  the  First  An7iual  Meeting.     Cincinnati.     J.  H.  Wood. 

16  pp. — U.  L. 
Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  22.     London.     Hodson. 

27  pp. — A.  L. 


378  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Tybeck,  Rev.  Johan  :  Hvad  sannings-alska7ide  Christne  bora 
tanka  oin  det  Nya  Jerusalem  (What  truth-loving 
Christians  should  think  in  regard  to  the  New  Jerusa- 
lem).    Stockholm.     66  pp. — R.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Death  of  James  Mouroe,  ex-president  of  the  United  States. 
The  Mormons  begin  their  emigration  from  New  York  State  and  establish  a 
colony  at  Kirtland,  Ohio.  Publication  of  W.  L.  Garrison's  "  Liberator," 
at  Boston. 

Belgium.  Leopold  of  Saxe-Coburg  is  elected  king  of  the  Belgians. 
The  Dutch  army  is  defeated  in  Belgium  by  the  French  under  Marshal 
Gerard. 

Canada.  Organization  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  State  Church  of  Scotland. 

France.  Casimir  Perier  is  appointed  prime-minister.  The  hereditary 
peerage  is  abolished  in  France.  Publication  of  Victor  Hugo's  "  Notre  Dame 
de  Paris." 

Germany.  Constitutional  reforms  are  granted  in  Saxony  and  Hesse- 
Cassel.  Central  Europe  is  ravaged  by  the  Asiatic  Cholera.  Death  of  Georg 
W.  F.  Hegel,  the  celebrated  metaphysician,  successor  of  Fichte  at  Berlin. 
Death  of  Barthold  G.  Niebuhr,  the  historian,  author  of  "  Romische 
Geschichte,"  etc. 

Great  Britain.  The  "Reform  Bill"  (for  the  reform  of  the  franchise)  is 
introduced  in  Parliament  by  Lord  Russel,  but  is  frustrated  in  committee; 
Parliament  is  dissolved;  the  new  House  of  Commons  passes  the  Reform 
Bill,  but  the  House  of  Lords  rejects  it.  Parliament  is  now  prorogued.  Riots 
occur  at  Derby  and  Nottingham.  King  William  IV.  and  Queen  Adelaide 
are  crowned.  New  London  Bridge  is  opened.  Asiatic  Cholera  appears  in 
England.  The  British  Association  is  founded.  Captain  John  Ross  de- 
termines the  position  of  the  true  magnetic  pole.  Organization  of  the 
Congregational  Union  of  England  and  Wales. 

Italy.  Gregory  XVI.  is  elected  pope,  a  papal  tyrant  of  the  ancient  type 
(d.  1846).  Revolutionary  movements  in  Modena  and  the  Papal  States  are 
suppressed  by  the  Austrian  forces.  Charles  Albert,  of  Savoy-Carignan,  suc- 
ceeds Charles  Felix  as  king  of  Sardinia. 

Poland.  Chlopicki,  the  Polish  dictator,  resigns  from  the  leadership  of 
the  patriots,  who  continue  the  struggle  under  Adam  Czartoryski,  but  are 
repeatedly  defeated.  Warsaw  capitulates  to  the  Russians  (Sept.  8),  and 
Poland  is  completely  subjugated. 

South  America.  Compelled  by  revolutionary  movements,  Pedro  I.,  of 
Brazil,  abdicates  in  favor  of  his  son,  Dom  Pedro  II. 

Turkey.  Syria  is  occupied  by  the  army  of  Mehemet  Ali,  the  rebellious 
viceroy  of  Egypt. 


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jQ^^  America.      Massachusetts^  Boston^  August   i6. — 

'^  Fourteenth    General    Convention.     Three    ministers 

and  twenty-three  delegates  are  present,  all  from  New  England. 
Rev.  Th.  Worcester  is  elected  president,  and  Mr.  Zina  Hyde, 
secretary.  No  business  of  general  interest  is  transacted.  The 
lack  of  representation  from  outside  New  England  was  caused 
by  the  prevalence  of  cholera  in  various  parts  of  the  United 
States. — Conv.  R.  1832  ;  Ex.  245. 

Ohto^  Cincinnati. — A  New  Church  Sunday  School,  the  first 
one  in  the  city,  is  opened  by  Mr.  Milo  G.  Williams.  There  is 
much  opposition  to  the  school,  at  first,  among  the  members  of 
the  church,  on  the  ground  that  the  school  would  "  interfere 
with  the  spiritual  freedom  of  the  children  "(!) — Mess.  55:  348; 
Co7tv.  R.  1832 :   10. 

May  7. — Edwin  A.  Atlee,  the  minister  of  the  Cincinnati 
society,  resigns  from  his  ofiice  and  returns  to  his  former  as- 
sociates, the  Quakers,  "for  the  sake  of  peace  of  mind."  He 
does  not,  however,  renounce  his  faith  in  the  Doctrines,  and 
after  a  few  years  comes  back  to  the  New  Church. — Conv.  R. 
1832:  15.  Mr.  Richard  De  Charms  succeeds  Mr.  Atlee  as 
pastor  of  the  Cincinnati  society,  at  that  time,  an  unenviable 
position. — N.  iv:   135. 

October  12-13. — First  General  Convention  of  the  Receivers 
of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusalem  West  of  the  Alleghany 
Mountains  (the  "Western  Convention").  Daniel  Mayo,  Esq., 
is  chosen  president,  and  M.  G.  Williams,  secretary.  The 
members  adopt  a  report  by  the  Rev.  Adam  Hurdus,  setting 
forth  the  aims  and  circumstances  which  have  necessitated  the 
formation  of  a  Western  Convention,  viz.,  the  needs  of  more 
local  uses,  the  great  distances  between  the  brethren  in  the  east 
and  in  the  west,  local  peculiarities  of  character  and  particular 
affinities,  etc.  This  District  Convention  still  considers  itself 
"subject  to  a  General  Convention  of  the  whole  Church  in  the 
United  States,"  but  leaves  undecided  its  relation  to  the  Gen- 
eral Convention  as  already  existing.  A  committee  is  appointed 
to  prepare  a  "friendly  address"  to  the  next  General  Conven- 
tion.    Other   CDinmittees   are  appointed  to  prepare   rules   and 


380  ANNALS  Oh  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Western  Convention, 
to  take  into  consideration  the  general  subject  of  church 
government  and  order,  etc.  The  publication  of  a  New  Church 
periodical  in  the  west  is  recommended. —  W.  Conv.  R.  1832. 

France.  Leves^  near  Chartres. — Abbe  Frangois  Ledru,  the 
parish  priest  of  Leves,  is  ejected  from  his  cure  by  the  bishop  of 
Chartres,  on  account  of  his  faith  in  the  New  Church.  (He 
had  received  the  Doctrines  in  1830.)  This  proceeding  creates 
great  indignation  among  the  parishioners,  who  march  in  a 
body  to  the  bishop,  to  plead  for  the  reinstatement  of  their 
beloved  pastor,  but  in  vain.  The  Abbe  now  opens  an  inde- 
pendent place  of  worship,  naming  it,  at  first,  the  "  French 
Catholic  Church."  The  bishop  denounces  him  to  the  civil 
authorities  as  a  disturber  of  the  public  peace,  and  a  body 
of  military  is  sent  to  arrest  him,  but  is  prevented  by  the  in- 
habitants of  Leves  and  adjoining  villages,  who  rise  in  arms  in 
defense  of  their  preacher.  The  soldiers  refuse  to  act  against 
the  people,  whereupon  a  larger  force  is  sent,  and  a  solemn  in- 
vestigation is  instituted,  resulting  in  the  acquittal  of  Ledru 
from  the  charges  preferred. — /.  1838:  325. 

Germany.  Tubingen. — Dr.  Tafel  and  Ludwig  Hofaker 
issue  a  prospectus,  announcing  their  intention  to  publish  a  new 
edition  of  Swedenborg's  Writings  in  the  original  Latin. — R. 
S.  S.  1832  :   14. 

Great  Britain.  BirniingJia?n^  August  14-17. —  Twenty- 
fifth  General  Conference.  Three  ministers  and  twenty  dele- 
gates are  present.  Rev.  Edward  Madeley  is  elected  president. 
A  legacy  of  ^845  is  received  from  the  late  Mrs.  Ann  Marshall, 
of  London.  The  Conference  being  unable  to  com.e  to  any 
unanimous  conclusion  on  the  subject  of  the  proposed  third 
order  of  the  ministry,  two  committees  are  appointed  to  take 
into  further  consideration  the  question  "whether  it  is  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  laws  of  Divine  Order  to  admit  persons,  by 
some  solemn  service,  to  administer  the  sacrament  of  Baptism 
only,  and  not  that  of  the  Holy  Supper."  The  resignation  of 
Mr.  J.  H.  Smithson  from  the  office  of  secretary  of  foreign  cor- 


i8s2.  381 

respondence  is  accepted,  and   the  office  is  abolished  as  being 
unnecessary  at  present. — Conf.  R.  1832. 

August  17.— The  Rev.  David  Howarth  is  consecrated  an 
ordaining  minister  by  Rev.  Samuel  Noble.— O///  R.  1832  :  15. 

Glasgow.— "^^1^  two  societies  in  this  city  become  re-united, 
the  services  being  conducted  at  the  place  of  worship  in  St. 
Andrew  St.— Ibid.  68. 

Lo?idon,  February.— Formation  of  the  "Juvenile  Coffee 
Meeting  and  Friendly  Association  of  the  New  Church  Youth,'' 
the  firsr" Young  Folks'  Club"  known  in  New  Church  history. 
It  is  largely  a  doctrinal  class,  led  by  some  one  of  the  London 
ministers,  or  other  adult  visitor. — /.  1834  :  50. 

February  19.— Death  of  Mrs.  Ann  Marshall,  aged  seventy- 
five  years,  a  remarkable  New  Church  woman,  according  to 
Mr.  Clowes,  "the  most  scientific  receiver  of  the  Writings,  male 
or  female,  that  he  had  ever  met  with."  She  had  been  an 
active  and  generous  member  of  the  New  Church  since  the 
year  1792,  and   bequeathed  her  entire  property  to  the  Church. 

— /.  1832  :  95,  98,  141  ;  ^'  S'  ^-  1S32  :  6. 

March— The  Woodford  School   is  discontinued,  owing   to 

lack  of  support. — R.  P.  467- 

June  19.— Twenty-third  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  The  Committee  reports  the  receipt  of  / 1,000  as  a 
bequest  from  the  late  Mrs.  Marshall.— i?.  ^.  S.  1832. 

Rev.  Augustus  Clissold,  a  distinguished  clergyman  of  the 
Church  of  England,  receives  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church. 
He  had  attempted  to  read  the  Irtce  Christian  Religion,  but  found 
it  unintelligible  and  left  it  on  his  table.  Some  time  afterward 
he  noticed  the  book  lying  open,  and  asked  his  man  servant  if 
he  had  been  reading  it.  "Yes,  sir,"  the  man  replied.  "Do 
you  understand  it?"  asked  Mr.  Clissold.  "Every  word  of  it, 
sir,"  was  the  reply,  "  and  it  is  beautiful."  Impressed  by  this 
answer,  Mr.  Clissold  resumed  his  reading,  and  before  long  be- 
came one  of  the  foremost  champions  of  the  Heavenly  Doc- 
trines, and  the  most  efficient  supporter  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.— A^.  C.  M.  1882  :  590- 

Manchester,   November   22.— Death   of  the   Rev.   Richard 


382  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

Jones,  aged  sixty-two  years,  the  founder  of  the  distinct  organi- 
zation of  the  New  Church  in  Manchester.  Receiving  the 
Doctrines  in  his  youth,  through  ]\Ir.  Clowes,  he  came  early  to 
the  conviction  that  the  Church  could  prosper,  permanently, 
only  when  separate  from  the  institutions  of  the  Old  Church, 
was  chosen  the  leader  of  those,  in  Manchester,  who  held  the 
same  conviction,  and  was  chiefly  instrumental  in  organizing 
the  separate  society,  and  in  erecting  the  temple  in  Peter  St.,  in 
1792.  Beginning  to  preach  for  this  society  in  the  year  1800, 
he  was  ordained  into  the  ministry  in  1808,  and  continued, 
from  that  time  until  the  day  of  his  death,  to  serve  gratuitously 
as  the  beloved  pastor  of  the  Peter  St.  society,  and  as  one  of  the 
most  respected  and  trusted  ministers  of  the  New  Church. 
Steadfastness,  thoroughness,  earnestness  and  humility  were 
the  most  conspicuous  characteristics  of  his  mind.  His 
biography  is  given  /.  1832:  333;  Herald  of  Truths  p.  21. 

Middleton. — The  society  erects  a  small  chapel  at  the  cost  of 
£100.— M.  L.  1896  :  459. 

Newcastle. — Serious  disturbances  take  place  in  the  church 
here  ;  a  number  of  the  members  secede  from  the  society  in 
Percy  St.,  and  establish  themselves  in  Westgate  St. — Cojif.  R. 
1832:  II,  65. 

Nottingham. — Rules  are  adopted  by  this  society,  requiring 
every  applicant  for  membership  to  be  regularly  examined  as 
to  his  knowledge  of  the  Doctrines, — Ibid.  70. 

Paisley. — Public  services  are  resumed  by  this  society,  which 
is  now  reviving. — Ibid. 

Notable  Artici.es. 
Intellectual  Repository,  1832. 

"  Practical  Reflections  on  the  Necessity  of  New  Church  Education,"  p.  12, 

"  On  the  Necessity  of  Baptism,  or  Rebaptism,  of  converts  to  the  New 
Church,"  by  Rev.  Manoah  Sibly,  p.  82. 

"Examination  of  the  injurious  notice  of  Swedenborg's  Physiological 
works,  by  the  celebrated  Baron  Haller,"  by  Dr.  John  Spurgin,  p.  164. 

"The  New  Church  Doctrine  of  the  Atonement  and  Sacrifice,  defended 
against  attacks  in  the  Christian  Remembrances,''''  by  "  Ensifer "  (Rev. 
Augustus  Clissold),  p.  213.  This  is  the  first  appearance  of  Mr.  Clissold  in 
the  literature  of  the  New  Church. — M.  L.  1882:  473. 


rS32-  383 

Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  Arcana  Coelestia.     Vol.  3.     London.     Hodson. 

Third  English  edition;  published  by  the   Manchester 
Printing  Society. — R.  S.  S.  1832  :  12. 
On  the  Intercourse  between  the  Soul  a7id  the  Body.   London. 
S.    S.     A   pocket   edition.— i^.  S.  S.    1832:  ir;   O.  vii  : 
411. 
On  the  White  Horse.     Boston. 

First  American  edition. — B.  L. 
On  the  Worship  a7id  Love  of  God.   Boston.   Carter.   213  pp. 

First  American  editon. —A.  L. 
The  Apocalypse  Revealed.     London.   S.  S.     Two  volumes. 
Third  English  edition,  revised   and  beautifully  pub- 
lished.    The  Scripture  passages  in  these  volumes  are 
changed  so  as  to  conform   to  the  Authorized  Version. — 
R.  S.  S.  1832  :  12.— A.  L. 
Vom  Weissen  Pferd.     Tiibingen. 

First  German  edition;  translated  by  Hofaker;  men- 
tioned in  B.  I. 
Allison,  S.  :  A  Brief  Correction  of  some  gross  Misconceptions  re- 
specting the  Nezv  ferusalem  Church.  Norwich.  22  pp. — 
Reviewed  in  /.  1832  :  278. 
Beurling,  Carl  H.:  De7i  Nya  Fbrsamlingens  Heliga  Religions 
Lara  (The  Sacred  Doctrine  of  the  New  Church).  Stock- 
holm.    Deleen.      188  pp. 

A  brief,  but  valuable  compendium. — A.  L- 
Clowes,   Rev.  John :     Sermo7is   on     Various   Subjects.     Vol.  I. 
Manchester.     Varey. 

The  fifth  edition;  reviewed  in  /.  1832  :   276. 
The  Golden  Wedding  Ring.     Boston.     J.  Allen.    48  pp. — 
U.  L. 
De  Charms,  Rev.  Richard  :    The   Trzic  Nature  of  a  Religious 
Profession.      A    sermon    delivered    before    the    Western 
Convention. — Cincinnati.   L.  R.  Lincoln.    19  pp. — A.  L. 
Hofaker,  Ludwig  :  Das  grosse  fenseits,  7iu7i  erschaulich  gewiss 
(The  great   Beyond,  now   visibly  certain).     Tiibingen. 
A  spiritistic  work,  severely  criticized  by  Dr.    Tafel  in 
M.    XI  :   18. 


384  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Keene,    James  :     The    Character  af  Man.     A    lecture.     Bath. 
England.      28  pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1832  :  90. 
Oegger,  G.:  Rapports  iyiattendiis  entre  le  mojide  materiel  et  le 
vionde  spiriticel,  ou  ma  Transition  d  la  Nouvelle  Eglise, 
et  les  circonstances  surnaturelles  qui  ont  accompagne  cette 
demarche  (Unexpected  communications  between  the 
material  and  spiritual  worlds,  or  my  passing  over  to  the 
New  Church,  and  the  supernatural  circumstances  which 
accompanied  this  step).     Paris.     Treuttel.     236  pp. 

A  spiritistic  production.     L.   Hofaker,   in    the    same 
3'ear,  published  a  German  translation  of  the  same  work, 
under  the  title  Stille    Wege  zwischen  Mensche^iwelt  U7id 
Engelwelt.     The  work  has  been  severely  criticized  by 
Dr.  Im.  Tafel  in  M.  XI  :  18. 
Pegg,  W. :     The   three  principal  objections    brought  against  the 
character  and  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg,  fairly 
examined.     Newcastle.      19  pp.     Reviewed  in  /.    1832  : 
278. 
[Periodicals]:    Magazin  fur  die  Neue  Kirche.     Vol.  II,  parti. 
Tubingen.— A.  L. 
The  Intellectual  Repository  for   1832;  together  with  issues 
for  1833  constituting  vol.  II  of  the  Conference  Organ. — 
A.  L. 
The  New  ferusalem  Magazine.     Vol.   VI  (for  1832-33). 
Boston.     Otis  Clapp.     480  pp. — A. 
[Pike,  Rev.  J.  G.]:    Swedenborg  och  Bibeln.    Stockholm.    18  pp. 

Second  Swedish  edition. — A.  ly. 
[Provo,    Peter] :    Aphorisms   of    Wisdom,     Boston.      Allen    & 
Goddard.     222  pp. 

"A  new  edition;"   critically   reviewed  in  M.  6  \  305. 
—A.  Iv. 
[Reports]:     General  Co7iference.     Minutes  for    1832.     London. 
Hodson.     83  pp. — A.  L. 
Gejieral  Co7ivention.     Journal  for   1832.     Boston.     22  pp. 

—A.  L. 
Ma7ichester  and  Salford  Missionary  Society.     i6th  report. — 

/.  1832  :  280. 
Manchester  Pri7iting  Society.     30th  report. — /.  1832  :  137. 
Missio7iary  a7id  Tract  Society,      nth  report. — /.  1832  :  238. 


REV.  SAMUEL  NOBI.E. 

FROM   THE   PAINTING    BY    R.    B.    FAULKNER. 


^^32.  385 

Report  of  the  Committee  of  the  Netv  Jerusalem  Society  in 
Cross  St.,  London,  on  the  state  of  the  Society's  a^airs. 
London.     Hodson.     26  pp. — x\.  ly. 

Sw3ienbjrg  Society.     Report  No.  23.     London.      Hodson. 

27    pp. A.     ly. 

Western  Convention.       First   annual  report.       Cincinnati. 
28  pp. — A.  L. 
Richer,  Ed Du  ard :  La  Religion  dii  Bon  Sense.   Pour  servir d^ expose 
preliminaire  a  la  Doctrine  de  la  Nouvelle  Jerusalem  (The 
,  Religion  of  Common  Sense;  to  serve  as  a  preliminary 
exposition   of    the    Doctrine   of    the   New  Jerusalem). 
Paris      Treuttel.     492  pp. — A.  L. 
Robinson,  Thomas:    The  eternal  duration  of  the  material  world. 
Hull. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1832:    141. 
Tafel,    Dr.    Im.:     Religionsystem    der  Neuen   Kirche,    aus   den 
Quellen    dargelegt     (The  religious  system  of  the  New 
Church,  presented  from  the  original  documents.)     Vol. 

I,  part  I.     Tiibingen.     70  pp. 

Published  in  the  Magazine  fur  die  Neue  Kirche,  vol. 

II,  part  I. — A.  L. 

Tulk,  Charles  Augustus:  The  Record  of  Family  Instruction  in 
the  Spiritual  Doctrine  of  the  Holy  Scripture.  London. 
Goyder. 

Reviewed  favorably  in  the /?^<?r^/^  of  Truth,  1833:  39. 
Tyler,  Rev.  Bennet,  D.  D.:  Remarks  of  Rev.  John  WesUy,  on 
the  character   and    Writings    of   Emajiuel  Swedenborg. 
Portland,  Me. 

A  reproduction  of  Mr.  Wesley's  slanders,  published 
anonymously.  The  pamphlet  is  thoroughly  demolished 
by  Samuel  Worcester,  in  his  "  Remarks.''  (See  below.) 
—M.y.  474. 
Vorherr,  Dr.  J.  M.:  Geist  der  Lehre  Lnmanuel  Swedenborg s 
(Spirit  of  Swedenborg's  Doctrine.)      Munichy     148  pp. 

A  friendly  account. — A.  L. 
Worcester,  Samuel:  Remarks  on  several  common  errors  cojicern- 
i?ig  the  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg;  contained 
principally  in  two  pamphlets  [by  EUingwood  &  Wesley] , 
which  are  used  for  opposing  the  Neiv  Jerusalem.  Boston. 
J.  Allen.     76  pp. 

Reviewed  '\n  M.  5:  466. — A.  L. 


386  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Algeria.  Abd-el-Kader  places  himself  at  the  head  of  the  native  forces 
against  the  French  invaders, 

America.  Andrew  Jackson  vetoes  the  bill  renewing  the  charter  of  the 
United  States  Bank.  Outbreak  of  the  "  Black  Hawk  War;"  the  Sax  and 
Fox  ludians  are  subdued  and  removed  beyond  the  Mississippi.  South 
CaroHna  "  nullifies  "  the  federal  tarifT  act.  John  C.  Calhoun,  the  champion 
of  the  states-rights  doctrines,  resigns  the  vice  presidency.  Andrew  Jackson 
is  re-elected  president,  and  Martin  Van  Buren  is  elected  vice  president. 
Cholera  ravages  in  America. 

Belgium.  The  Dutch  garrison  in  Antwerp  surrenders  to  the  French 
army.     The  separation  of  Belgium  from  Holland  is  completed. 

France.  Death  of  Casimir  Perier.  Carlist  and  republican  disturbances 
break  out  in  Paris.  Soult,  Thiers,  and  Guizot  form  a  coalition  ministry. 
The  duchess  of  Berry  is  arrested  after  her  unsuccessful  attempt  to  create  a 
legitimist  revolution.  Death  of  Napoleon  (II),  the  duke  of  Reichstadt. 
Death  of  ChampoUion,  the  father  of  Egyptology.  Death  of  Cuvier,  the 
father  of  Comparative  Anatomy. 

Germany.  Death  of  Goethe,  the  greatest  of  German  poets,  and  of 
Spurzheim,  the  phrenologist 

Great  Britain.  The  Reform  Act  is  passed  by  Parliament,  and  receives 
royal  assent  (June  7).  Death  of  Rev.  Adam  Clarke,  the  great  Biblical  com- 
mentator. Death  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  the  novelist,  and  of  Jeremy  Bentham, 
the  father  of  the  "  utilitarian  "  philosophy. 

Greece.     Prince  Otho,  of  Bavaria,  is  chosen  king  of  Greece. 

Portugal.  Dom  Pedro,  the  ex-emperor  of  Brazil,  invades  Portugal  and 
takei  the  lead  of  the  legitimist  forces  against  his  brother,  the  usurper,  Dom 
Miguel. 

Turkey.    The  army  of  Mehemet  Ali  repeatedly  defeats  the  Turks  in  Syria. 

jQ^^  America.    Massachusetts,  Boston. — Mr.  Otis  Clapp 

^'^  purchases  the  entire  stock  of  John  Allen,  and  begins 
his  activity  as  a  New  Church  publisher.  Strenuous  efforts 
are  made  at  this  time  to  secure,  by  subscription,  the  publication 
of  Rev.  E.  A.  iVtlee's  translation  of  the  Principia.  The 
undertaking  failed,  though  three- fourths  of  the  necessary  sub- 
scriptions were  received. — M.  6.  July;   10:  54. 

June  6-8. — Fifteejith  General  Convention.  Six  ministers, 
six  licentiates,  and  twenty-one  delegates  are  present.  Rev.  L. 
Beers  is  elected  president,  and  T.  B.  Hay  ward,  secretary.  A 
list  of  the  "united  societies "  (possessing  the  right  of  repre- 
sentation in  the  Convention)  is  ordered  to  be  published  in  the 
journal.     An  address  is  received  from  the  Western  Convention, 


^^33'  387 

announcing  the  formation  of  that  body.  The  ordination  of 
Mr.  Richard  De  Charms,  of  Cincinnati,  is  authorized.  It  is 
resolved  that  "  none  but  regularly  instituted  churches  should 
be  regarded  as  having  a  right  to  act  in  Convention."  A  Mis- 
sionary and  Tract  Board  is  instituted,  and  twelve  men,  repre- 
sentative of  the  entire  church,  are  elected  as  members.  The 
"  Standing  Rules  "  are  further  arranged,  numbered,  amended, 
and  ordered  to  be  printed  in  the  journal.  A  communication 
is  received  from  the  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll,  recommending  the 
establishment  of  three  sectional  conventions,  in  the  Eastern, 
the  Middle,  and  the  Western  States,  with  a  triennial  General 
Convention.  —  Co;w.  R.  1833;  Ex.  246;  M.  6:  429. 

Bridgewater^  May  29.— The  Society  is  regularly  instituted 
as  a  particular  church,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester.  Mr. 
Samuel  Worcester  is  engaged  as  preacher. — Coiiv.  R.  1833: 
14. 

New  York  City. — The  pastor.  Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty,  re- 
linquishes all  secular  employments  and  devotes  himself  ex- 
clusively to  his  ministerial  work.  A  Sunday  School  is  estab- 
lished in  the  chapel  in  Pearl  street.  There  are,  at  this  time, 
one  hundred  and  twenty  regular  attendants  at  the  services. — 
Ibid.  15. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati^  July  28. — Richard  De  Charms  is  ordained 
a  priest  and  teaching  minister,  by  Rev.  Adam  Hurdus. —  W, 
Conv.  R.  1833:   14;  M.  "]  \  240. 

September  6. — Second  Western  Convention^  Mr.  Calvin 
Washburn,  president.  The  meeting  is  very  small,  owing  to 
the  prevalence  of  cholera,  and  but  little  business  of  general 
interest  is  transacted.  Rev.  R.  De  Charms  is  elected  perma- 
nent secretary.  It  is  resolved  to  prepare  communications  to 
the  General  Convention,  and  to  the  English  Conference. —  W. 
Conv.  R.  1833. 

Dayton. — A  society  of  twenty  persons  is  formed  here,  with 
Milo  G.  Williams  as  the  leader. — Ibid.  1834  :   14. 

Australia. — Mr.  Thomas  Morse,  at  Rockdale,  near  Sydney, 
is  mentioned  as  the  first  New  Churchman  in  Australia. — 
Thornton^  p.  6. 


388  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Germany.  Tubi7igen. — Dr.  Tafel  begins  to  preach  openly, 
every  Sunday,  to  an  assembly  of  receivers  from  Tubingen  and 
and  neighboring  villages.  The  Doctrines  are  spreading  in 
Suabia  and  Southern  Germany. — Conv.  R.  1833:   21. 

Great  Britain.  Bath^  August  13-17. —  Twenty-sixth  Gen- 
eral Conference^  Rev.  Robert  Hindmarsh,  president.  Six 
ministers  and  fourteen  representatives  are  present.  The  Con- 
ference concludes  that  it  is  inexpedient  to  attempt  to  legislate, 
at  present,  on  the  question  of  authorizing  lay- preachers,  by 
some  formal  service,  to  administer  the  sacrament  of  Baptism 
only.  A  new  set  of  "  Rules  for  the  General  Conference  "  is 
adopted.  The  ordinations  of  J.  H.  Smithson  and  J.  W.  Barnes 
are  authorized,  and  the  name  of  Rev.  James  Bradley  is 
restored  to  the  list  of  ministers  recognized  by  the  Conference. 
—  Conf.  R.,  1833;  /.  1833:  521. 

August  19. — Mr.  John  Wickham  Barnes,  the  minister 
of  the  Bath  society,  is  ordained  by  Rev.  R.  Hindmarsh. — /. 
1833:  523- 

Bristol^  August  i. — Death  of  Rev.  Thomas  Furlong  Church- 
ill, M.  D.,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  While  practicing 
medicine  in  London  he  received  the  doctrines  of  the  New 
Church  through  Mr.  Proud,  about  the  year  1798,  was  ordained 
into  the  ministry  on  August  16,  18 12,  and  succeeded  Dr. 
Hodson  as  pastor  of  the  society  in  Dudley  Court,  London. 
This  society,  in  1814,  united  with  the  society  in  Lisle  St.,  and 
Mr.  Churchill  remained  here  until,  owing  to  ill-health,  he 
resigned,  in  1819,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  S. 
Noble.  Mr.  Churchill  now  retired  to  Bristol,  where,  in  1825, 
he  published  a  well-known  volume  entitled,  Jesus  Christ  the 
True  God  and  Life  Eternal.  Eloquent  and  amiable,  he  was 
very  popular  as  a  preacher,  but  seems  to  have  been  somewhat 
lacking  in  firmness  of  conviction  and  purpose. — /.  1833:  531; 
1834:   108;  N.J.  Mag.,  London,  1828,  p.  9. 

Cheltenham. — A  society  of  fifteen  members,  with  Mr.  John 
Cull  as  leader,  unites  with  the  Conference  this  year. — Conf.  R. 
1833:  80. 


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Derby. — The  society  adopts  a  more  perfect  organization. 
There  are  now  sixty-one  members. — Ibid.  p.  80. 

Hull. — The  society  withdraws  from  connection  with  the 
General  Conference. — Ibid. 

Liverpool,  March  10. — Death  of  Mr.  Thomas  Banning,  one 
of  the  earliest  receivers  of  the  New  Church  in  England,  a 
wealthy  man,  and  liberal  supporter  of  the  work  of  Rev.  John 
Clowes. — Herald  of  Truth,  p.  96. 

The  state  of  the  Church  in  Liverpool  is  at  this  time  described 
as  very  harmonious  and  prosperous.  Several  Methodist 
preachers  have  lately  come  openly  into  the  Church. — Ibid.  pp. 

24,  44- 

London. — Mr.  J.  H.  Wilkins,  of  Boston,  after  a  visit  to  Lon- 
don, gives  a  very  interesting  and  descriptive  account  of  the 
New  Church  in  the  metropolis.  Of  the  three  societies,  that  of 
Mr.  Noble  is  the  largest,  most  intellectual  and  influential.  Mr. 
Sibly's  congregation  .consists  of  a  great  proportion  of  young 
people;  the  sphere  here  is  very  affectionate.  Mr.  Goyder's 
society  is  more  non-descript,  and  the  pastor  is  affected  by  the 
doctrines  of  C.  A.  Tulk.  The  New  Church  college,  estab- 
lished by  Mr.  W.  Malins,  has  failed,  owing  chiefly  to  lack  of 
experience  on  the  part  of  the  founder.  Rev.  Augustus 
Clissold  is  described  as  a  popular  lecturer  in  one  of  the  most 
fashionable  churches ;  he  is  a  man  of  wealth,  an  open  receiver 
of  the  Doctrines,  and  a  liberal  supporter  of  the  New  Church. 
Mr.  Wilkins  mentions  that  he  has  visited  Swedenborg's  lodg- 
ings at  Coldbath  Fields,  has  inspected  the  MS.  of  the  Spiritual 
Diary,  and  has  procured  copies,  for  America,  of  the  extremely 
scarce  original  editions  of  the  Writings.  —  Conv.  R.  1833:  24; 
M.  7:  59. 

The  society  in  Waterloo  Bridge  Road  reports  this  year  for 
the  last  time  to  the  Conference.  The  church  is  soon  to  be 
permanently  closed. — Conf.  R.  1833:  78. 

June  19. — Twenty- fourth  annual  meeting  of  the  Sweden- 
borg  Society.  The  Committee  reports  the  receipt  of  a  legacy 
of  £^oo  from  the  late  Mrs.  Birch  of  Hull.  It  is  resolved  to 
procure  a  ''Deed  of  Declaration  of  Trust,"  in  order  better  to 


390  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

secure  the  property  of  the  society. — R.  S.  S.  1833;  ^-  ^833: 
486. 

Manchester^  October  20. — Mr.  John  Henry  Smithson  is 
ordained  into  the  priesthood  of  the  New  Church,  by  Rev. 
Samuel  Noble. — /.  1834:  42. 

The  state  of  the  Peter  street  society,  and  the  excellent  con- 
dition of  the  Free  School,  is  described  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Wilkins. 
There  are  now  two  hundred  and  fifty  scholars  in  the  school. 
Regular  instruction  is  given  in  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. — 
Co7iv.  R.  1833:  25. 

Newcastle. — A  "  North  of  England  District  Assembly  "  of 
the  New  Church  is  established  here,  with  Mr.  Thomas  Chalk- 
len  as  secretary. — Ibid.  14,  81. 

Norwich  — A  second  division  of  the  society  occurs  at  this 
time,  the  minority  taking  possession  of  the  church-property. 
— Herald  of  Truths  p.  24. 

Prescot^  April  7. — A  small  but  neat  chapel  is  opened  here. 
The  pulpit  is  filled  by  various  lay-preachers  from  Liverpool. — 
Ibid.  161. 

NOTABIvE   ArTICIvES. 

Intellectual  Repository,  1833. 

"On  Employments  in  Heaven,"  a  valuable  correction  of  the  misunder- 
standing that  each  one,  in  Heaven,  is  engaged  in  the  same  use  which  he  per- 
formed in  the  world. — p,  324, 

"  Swedenborg's  Doctrine  of  Influx,  and  Wxe  Christian  Remembrancer,''^ 
a  splendid  reply  by  Mr.  Clissold  to  an  atrocious  attack  on  Swedenborg  and 
the  New  Church  in  an  Anglican  Journal. — p.  314. 

"The  story,  that  Swedenborg  wilfully  misstated  the  date  of  his  birth,  at 
the  alleged  suggestion  of  an  angel,  not  true." — p.  497. 

"Extracts  from  Dr.  Watts,  confirmatory  of  the  Doctrine  of  the  sole 
Divinity  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ." — p.  556. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Angelic  Wisdom  CoJicerning  the  Divine  Providoice, 
London.     S.  S. 

Third  English  edition;    "revised  throughout." — R, 
S.  S.   1836:  6. 
A?'ca7ia  Ccelestia,  qucs  in  Scriptura  Sacra  seu  Verba  Domini 
sunt,  detecta.     Vol.  I.     Tiibingen.     404  pp. 


I^JJ.  391 

Second  Latin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Tafel,  and  pub- 
lished from  the  proceeds  of  a  legacy  left  to  him  by  Herr 
Frank  of  Pottsdam.— i?.  5.5.    1833:  7;   1835:   13-— A. 

L. 
A  Siunmary  Exposition  of  the  Internal  Sense  of  the  Prophets 
and  the  Psahns  of  David.— ^o^loxi.     Otis  Clapp. 

First  American  edition,  "revised  and  corrected." — M. 
6.  July,  (Wrapper). 
Die  Weisheit  der  E^igeln  betreffeyid  die  Gottliche  Liehe  mid 
die    Gottliche     Weisheit    (Divine    Love    and    Wisdom). 
Tiibingen.     Hofaker.     372  pp. 

First  German  edition,  translated  by  Dr.  Tafel. — R.  L. 
Index  to  the  Arcayia  Ccelestia.     London.     549  PP- 

A  new  edition,  revised  by  the  aged  John  Aug.  Tulk; 
mentioned  in  /.  1861:  578. — A.  L. 
Delights  of  Wisdom   conceryiing   Conjugial  Love.     Boston. 
Allen.     474  pp. 

Second  American  edition,  a  new  version,  translated  by 
Warren  Goddard  and  Theophilus  Parsons,  and  re- 
vised by  T.  B.  Hay  ward;  published  at  the  expense  of 
T.  H.  Carter,  of  Boston.  This  is  the  celebrated  "Boston 
edition  of  Conjugial  Love''  which,  on  account  of  its 
fidelity  to  the  original,  has  until  the  present  time  been 
much  preferred  by  exact  students  of  the  Writings.  The 
edition  was  stereotyped  and  has  been  frequently  re- 
issued.— L.  1892:  27. 
On  the  New  ferusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Doctriyie.  London . 
Th.  Goyder.      143  pp. 

Eleventh  English  edition,  a  pocket  edition  in  double 

columns,  published  by  the  "  Northern  Society."— A.  L. 

The  Decalogue  Explained  (from  A.  E.).     Boston.     Carter. 

Mentioned  in  N.  I:  542. 
The   Doctrine   of    the   New   ferusalem    concerning    Faith. 
London.     Goyder.     23  pp 

Fifth  English  edition,  a  pocket  edition  in  double 
columns,  published  by  the  "  Northern  Society  for  print- 
ing the  Writings  of  the  Hon.  Em.  Swedenborg."  (We 
know  nothing  further  of  this  society.) — A.  L. 
The  Triie  Christian  Religion.  A  new  translation.  Boston. 
Allen.     613  pp. 


392  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Second   American    edition,    translated  by   Mr.   T.   G. 
Worcester,  of   Hollis.  N.   H.,  and  carefully   revised   by 
T.    B.   Hay  ward.     Published    in    double    columns,  and 
stereotyped   at   the  expense  of  Mr.  T.  H.  Carter.     Re- 
viewed in  M.  6:   280;   25:   25. 
[Anonymous] :    Tivo  Letters  to  the  Rev.  J.  Orange,  occasiojied  by 
some  misstatements  and  misrepresentations  of  the  Doctrines 
of  the  New  feriisalem    Church.      Newcastle.      15  pp. — 
Cin.  L. 
Atlee,  Edwin  A.:   Revieiv  of  a  work  entitled  "  Memora7ida  Illus- 
trative of  the    Tojnbs  and  Sepulchral  Decorations  of  the 
Egyptians.      Cnicinnati.      16  pp. — U.  L. 
Carll,  Rev.   M.  M.:  An  Essay  on   Moral  Culture,  addressed  to 
pare7its  and  teachers.     Philadelphia.     Carey    and   Lea. 
59  pp.— J/.  6:  315-— A.  L. 
[Catechism] :  A  Catechism  for  the  Children  of  the  New  Church. 
Boston.     Clapp. 

Second  editon,  revised  and  corrected  — B.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  few  plai^i  answers  to  the  question,  why 
do  you   7'eceive  the  testimony  of  Sivedenborg?     Boston. 
Clapp.— B.  L. 
A  Treatise  on  Opposites.     Manchester.     Gleave.      144  pp. 

— B.  L. 
Miscellajieous  Serjnons.     London.     Hodson.     509  pp. — A 

1833:  429.— Cin.  L. 
Religious  Instruction  for    Youth.      Manchester.      Gleave. 

2  vols. — B.  M. 
The  Gooseberry  Bush  and  the  Caterpillars.     Boston.     Clapp. 

— B.  L. 
The  Rainbow.     Boston.     Clapp. — B.  L. 
Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas:   Christianity  and  Colonial  Slavery  Con- 
trasted.      London.      Goyder.      16   pp. — Reviewed   in  /. 
1833:  486;  2inA  Herald  of  Light,  159. — A.  L- 
Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert:  A7i  Essay  on  the  Resurrection  of  the 
Lord ;  being  an   humble  attempt  to  answer  the  question^ 
With    what   Body   did    the   Lord   rise  from    the   deadf 
London.     Hodson.     283  pp. 

A  powerful  contribution  to  the  discussion  respecting 
the  materiality  or  immateriality  of  the  Lord's  resurrec- 
tion-body.      Mr.     Hindmarsh     teaches,     in     substance^ 


^^33'  393 

that  the  Lord's  material  body  was  dissipated  in  the 
sepulchre,  at,  or  before  the  time  of  His  resurrection  in 
and  with  a  Divinely- substantial  body,  perfectly  distinct 
from  the  former, — Reviewed  in  /.  1834:  82,  147,  201. — 
A.  L. 
T/ie  Lamb  Slain  from  the  Foimdation  of  the  World,  being 
a  concise  view  of  the  false  doctrines  held  by  Christians  in 
geyieral  concerning  the  Lord,  etc.  London,  Hodson. 
237  pp, 

A  magnificent  exposure  of  the  Old  Church  Doctrine 
concerning  the  person  of  the  Lord,  the  work  of  Redemp- 
tion, and  the  means  of  Salvation. — Reviewed  in  /.  1834: 
.-59.— A.  L. 
Hofaker,  L:  La  Nonvelle  Eglise  du  SeigJienr.  Petit  Apergu 
d'2in grand  avenir,  addresse  aux  philosophes  et  aux  savans 
de  la  France.     Tiibingen.      Hofaker, 

Translated  from  the  German  by  G.  Oegger. — L.  R.  T. 
Lavalle:  L' Eleve  de  V Evangile.     Tarbes       (France). 

The  author,  a  French    Protestant  clergyman,  was  a 
receiver  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. — /.  1838:  331. 
[Liturgical] :  Hymyis  for  the  use  of  the  New  Church.    Stereotyped 
edition. 

Published    by    the    General     Conference.       London. 
Hodson. — U.  L. 
Oegger,  G.:    Noiivelles  Questions  Philosophiques.    Paris.     236  pp. 

— L.  R.  T. 
[Periodicals]:    The  Herald  of    Truth,   or  Northern  Repository. 
London.     Thos.  Goyder.     164  pp. 

A  small  monthly  magazine,  edited   at  Newcastle  by 
Rev.  D.    G.    Goyder.     Only  seven  numbers  were  pub- 
lished (from  January  to  July,  1833). — A.  L. 
The  I ntellectital  Repository  for   1833;  together  with   issues 
for    1832  completing  Vol.   II  of  the  Conference  organ. 
London.     Hodson.     588  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Monthly   Theological  Expositor,  a  journalistic  venture 
by  Rev.  E.  D.  Rendell,  of  Hull,     It  is  reviewed  in  the 
Herald  of  Truth,  p.  162.      We  know  nothing  further  of 
its  history. 
The  Nezv  ferzisalem  Magazine.     Vol.  VII.  (for  1833-34). 
Boston.     Otis  Clapp.     480  pp. — A.  L. 


394  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

The  Spiritual  Observer,  a  New  Church  monthly,  published 
for  a  short  time  at  Newcastle.     It  is  reviewed  in  /.  1834: 

52. 
Pfirsch,  William:    Grimdzi'ige  des  Christlichen  Glaubens  nach  dem 
Lehrbegriffe     der    Neiien    Kirche    (Principles    of    the 
Christian  faith,  according  to  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church).     Schweinfurt.     88  pp.— Z,.  1891:    145;    T.  M. 
II:    186. 
[Reports]:   General  Conference.      Minutes   for    1833.      London. 
Hodson.      107  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Convention.     Journal  for  1833.     Boston.     35  pp. — 

A.  L. 
Manchester  and  Salford  Missionary  Society.     Seventeenth 

report. — /.  1833:  528. 
Manchester  Printing  Society.     Thirty-first  report. — /.  1833: 

482. 
Missionary  a7id   Tract  Society.     Twelfth  report. — /.  1833: 

484. 
North  British   Missionary  and  Tract  Society.     Ninth  re- 
port.—/. 1833:  517. 
Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  24.     London.     Hodson. 

24  pp.— A.  L. 
Western  Cofivention.     Second  Annual  Report  published  in 
the  form  of  a  circular  letter  to  the  individual  receivers  in 
the  West.     Cincinnati.     32  pp. — A.  L. 
Richer,  Edouard:  Le  livre  de  V  homme  de  bien.     Nantes. 

A  German  translation  was  published  in  the  same  year, 
by  Hofaker,  at  Tiibingen,  under  the  title  Sitteyigesetz 
und  Offenbarung.  R.  S.  S.  1833:  13. — L.  R.  T. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:  Jesus  Christ  the  Only  Diviyie  object  of 
Praise.  A  Sermon.  London.  Molineux.  22  pp.  M. 
7:  37.— A    L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Henry  Clay's  compromise  tariflf  bill  is  passed  by  Congress, 
thus  averting  the  threatened  secession  of  South  Carolina  and  a  consequent 
civil  war.  President  Jackson  removes  the  public  funds  from  the  United 
States  Bank.  Foundation  of  the  American  Anti-Slavery  Society.  Founda- 
tion of  Oberlin  College.  Rise  of  the  sect  of  Adventists  or  "  Millerites," 
founded  by  William  Miller,  of  Hampton,  N.  J, 

Germany.     A  liberal  constitution  is  granted  in  Hanover.     Revolutionary 


^^33—34'  395 

attempts  at  Frankfort  are  followed  by  reactionary  measures  in  most  of  the 
German  states. 

Great  Britain.  The  first  reform  Parliament  is  opened  (Jan.  29).  A 
coercion  bill  for  Ireland  is  passed.  Edward  Irving  is  tried  for  heresy  and 
deposed  from  the  ministry  of  the  Kirk.  Death  of  Wilberforce,  the  philan- 
thropist, the  leader  of  the  anti-slavery  movement.  Publication  of  Carlyle's 
"  Sartor  Resartus." 

Beginning  of  the  "  Tractarian  "  movement  in  the  High  Church  party  of 
the  Anglican  Church:  Certain  clericals  at  Oxford,  led  by  Rev.  Edward  B. 
Pusey  and  John  Henry  Newman,  form  an  organization  for  the  purpose  of 
opposing  liberal  tendencies,  and  of  reconciling,  as  far  as  possible,  the 
Anglican  and  the  Roman  churches.  They  begin  to  publish  their  views  in 
a  series  of  "  Tracts  for  the  Times,"  and  become  known  as  Puseyites. 

Greece.  The  "  Holy  Synod  "  of  the  National  Church  of  Greece  is  estab- 
lished independent  of  the  patriarchate  of  Constantinople. 

Mexico.     Beginning  of  the  first  presidency  of  Santa  Anna. 

Portugal.  The  fleet  of  Dom  Miguel  is  destroyed  off  Cape  St.  Vincent, 
by  the  English  under  Sir  Charles  Napier.  Dom  Pedro  enters  Lisbon  and 
declares  himself  regent  for  his  young  daughter,  Maria  da  Gloria. 

Spaifi.  Death  of  Ferdinand  VII.  (Sept.  29).  His  infant  daughter, 
Isabella  II.,  is  placed  on  the  throne  under  the  regency  of  her  infamous 
mother,  Maria  Christine.  Don  Carlos,  the  br  >ther  of  Ferdinand  VI I. ,  pro- 
claims himself  the  legitimate  ruler,  and  instigates  the  first  Carlist  insur- 
rection, 

Turkey.  Mehemet  Ali  is  compelled  by  France  and  Russia  to  make  peace 
with  Turkey;  he  receives  Syria,  Crete,  and  the  Holy  Land  from  the  Sultan. 

West  Indies.     Negro  slavery  is  abolished  in  the  British  West  Indies. 

jQ^^  America.      Maine.      Portland. — Mr.    Henry    A. 

^^*  Worcester  begins  to  minister  to  the  societies  in 
Portland,  Bath,  and  Gardiner. —  Conv.  R.  1834:   12. 

Maryland^  Baltimore.  The  Rev.  John  Hargrove,  on 
account  of  the  infirmities  of  advanced  age,  gives  up  all  preach- 
ing. The  services  of  the  society  are  continued  by  Mr.  John 
W.  Hunt,  at  his  own  house  in  Exeter  st. — M.  8:  423;  Mess. 
vol.  62:  259. 

Massachusetts^  Boston.  November. — Ralph  Waldo  Emer- 
son, in  a  letter  to  Carlyle,  highly  recommends  Sampson  Reed's 
Observations  on  the  Growth  of  the  Mind.  Speaking  of  the 
*'  Swedenborgians,"  after  a  curious  effusion  of  praise  mixed 
with  ridicule,  he  concludes :  '*  They  are  to  me,  however, 
deeply  interesting  as  a  sect,  which,  I  think,  must  contribute 
more  than  all  other  sects  to  the  new  faith  which  must  arise 
out  of  all."— M  L.  1883:  378. 


396  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

December  4. — Organization  of  the  "Boston  New  Church 
Printing  Society  "  for  the  publication  of  Swedenborg's  writ- 
ings. For  the  history  of  this  useful  body,  which  continued  its 
operations  until  1840,  see  Conv.  R.  1836:  380;  M.  39:  625; 
N.  i:  542. 

Bridgewate}'^  September  3. — The  new  house  of  worship  is 
dedicated  by  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll.  Mr.  Samuel  Worcester  is 
ordained  into  the  ministry  by  Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty. — M.  8:  71. 

Ohio^  Newville. — A  small  society  is  formed  here,  with  Mr. 
David  Crawford  as  leader. —  W.  Conv.  R.  1834:   19. 

Steubenville. — The  receivers  organize  themselves  into  a 
society  under  the  leadership  of  David  Powell,  Jr. — Ibid.  15. 

Ohio.,  Cincinnati.,  October  17-18. —  Third  Western  Conven- 
tio7i,  Mr.  Oliver  Lovell,  president.  An  acting  committee  of 
twelve  members  is  appointed.  Resolutions  are  adopted  look- 
ing to  the  establishment  of  a  printing  press.  No  other  busi- 
ness of  general  interest  is  transacted. —  W.  Conv.  R.  1834. 

Pennsylvania.,  Philadelphia^  June  5-7. — Sixteenth  General 
Convention^  Rev.  Charles  I.  Doughty,  president;  T.  B.  Hay- 
ward,  secretary.  Seven  ministers  and  sixteen  delegates  are 
present.  The  Missionary  and  Tract  Board  reports  that  Rev. 
M.  M.  Carll  has  been  employed  as  missionary  during  the  entire 
year.  The  Board  is  requested  to  furnish  the  writings  of 
Swedenborg  to  such  universities,  colleges,  and  literary  institu- 
tions as  would  be  willing  to  receive  them.  A  committee  is 
appointed  to  take  charge  of  a  bequest  from  Miss  Elizabeth 
Jones  (about  $800 — the  first  bequest  ever  received  by  the 
Convention),  and  to  pay  over  this  money  to  the  Missionary 
and  Tract  Board.  The  ordination  of  Mr.  Samuel  Worcester  is 
authorized.  A  long  communication  is  received  from  the 
Western  Convention.  A  resolution  is  adopted  recognizing  the 
utility  of  a  Western  Convention,  at  the  same  time  repudiating 
any  implied  desire,  on  the  part  of  the  General  Convention,  to 
coerce  any  members  of  the  New  Church  in  any  way  whatever. 
A  committee  is  appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the  sub- 
ject of  a  uniform  edition  of  a  book  of  Chants  and  Hymns. — 
Conv.  R.  1834;  Ex.  248;  M.  7:  476. 


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See  also  respecting  the  resolution  in  regard  to  the  Western 
Convention,   M.  i8:  39. 

France.  Nantes,  January  21.— Death  of  Eiouard  Richer, 
one  of  the  most  talented  writers  in  the  history  of  the  New 
Church.  Born  at  Nantes  in  1792,  he  became  one  of  the  fore- 
most literary  men  in  France,  writing  a  great  number  of  cele- 
brated works  on  archaeology,  histor3s  poetry,  and  philosophy, 
but  devoting  himself  entirely  to  the  interests  of  the  New 
Church  after  becoming  acquainted  with  the  Heavenly  Doc- 
trines, in  1812,  through  his  friend.  Captain  Bernard.  Of  his 
many  writings  in  exposition  of  these  Doctrines  the  best 
known  are  his  Religion  of  Good  Sense  and  the  series  of  eight 
volumes  published  under  the  collective  title  The  New  Jerusa- 
lem. He  was  a  brilliant,  learned  and  industrious  man,  and  at 
the  same  time  simple,  gentle,  and  unaffected.— il/.  31 :  622; 
C  H.  39;  Bayley's  N.  C.  W.  180. 

Saint  Amand  {Cher,\  November.  —  Monsieur  J.  F.  S. 
Le  Boys  des  Quays,  a  judge  at  Saint  Amand,  and  a  well- 
known  writer  on  Roman  Law,  becomes  acquainted  with  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Church.  He  had  previously  been  a 
student  of  magnetism  and  mesmerism,  but  after  his  reception 
of  the  New  Jerusalem  became  a  firm  opponent  of  all  forms  of 
spiritism.  He  now  begins  a  life-long  propaganda  for  the  New 
Church,  and    opens    his  house    for   worship    on   Sundays. — /. 

1865:   125. 

Great  Britain.  Blackburn,— Th^  Doctrines  are  introduced 
here  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Price,  vicar  of  St.  Paul's.  After  his 
removal  to  another  charge,  a  number  of  his  sympathizers  form 
themselves  into  a  distinct  society  of  the  New  Church.— J/.  L. 

1894:    138.  .  .  .      t,- 

Enibsay,  April  13.— A  New  Church  chapel  is  opened  m  this 
village.  The  society  here,  which  was  raised  up  chiefly  through 
the  open-air  preaching  of  Rev.  Thomas  Pilkington,  now  be- 
comes connected  with  the  General  Conference.—/.  187 1  :  205; 
Co7if.  R.  1834:  46;    IV-  Conv,  R.  1834:  22. 

London,  June  19.— Twenty-fifth  annual  meeting  of  the 
Swedenborg  Society.     The  draft  of  the  "  Deed  of  Declaration 


398  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

of  Trust,"  as  prepared  by  James  Knight,  Esq.,  is  adopted,  and 
is  printed  in  the  report  of  this  year. — R.  5.  S.  1834. 

September  3. — Death  of  Mr.  Richard  Thompson,  aged 
eighty  four  years.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  original 
society  in  Great  East  Cheap,  and  the  back-bone,  financially,  of 
the  earliest  operations  of  the  New  Church  in  London.  He 
continued,  throughout  his  life,  a  consistent  member  and  liberal 
promoter  of  the  New  Church. — /.  1835:  392;  R.  P.  174. 

Newcastle^  August  12-16. — Tzventy-seventh  General  Con- 
ference^ Rev.  David  Howarth,  president.  A  legacy  of  ;^300 
is  received  from  the  late  Mrs.  Birch,  of  Hull.  The  Confer- 
ence condemns  a  tract  by  Rev.  E.  D.  Rendell,  of  Newcastle^ 
entitled  A  Creed  for  the  New  Churchy  as  "  totally  inconsistent 
with  the  genuine  doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  especially  in 
stating  that  the  Lord's  humanity,  assumed  in  the  world, 
was  totally  put  off,  and  intimating  that  a  Divine  Natural 
Humanity  from  the  Father  was  not  put  on  in  its  stead  ;  and 
thus  that  the  said  publication  is  on  no  account  to  be  regarded 
as  a  creed  of  the  New  Church." — Conf  R.  1834  ;  /.  1834  :  273. 

NoTABi^E  Articles. 

Intellecttial  Repository,  1834. 

Re-appearance  of  the  old  controversy  respecting  the  nature  of  the  resur- 
rection-body of  the  LorH. 

Editorial  review  of  Hindmarsh's  Essay  on  the  Resurrection  of  the  Lordy 
pp.  82,  147,  2or. 

"The  Resurrection  of  the  Lord  in  a  Divine,  not  a  Material  Body,"  a  ser- 
mon by  Rev   S.  Noble,  p.  225. 

"  On  the  Identity  of  the  Lord's  Crucified  and  Risen,  or  Glorified  Body,'* 
by  Rev.  W.  Mason,  p.  240. 

Reply  of  Mr.  Noble  to  Mr.  Mason,  p.  296. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana    Coelestia   quce    in    Scriptura    Sacra^    etc. 
Vol.   II.     Tiibin^en.      pp.    405-866;    (Nos.   947-1885). 
Second  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 
Arca7ia  Coelestia.     Vol.  9.     London. — S.  S. 

Third  English  edition. — A.  L. 
De  Deo  Triiino  (On  the  Triune  God).     From  the  Apoca- 
lypsis  Explicata.     Tiibingen.      118  pp. 


i834'  399 

First    Latin    edition,    edited    and    published    by  L. 
Hofaker.— A.  L. 

Dodrina  Novce  HierosolymcB  de  Domhio  (Doctrine  of  the 

New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Lord).     Tiibingen.  90 

pp. 

Second    Latin    edition,  edited   and    published    by   L. 

Hofaker.— A.  L. 
The  Apocalypse  Explained.     Vol.  I.     London.— S.  S. 

Second  English  edition,  revised  by  Rev.  S.  Noble. 
The  passages  of  Scripture  in  this  edition  have  been 
rendered  in  conformity  with  the  Authorized  Version, 
and  the  references  to  ^.  C.  have  been  removed  to  the 
bottom  of  the  page.—/.    1853:  80;  R.  S.  S.   1834:  5.— 

A.  L- 

The  Four  Leading  Doctrines  (concerning  the  Lord,  Sacred 
Scripture,  Life  and  Faith).     London.— S.  S. 
A  "  new  edition." — S.  S.  L. 
[Anonymous]:  Mon  det  enligt  Guds  Heliga  Ord  dr  nagon  Men- 
niska  tilldiit  att  kalla  Herren  Jesus   Christus  sin   hroder 
(Is  it  allowed  to  any  man,  according  to  the  Holy  Word 
of  God,   to  call   the   Lord    Jesus  Christ  our  brother?) 
Wadstena,  (Sweden).     Obom.      15  pp.— A.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A  memoir  of  the  late  Rev.  John   Clowes, 
A.M.,  written  by  himself.     Manchester. 

Reviewed   in   /.    1834:    218;    1835:    432.     A    second 
edition  of  this  interesting  autobiography  was  pubhshed 
at  London,  1849. 
Field,    George:     A    Letter  to   Mr.    Richard    Carlile,    co7itaining 
strictures  on  his  address  to  the  inhabitants  of  Newcastle. 
Newcastle.     R.  T.  Edgar.  ^  16  pp.— Cin.  L. 
Fraiche,  Captain:  Resume  de  mes  Etudes  sur  les  Verities  rivilees 
h  la  Nouvelle  Eglise  (A  summary  of  my  studies  in  the 
verities  revealed  to  the  New  Church).  Tarbes.   (France). 
Mentioned  in  /.  1838:  331.     The  author  was  a  con- 
vert and  associate  of  Captain  Bernard's. 
Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas:   Spiritual  Gleanings  from  the  Word  of 
God.       Ten  Lectures.     London.      Simpkin.      120  pp.— 

A.  L. 
Goyder,  Rev.    D,  G.:    The    Trials  a?id  Comforts  of  the  Lord's 
People.     A  sermon.     Glasgow.     23  pp.— A.  L. 


400  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Mason,  Rev.  William:  Hausajidacht  fur  Mitglieder  der  Neuen 
Kirche  (Manual  of  Family  Devotion).  Tiibingen. 
Hofaker. 

Translated  from  the  English. 
[Periodical]:    The  Intellectual  Repository  {ox  1834;  together  with 
issues  for    1835  constituiing  Vol.  Ill  of  the  Conference 
organ. — A.  L, 
The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine  Vol.   VIII   (for  1834-35). 
Boston.     Otis  Clapp.     440  pp. — A.  L. 
Pike,   Rev,  J.  G.:   Swedenborgianisni  depicted  in  its  true  colors. 
Boston.      68  pp. 

"  From  the  English  edition  " — A.  E. 
Rendell,  Rev.  E.  D.:  A  Creed  for  the  New  Church,  on  the  Glori- 
fication of  the  Lord.    Newcastle.    This  tract  was  severely 
condemned   b}'   the  General   Conference  of    1834. — See 
Conf.  R.  1834:   17. 
[Reports]:   General   Confrence.      Minutes   for    1834.      Eondon. 
Hodson.     60  pp. — A    E. 
General  Convention.     Journal  for   1834.     Boston.     32  pp. 

—A.  E. 
Missio7iary  a7id  T'act  Society .     Thirteenth  report — /.  1835: 

391- 
Manchester  Printing   Society.     Thirty-second    report. — /. 

1834:   217.      - 
Swcdenborg  Society.     Report  No.  25.     Eondon.      Hodson. 

36  pp  —A.  E. 
Western   Cojivention.     Proceedings  of   the   Third   Annual 

Meeting.     Cincinnati.     32  pp.  -A.  E. 
Richer,     Edouard:  Invocations  a    V usage    des[    Vrai    Chretiens 

(Prayers    for    the    use    of    true    Christians).       Paris. 

Treuttel.     384  pp. — A.  E. 
La  Clef  du   Mystere.     Vol.  I.     Paris.     Treuttel.     466  pp. 

—A.  E. 
Temoignages.     Applications    (Testimonies.      Applications, 

[of  New  New  Church   Doctrines]  ).     Paris.     Treuttel. 

437  pp.— A.  E. 
Roche,  Rev.  M.  B.:  Predigten  fur  die  Neue  Kirche  (Sermons 

for  the  New  Church).     Tiibingen.     Hofaker. 
Translated  from  the  English  by  Dr.  Ini.  Tafel. 


i8s4'  401 

Senior,  Joseph:  A  FeiJi)  Fragments  from  ^'  The  Broken  Pitcher y 
London.     Simpkin.      139  pp. 

A  very  bright  reply  to  the  Rev.  D.  James,  of  Huddars- 
field,  who  had  attacked  the  New  Church  in  a  sermon. — 
/.    1834:  325-— A.  L. 

Tafel,  Dr.  J.  F.  Im:  Gsschichte  und  Kntik  des  Skepticismus  und 
Irrationalismiis  (Critical  History  of  Skepticism  and 
Irrationalism  in  their  relation  to  modern  philosophy, 
especially  as  applied  to  Hegel).     Tiibingen.     463  pp. 

A  learned  and  exhaustive  work  on  comparative 
Philosophy  and  Theology,  from  a  New  Church  point  of 
view.     Reviewed  in  /.  1837:  337. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  Indian  Territory  is  constituted  by  Act  of  Congress. 
Organization  of  the  "  United  Methodist  Free  Church  "  by  the  amalgamation 
of  the  "Reformed  Methodists,"  the  "Protestant  Methodists,"  and  the 
"  Wesleyan  Methodist  Association."  The  Mormons,  at  Kirkland,  O  ,  adopt 
an  hierarchical  organization  and  begin  to  send  out  missionaries  to  the 
Eastern  States  and  to  Eirope;  they  gain  a  great  number  of  converts  from 
England.     Publication  of  Bancroft's  ' 'History  of  the  United  States, ' '  ( Vol.  I ) . 

France.  The  French  conclude  peace  with  Abd-el-Kader;  he  is  recognized 
as  Emir  of  Mascara.  Riots  take  place  at  Lyons  and  Paris,  (April).  Death 
of  Lafayette,  (May  20). 

Germany.  Death  of  F.  E.  Schleiermacher,  the  celebrated  theologian 
and  Christian  philosopher,  at  Berlin.  Publicatibn  of  Ranke's  "  History  of 
the  Popes." 

Great  Britain.  The  ministry  of  Earl  Grey  is  followed  by  that  of  Lord 
Melbourne,  and  the  latter  (November),  is  succeeded  by  Sir  Robert  Peel. 
The  Emancipaion  of  slaves  goes  into  effect  in  all  the  British  Colonies 
(August  i).  Both  Houses  of  Parliament  are  destroyed  by  fire  (October  16). 
Death  of  William  Carey,  the  Eng  ish  Orientalist  and  Baptist  Missionary  to 
India.  Death  of  S.  T.  Coleridge,  the  philosopher,  poet,  and  critic;  of  Rev. 
Edward  Irving,  the  founder  of  the  "  Catholic  Apostolic  Church;"  of  Charles 
Lamb,  the  poet  and  author;  and  of  T.  R.  Malthus,  the  political  economist. 
Publication  of  Lytion's  "  Last  Days  of  Pompeii." 

Italy.  A  tremendous  eruption  of  Vesuvius  destroys  fifteen  hundred 
buildinifs. 

Porlus^al.  The  usurper,  D  )m  Miguel,  is  defeated  at  Santarem,  and  sub- 
mits before  the  quadruple  alliance  of  England,  France,  Spain,  and  Portugal. 
Maria  da  Gloria  is  declared  of  age;  death  of  her  father,  Dom  Pedro  (Sep- 
tember).    The  monasteries  are  abolished  in  Portugal. 

Spain.  The  Inquisition  is  abolished,  (July  15).  The  Chamber  of  Peers 
decree  the  perpetual  exclusion  of  Don  Carlos  and  his  heirs  from  the 
Spanish  throne;  the  Carlist  troops  are  gaining  ground. 


402 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


y  O  ^  J-  America.     Illinois^  Chicago. — Mr.  J.  Y.  Scammon^ 

^^'  a  young  member  of  the  Church  in  Gardiner,  Me.^ 
removes  to  the  new  settlement  at  Chicago  and  becomes  the 
founder  of  the  New  Church  in  that  growing  community. — 
Cojiv.  R.  1836:  384. 

Massachusetts^  Abmgtojt. — A  commodious  building  is  erected 
for  the  Church  here.  A  society  is  regularly  instituted  by  Rev. 
Thomas  Worcester,  on  February  25,  when  all  the  members  are 
baptized  into  the  faith  of  the  New  Church.  Mr.  Warren 
Goddard  is  employed  as  the  minister. — Coiiv.  R.  1834:  14; 
M.  8:  284. 

Bridgewater^  May  14. — First  Quart ejdy  Meeting  of  the 
New  Church  Societies  in  Massachusetts.  This  forms  the 
beginning  of  the  "  Massachusetts  Association."  A  committee 
is  appointed  to  consider  "  the  duties  of  New  Church  Societies 
in  respect  to  each  other,"  to  report  a  suitable  name  for  the  As- 
sociation, and  to  instruct  the  New  England  delegates  to  the 
next  General  Convention  in  regard  to  the  subject  of  sectional 
conventions. 

The  second  quarterly  meeting  is  held  at  North  Bridgewater^ 
on  August  6,  when  the  name  "  The  Association  of  New 
Church  Societies  in  Massachusetts  "  is  adopted.  At  the  third 
meeting,  held  on  November  5,  the  principle  of  "  close  com- 
munion "  is  adopted  by  the  Association. — M.  8:  401  ;  9:  27, 
119. 

West  Bridgeivater. — A  small  house  of  worship  is  dedicated 
by  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll,  who  now  is  engaged  as  minister  to  this 
society. — Conv.  R.  1836:   388. 

New  York  City^  June  11-13. — Seventeenth  General  Con- 
vention. Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty,  president,  T.  B.  Hayward, 
secretary.  Eight  ministers  and  twenty-one  delegates  are 
present.  The  Committee  on  Chants  and  Hymns  reports  the 
existence  of  great  liturgical  diversity  in  the  church,  and  a 
general  tendency  to  lay  aside  the  use  of  hymns  or  any  human 
compositions,  in  the  forms  of  worship.  The  style  of  the 
hymn>,  as  used,  is  severely  criticised,  and  the  exclusive  use  of 
chants,  and  of  other  forms  of  worship  taken  directly  from  the 


Letter  of  the  Word,  is  recommended.  The  Missionary  and 
Tr?ct  Board  reports  that  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll  and  Mr.  Henry  A. 
Worcester  have  been  employed  as  missionaries  during  the 
year,  and  that  the  Writings  have  been  placed  in  a  number  of 
colleges.  A  committee  is  appointed  to  prepare  suitable  works 
for  the  instruction  of  children  in  the  Heavenly  Doctrines.  At 
the  motion  of  Mr.  Sampson  Reed  it  is  "  Resolved,  that  all 
applications  for  ordinations  be  hereafter  made  directly  to  the 
ordaiJiing  'ministers^  in  Convention  assembled ;  and,  if 
granted,  that  their  decision  thereon  be  made  known  to  the  Con- 
vention for  its  approbation^  previous  to  ordination."  The  ordain- 
ing ministers  are  also  requested  to  determine  what  qualifications 
shall  be  deemed  essential  for  receiving  a  license,  or  ordination. 
(This  resolution  met  with  much  opposition  in  the  West,  as 
giving  to  the  Convention  an  Episcopal  form  of  government.) 
A  committee  is  appointed  to  prepare  a  history  of  the  ordina- 
tions and  of  the  rise  and  usages  of  the  New  Church  in 
America. —  Conv.  R.  1835;  Ex.  250;  M.  8:  403. 

Ohio^  Wayne  Co. — The  society  here  is  reorganized  and  the 
work  revived,  after  an  interval  of  eleven  years. — P.  1836  :   10. 

Pennsylvania^  Allentown. — The  Doctrines  are  introduced 
here  by  Mr.  Henry  Schweitzer,  the  son-in-law  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Smith,  one  of  the  earliest  members  of  the  New  Church  in 
Philadelphia. — L.  1882  :  93. 

Delaware  Co. — Rev.  James  Robinson  resigns  the  pastorate 
of  this  society.  The  services  are  continued  under  Rev.  M.  B. 
Roche. — Conv.  R.  1835  :   16. 

Philadelphia. — Rev.  M.  M.  Carll  resigns  from  the  pastorate 
of  the  Philadelphia  First  society.  The  services  are  discontinued, 
and  the  members  henceforth  attend  the  services  of  Mr.  Roche, 
or  of  Dr.  E.  A.  Atlee,  who  is  preaching  in  the  meeting-house 
of  the  "Free  Quakers." — Conv.  R.  1835  :   16. 

April. — Organization  of  "  The  New  Church  Book  Associa- 
tion of  Philadelphia,"  under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  Wm.  Roberts. 
The  designs  of  the  Association  are  to  disseminate  the  Writings 
and  obtain  subscribers  for  the  publications  of  the  Boston  Print- 
ing Society. — M.  8:  313. 


404  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH 

France.  Paris. — H.  de  Balzac,  the  celebrated  novelist,  intro- 
duces into  his  Seraphiia^  Louis  Lambert^  and  other  romances, 
his  distorted  and  absurd  conceptions  of  "  Swedenborgianism," 
thereby  attracting  considerable  attention  in  the  literary  world, 
but  at  the  same  time  doing  much  harm  to  the  New  Church. 
His  would-be  Swedenborgian  mysticism  is  reviewed  at  length 
in  \\^^  Paris  Literary  Gazette,  of  Dec.  i6,  1835.     See  /.  1836: 

99- 

Germany. — Concerning   Dr.   Tafel's    careful    work  on    the 

new  Latin   edition  of  Arcana    Ccelestia,  and  his   troubles  with 

L.   Hofaker,  on  account  of  the  latter's  devotion   to  spiritism, 

see  R.  S.  S.  1835:   13,  14;  Af.  n:   18. 

Great  Britain.  Accrington. — Mr.  Jonathan  Bayley  begins 
his  ministry  at  Accrington.  There  are  at  this  time  forty-three 
members  in  the  society. —  Conf.  R.  1835. 

Derby,  August  11- 15. —  Twenty-eighth  General  Conference. 
Rev.  Samuel  Noble,  president.  Resolutions  are  adopted  in 
commemoration  of  Rev.  R.  Hindmarsh.  No  other  business  of 
historical  importance  is  transacted. — Co?if.  R.  1835;  /.  1835: 
616. 

Edinburgh,  December  27. — Death  of  Mrs.  Esther  Duche 
Hill,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jacob  Duche,  of  Philadelphia,  and 
widow  of  the  Rev.  William  Hill, — a  lovely  and  affectionate 
member  of  the  New  Church. — /.  1836  :   105. 

Glasgow,  July  17. — First  Missionary  General  Assembly  of 
the  members  of  the  New  Church  in  Scotland,  Rev.  Wm.  Bruce, 
president ;  James  Eadie,  secretary.  It  is  resolved  to  have 
annual  assemblies  for  conference  on  missionary  uses.  The 
history  of  the  institution  is  given  in  O.  VH :  339;  /.  1835: 
605. 

London,  June  19. — Twenty-sixth  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Swedenborg  Society.  Resolutions  are  adopted  in  commemora- 
tion of  the  Rev.  R.  Hindmarsh  and  his  services  to  the  Sweden- 
borg Society.— 7?.  5.  5.  1835. 

Gravesend,  January  2. — Death  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Hind- 
marsh, at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  For  more  than  half  a 
century  the  chief  apostle  of  the  New  Jerusalem  in  this  world, 


he  was  at  the  same  time  the  founder  of  the  New  Church  as  an 
organization  distinct  from  the  Old.  He  was  the  first  to  call 
together  a  meeting  of  New  Churchmen,  the  first  to  receive 
the  Baptism  of  the  New  Church,  was  the  first  ordainer  in  the 
Church,  the  first  New  Church  publisher,  the  first,  and  through- 
out his  life  the  foremost,  of  the  evangelizers  and  defenders  of 
the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusalem.  Born  at  Alnwick,  in 
Northumberland,  Nov.  8,  1759,  and  the  son  of  the  Rev.  James 
Hindmarsh  (who,  in  1788,  became  the  first  ordained  minister 
of  the  New  Church),  he  established  himself  as  a  printer  in 
London,  in  1780,  and  received  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church  in  1782.  Early  in  the  following  year  he  gathered 
around  him  a  little  circle  of  other  receivers,  and  in  1784 
organized  the  "  Theosophical  Society,"  through  which  body 
important  activities  were  soon  developed.  Hindmarsh  now 
became  the  leader  of  those  who  desired  to  separate  themselves 
from  the  Old  Church,  and  was  virtually  the  founder  of  the 
society  in  Great  East  Cheap,  in  1788.  Chosen  by  lot  to  read  the 
services  at  the  first  ordination  of  New  Church  ministers,  on 
June  ist,  1788,  he  was  subsequently  recognized  by  the  Gen- 
eral Conference  as  ''  ordained  by  Divine  Auspices."  At  the 
early  Conferences,  from  1789  to  1793,  he  was  the  leading 
spirit,  and  stood  forth,  in  1792,  as  a  most  able  champion  of 
the  Doctrines,  in  his  Letters  to  Dr.  Priestley.  His  life  be- 
tween the  years  1795  to  1810  was  clouded  by  conflicts  within 
the  Church  and  reverses  in  his  business,  but  after  this  period 
he  devoted  himself  entirely  and  most  successfully  to  the  work 
of  the  priesthood.  He  now  removed  to  Manchester,  and  be- 
came the  founder  and  pastor  of  a  prosperous  society  at  Sal  ford, 
where  he  remained,  constantly  occupied  in  preaching,  evange- 
lizing, and  writing,  until  the  year  1824,  when  he  retired  to 
private  life  in  Canterbury.  His  literary  activity  did  not  cease, 
however,  until  within  a  few  days  before  his  death  ;  he  was 
nine  times  elected  president  of  the  General  Conference,  and 
continued  to  the  end  the  recognized  leader  of  the  organized 
Church  in  Great  Britain.  The  life-long  exponent  of  every- 
thing which  is  distinctively  of  the  New  Church  ;  a  clear-headed 


4o6  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

thinker;  a  profound,  discriminating  and  perceptive  theologian  > 
an  eloquent  and  luminous  preacher ;  a  devoted  and  beloved 
pastor ;  a  practical  and  effective  evangelist ;  a  powerful 
organizer  and  leader  of  men ;  a  fascinating  and  spirited  writer; 
a  formidable  controversialist ;  animated  and  inspiring  in  con- 
versation ;  cheerful,  sanguine  and  energetic  in  temperament ; 
an  uncompromising  defender  of  the  integrity  and  authority  of 
the  Doctrines  ;  a  devoted  husband  and  wise  father  ;  a  man, 
pious,  joyous,  fearless  and  free, — it  has  well  been  said  of  him, 
that  "  so  long  as  the  New  Church  exists,  which  will  be  as  long 
as  the  earth  endures,  the  great  promoter  of  the  establishment 
of  the  New  Church  distinct  from  the  Old  will  be  spoken  of 
with  honor,  and  the  name  of  a  Peter  and  a  Paul  will  not  be 
remembered  longer  than  that  of  Robert  Hindmarsh."  (Rev. 
S.  Noble,  in  /.  1835:  422).  See,  also,  /.  1835:  397,  412, 
417,  572;  N.  C.  R.  1852:  188;  Bayley's  N.  C.  W.  84,  and 
the  Life  of*Robert  Hindmarsh^  by  C.  Th.  Odhner,  Philadel- 
phia, 1895. 

London,  March  26. — Death  of  Rev.  William  Agutter,  M.  A., 
a  clergyman  of  the  Established  Church,  formerly  chaplain  and 
guardian  of  the  French  Orphan  Asylum  ;  an  early  receiver  of 
the  Doctrines,  and  an  intimate  friend  of  Rev.  John  Clowes. 
He  is  known  in  the  Church  chiefly  as  a  contributor  to  the 
various  periodicals  (from  1790  to  1832). — /.  1841  :  353.  See 
especially  the  biography   by  Mr.  Chas.  Higham   in   N.    C.  M. 

1899:  554- 

Stockport^  February  15. — Death  of  Mr.  Richard  Gill,  the 
founder  of  the  New  Church  in  Stockport,  an  early  receiver 
and  contributor  to  the  first  journals  of  the  Church. — /.  1835  : 
570. 

Russia. — General  Mouravieff  is  recalled  from  his  virtual 
exile  in  Siberia,  and  is  restored  to  imperial  favor.  He  now 
resumes,  quietly  but  persistently,  his  activity  for  the  Heavenly 
Doctrines,  constantly  employing  two  persons  in  producing 
MSS.  copies  of  the  Writings  and  circulating  these  among  his 
friends.  Several  members  of  the  aristocracy  by  this  means  be- 
come interested  in  the  Doctrines. — /.  1867:  5. 


Sweden.  Stockhohn. — The  secret  New  Church  Society 
Pro  Fide  et  Charitate^  long  inactive,  is  dissolved  about  this 
time. — D,  I:  54. 

Dr.  Achatius  Kahl,  a  clergyman  connected  with  the  Uni- 
versity of  Lund,  and  an  earnest  receiver  of  the  Doctrines, 
visits  Stockholm  for  the  purposes  of  examining  Swedenborg's 
manuscripts  in  the  Academy  of  Sciences.  He  procures  a  copy 
of  the  Adversaria. — M.  17:  68. 

NOTABI^E   ARTICIvES. 

Intellectual  Repository,  1835- 

The  discussion  on  the  nature  of  the  Resurrection   body  of  the  lyord,  be- 
tween Mr.  Noble  and  Mr.  Mason,  continued.— pp.  348,  460,  467. 

On  the  life  and  death  of  Rev.  Robert  Hindmarsh. — pp.  397,  412,  417. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:     Angelic  Wisdo7n  concerning  the  Divine  Love  and 
the  Divine  Wisdom.     Boston.     Otis  Clapp. 

Second  American  edition,  piiblished  at  the  expense  of 
the  Boston  Printing  Society. — A^.  I:  542;  M,  8:  437. 
Arcana  Coelestia.     Vol.   3.     522    pp.      (Nos.    1886-2759). 
Tiibingen. 

Second  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 
Doctrina  Novcb  Hierosoly7ncs  de  Fide  (Doctrine  of  Faith). 
Tiibingen.     32  pp. 

Second   Latin   edition,    edited    and    published   by    L. 
Hofaker  and  Gustaf  Werner. — A.  L. 
Doctrina  Novce  Hierosoly^nce  de  Scriptura  Sacra  (Doctrine 
of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Sacred  Scripture). 
Tiibingen.     74  pp. 

Second    Latin    edition,    edited  and    published   by    L. 
Hofaker  and  Gustaf  Werner. — A.  L. 
Doctrina  Vitce  pro  Nova  Hie7'osolyma  ex  PrcBceptis  Decalogi 
(Doctrine  of  Life  for  the  New  Jerusalem,  from  the  Pre- 
cepts of  the  Decalogue).     Tiibingen.     52  pp. 

Second    Latin    edition,    edited   and   published    by  L. 
Hofaker  and  Gustaf  Werner. — A.  L. 
On  the  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.     Boston. 
Carter. 


4o8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

"Fourth"    (really  sixth)   American  edition. — N,    I: 

542. 
Om  deji  Yite?'sia  Domeii  och  det  fd7'stdrda  Babylo7i  (On  the 
Last  Judgment).     Stockhohn.     Deleen. 

First  Swedish  edition,   translated  by   Carl  Deleen. — 
R.  L. 
[Anonymous]  :     Address  to  the  Cle7'gy  of  the  United  States  oti  the 
Theological     Writings    of    E^Jiamiel    Swedenborg.       By 

"/ ."     Columbus,  O.      18  pp.— A.  L. 

Atlee,   Rev.   Edwin  A.:  A  Discourse  on  Psalm  XCI II.     Phila- 
delphia.    C.  EUiott.     16  pp.— A.  L. 
Carter,  James:    Two  Lectures  on  Taste.     Brightlingsea.     150  pp. 

Reviewed  in /.      1835:     541. 
Clo\ves,  Rev.  John:    Dialogues  on  the  Nature,  Design  and  Evi- 
deJiceof  the  Theological  Wi^itirigs  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg^ 
Boston.     Otis  Clapp.— H.  L. 
Miscellaneous    Thoughts,    Observations,  and  Aphorisms   on 
Spiritual  Subjects.     Manchester.     J.Smith.      181  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.    1835:  667. — A.  L. 
[Espy,  J.  M.]:    The  Contrast,  or  Certain  Doctrines  of  the  Protes- 
tant Churches,  compared  with  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
ferusalein ;     with    a    Catechism   for    the   Neiv    Church. 
Columbus.  O.     268  pp. 

The  second  edition,  revised;  mentioned  in  yl/.  9:  11. — 
A.  L. 
Goyder,    Rev.    D.    G.:      The  Supre^ne   Deity   of   the   Saviour^ 
London. 

Mentioned  in  /.  1835:  449. 
Madeley,  Rev.  Edward:     HyjJins  of  Prayer  and  Praise  for  the 
Young.     London. 
Reviewed  in /.  1835:   604;  M.  16:    119. 
Nicholas,    Lin.   (Master  Mariner):  Behold  the  Man.     A   short 
dissertation  on  the  Divine  Hiwianity  aiid  its  Glorification, 
London.     Pownceby.     28  pp. — S.  S.  L- 
Noble,  Rev.  Samuel:     A  Sermo?t  occasiofied  by  the  removal  inta 
eternity  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Hi7idmarsh.     London.      Hod- 
son.      16  pp. — A.  L. 
[O'Connor,  Wm.?]:    A7iswers  to  the   Ouestio7is  proposed  by  the 
U7iitaria7i  Society  at  Belfast,  to  Believers  in   the   Tri7iity. 
Dublin.      12  pp. — Reviewed  in /.  1836:  32. 


iSjS'  409 

Ojie  Hundred  a7id  Forty-foiw  Proofs  of  the  Sole,  Supreme, 
a7id  Exclusive  Divinity  of  the  Loi'd  fesus  CJuist.  Dublin. 
48  pp. 

Reviewed /^zV.     See  also /.  1836:   150. 
Proctor,  Charles:     An  Essay  on  the  Credibility  of  Swedenborg, 
London.     Hodson.      108  pp. 

The  second  edition. — /.  1835:   539. 
[Periodicals] :    The  Intellectual  Repository  for  1835;  together  with 
issues  for   1834  completing  Vol.  III.  of  the  Conference 
Organ.     London.     Hodson,     681  pp.  —  A.  L. 

The  New  ferusalem  Magazine.     Vol.  IX.  (for  1835-36). 
Boston.     Otis  Clapp.     440  pp. — A.  L. 
Richer,  Edouard:     Dieu  et  le  Monde  Spirituel  (God  and  the 
Spiritual  World).    Paris.     Treuttel.     688  pp.— A.  L. 

Dissertations  Critiques  Melanges  (Miscellaneous  Critical 
Dissertations).     Paris.     Treuttel.     471  pp. — A.  L. 

Que s tio7is  sur  Emmanuel  Sivedenborg.  Nantes.  128  pp.— 
R.  L. 

Suite  de  la  Clef  du  Mysiere,  et  hitroduction  a  la  Doctrine  de 
la  Nouvelle  fenisalejn,  suivie  d'wi  Tableau  Analytique  de 
cette  Doctri7ie.     Paris.     Treuttel.     420  pp. — A.  L. 
[Reports]:     General  Co7ifere7ice .     Minutes  for    1835.     London. 
Hodson.     78  pp. — A.  L. 

Ge7ieral  Co7ive7itio7i.  Journal  for  1835.  Boston.  24  pp. — ■ 
A.  L. 

Manchester  Pj-inting  Society.     33d  report. — /.  1835:    620. 

Missionary  a7id  Tract  Society.     i.;th  report. — /.  1835:   622. 

Ma7ichester  a7id  Salford  Missio7iary  Society.  i8th  report. — 
/.  1835:  437. 

Swedenborg  Society.  Report  No.  26.  London.  Hodson. 
26  pp. — A.  L. 

Western    Co7ive7ition.     The   journals   for    1 835-1 843   were 
published  only  in  The  Pr^ecursor. 
Spencer,  T. :      The  Difficulties  arid  Absurdities  of  Swede7iborgian- 
ism.     Skipton  (England).     J.  Tasker. 

A  scurrilous  pamphlet  by   a   Methodist   preacher,  at- 
tacking especially  the  New  Church  Doctrine   of   Resur- 
rection as  presented  in  Noble's  Appeal.     Reviewed  and 
demolished  in  /.  1835:  422 
Tafel,    Dr.    J.    F.    In}.:      Vergleicheride   Darstellung  U7id  Beur- 


410  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

theilung  der  Lehrengesetze  der  Katholiken  imd  Protestanten 
(A  critical  comparison  of  the  Catholic  and  Protestant 
dogmas).     Tiibingen.     660  pp. 

A  learned  and  valuable  work   on   Comparative  The- 
ology and  General  New  Church  Doctrine. — A.  L. 
Turner,  Mrs.  L.  W.:     Principal  Points  of  Difference  between  the 
Old  and  the  Nfeiv  Church.     New  York. 

Mentioned  in  Mess.  vol.  77:   138. 
Wells,   H.   W.:     A    IVord,  not  to  the  wise,  but  to  the  ig7iorant, 
concerning  Freedom.     Demerara. 

A  New  Church  sermon,  addressed  to  the  negro  ex- 
slaves  in  Demerara.     Reviewed  in  /.  1836:   92. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  Seminoles  renew  hostilities  in  Florida.  The  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  is  divided  into  State  dioceses.  The  bequest  of  James 
Smithson  lays  the  foundation  of  the  Smithsonian  Institute.  Opening  of 
the  railroads  between  Boston  and  Providence,  and  between  Baltimore  and 
Washington.  A  tremendous  fire  in  New  York  destroys  the  centre  of  the 
city  (Dec.  16). 

Austria.  Death  of  Francis  I.,  Emperor  of  Austria  (formerly  Francis  II., 
Emperor  of  Germany).     He  is  succeeded  by  his  son,  Ferdinand  I. 

France.  The  Corsican  conspirator,  Fieschi,  attempts  to  take  the  life  of 
Louis  Philippe,  by  an  infernal  machine  (July  28).  The  French  renew  the 
war  against  Abd-el-Kader  and  burn  Mascara.  Publication  of  d'Aubign^'s 
"  Histoire  de  la  Reformation." 

Germany.  The  Lutheran  Reformation  is  celebrated,  with  much  cere- 
mony, at  Geneva.  Death  of  Wilhelm  von  Humboldt,  the  German  states- 
man and  philologist.  Publication  of  the  atheistical  "  Life  of  Jesus,"  by  D. 
F.  Strauss. 

Great  Britain.  Resignation  of  the  Peel  Ministry  (April  8);  Lord  Mel- 
bourne resumes  the  premiership.  Pa.ssage  of  the  Municipal  Corporations 
Reform  Act.  Death  of  William  Cobbett,  the  reformer,  and  of  James  Hogg, 
the  Scottish  poet. 

Mexico.  The  Mexican  Republic  is  reorganized  into  a  centralized  State. 
Texas  proclaims  its  independence  of  Mexico;  San  Antonio  surrenders  to  the 
Texans  (Dec.  10). 

South  Africa.  The  Boers  begin  to  emigrate  fro^n  Cape  Colony  to  the 
North. 

Spain.  The  government  suppresses  nine  hundred  convents  and  confis- 
cates their  property. 


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-rQ^A  America.  Maine ^  Bath ^  A.\\g\\st  21. — Organization 

^  *  of  the  "  Maine  Association  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
Church."  Delegates  are  present  from  the  societies  in  Bath, 
Portland,  and  Gardiner.  Henry  A.  Worcester  is  elected  presi- 
dent, and  J.  B.  S wanton,  secretary.  Reports  are  received  from 
the  component  societies,  describing  the  rise  and  progress  of 
the  New  Church  in  the  state. — M.  10 :  98  ;  30  :   209. 

Portland. — A  New  Church  day-school  is  established  here, 
with  twenty  children  in  attendance.  —  Conv.  R.  1836  :  377. 

Massachusetts^  Boston. — The  society  increases  greatly  during 
the  year.  There  are  now  100  communicants,  120  regular 
members,  and  an  average  attendance  of  250  persons.  The 
close  communion,  and  other  practices  of  the  society  are 
described  in  Conv.  R.  1836:  385. 

June  16-18. — Eighteenth  General  Convention.  Rev.  C.  I. 
Doughty,  president;  T.  B.  Hay  ward,  secretary.  Eight  ministers, 
three  licentiates,  and  twenty-nine  delegates  are  present,  mostly 
from  New  England.  A  committee  of  laymeti  is  appointed  to 
take  charge  of  the  religious  services  at  the  meeting,  and  the 
ordaining  ministers  are  appointed  the  Committee  on  Business  (!) 
The  Committee  on  Chants  and  Hymns  reports  the  publication 
of  the  new  "  Book  of  Public  Worship."  The  Standing  Com- 
mittee on  Education,  in  its  first  annual  report,  makes  a  very 
strong  plea  for  distinctive  New  Church  education,  in  day 
schools  and  Sunday  schools,  conducted  directly  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Church.  The  question  of  administering  the 
Holy  Supper  "in  the  privacy  of  a  room,  rather  than  in  the 
publicity  of  the  temple,"  is  referred  to  the  ordaining  ministers, 
in  order  that  "the  views  of  the  Church  itself  be  made 
manifest."  Resolutions  are  adopted  in  support  of  the  plan 
proposed  by  the  Boston  Printing  Society  for  the  publication 
and  distribution  of  the  Writings.  A  Standing  Committee  on 
Finance  is  appointed.  The  ordaining  ministers  are  requested 
to  take  into  consideration  the  subject  of  degrees  in  the  ministry. 
Arrangement  is  made  to  publish  the  Journal  of  the  Conven- 
tion in  the  New  Jerusalem  Magasi^ie. — Conv.  R.  1836  ;  Ex. 
252;  M.  9:  361. 


412  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

October. — Great  interest  is  at  this  time  manifested  in  New 
England  in  the  subject  of  distinctive  New  Church  education. 
A  New  Church  day  school  is  opened  in  Boston  on  Oct.  i,  by 
Miss  Coburn  and  Mrs.  Little.  Fifty  pupils  are  in  attendance. 
—Conv.R.  1836:  377>382;  M.  ()\  266;  12:  398. 

North  Bridgewater^  January  16. — A  New  Church  house  of 
worship  is  dedicated. — M.  9:   252. 

Ohio,  Cincinnati,  May  12-13. — Fourth  Western  Convention^ 
Mr.  O.  Lovell,  president.  About  sixty  members  are  present. 
A  "  Constitution  "  is  adopted,  making  this  Convention  to  con- 
sist of  such  individual  receivers  as  shall  contribute  annually 
not  less  than  three  dollars,  the  clergy  to  be  ex-officio  members^ 
and  to  constitute  an  Ecclesiastical  Committee.  The  Con- 
vention resolves  to  assist  Dr.  Im.  Tafel  in  his  publication  of 
the  Writings  in  Latin  and  in  German,  to  appoint  a  "  Book 
Committee"  of  the  Western  Convention,  and  to  establish  a 
general  depository  for  New  Church  literature  in  Cincinnati. — ^ 
W.  Conv.  R.  1836.  (See  P.  I:   4.) 

June. — Organization  of  the  "  Second  New  Jerusalem  Church 
Society  in  Cincinnati,"  with  Mr.  Alexander  Kinmont  as 
"  teacher."  The  origin  and  history  of  this  movement  are 
described  in  P.  II:   174. 

September. — Publication  of  the  first  number  of  The  Pre^ 
cursor. 

Meigs  County. — ^John  Randolph  Hibbard,  a  boy  preacher  in 
the  Methodist  Church,  receives  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church.  Happening  upon  a  copy  of  the  True  Christian 
Religion  in  a  log-cabin  in  the  wilderness,  he  continues  his 
studies  while  riding  on  horseback  between  his  preaching 
stations.  He  soon  comes  into  contact  with  the  families  of 
McQueen,  Sherman,  and  Hobart,  the  first  New  Church  people 
near  Pomeroy  and  Middleport,  proclaims  the  Doctrines  boldly, 
and   creates  a  great  sensation. — Mess.  vol.  44:   124,  137,  180. 

Pennsylvania,  Frankford. — The  society  comes  into  undis- 
puted possession  of  the  church  building  which  had  belonged  to 
it  as  a  congregation  of  the  "Free-Will  Baptists."  Dr.  E.  A. 
Atlee  is  officiating  as  pastor,  assisted  by   Mr.  Robert  Glenn, 


1836.  413 

formerly  an  ordained  deacon  in  the  F.  W.  Baptist  Church. — 
Co7w.  R.  1836:  395. 

Lancaster^  February. — A  society  is  regulary  instituted,  on 
the  pattern  of  the  society  in  Bath,  Me. — Ibid. 

Philadelphia^  July  27.— Rev.  M.  B.  Roche  resigns  the 
pastorate  of  the  Philadelphia  Second  society,  to  assume  charge 
of  the  Delaware  Co.  society  at  Darby.  -Ibid.  p.  386.  The 
Church  in  Philadelphia  is  now  in  a  very  feeble  state. 

Denmark.  Copenhagen. —  Death  of  Prince  Charles  of 
Hesse,  formely  a  member  of  the  Exegetic-Philanthropic  Society 
in  Stockholm. —  T.  M.  II:   123. 

France.  Leves^  7iear  Chart  res. — Abbe  Ledru  publishes  a 
modified  translation  of  the  Liturgy  of  the  General  Confer- 
ence for  the  use  of  his  independent  congregation.  He  retains 
^'  holy  water  "  and  a  few  other  Catholic  customs,  but  is  gradu- 
ally coming  out  more  distinctly  for  the  New  Church. — /.  1835  : 

565- 

Nantes. — The  leadership  of  the  movement  in  this  city  is 
taken  up  by  M.  de  ToUenaire,  as  a  successor  of  Biouard  Richer. 
—P.  I:   18. 

Paris. — The  services  of  the  New  Church  are  still  kept  up 
by  Bmile  Broussais.  G.  Oegger,  in  a  letter  to  Dr.  Tatel,  re- 
nounces his  late  spiritistic  works.  Abbe  Lammennais,  in  his 
celebrated  Affaires  de  Rome,  puts  forth  teachings  evidently 
derived  from  the  New  Church. — Ibid.  M.  11:   19. 

Germany.  Iserlohn,  June  2. — Death  of  Rev.  J.  A.  Strauss, 
a  prominent  Lutheran  clergyman  and  pronounced  receiver  of 
the  Heavenly  Doctrines. —  T.  M.  II:   173. 

Great  Britain.  Accrington,  October  23. — Jonathan  Bayley 
is  ordained  by  Rev.  D.  Howarth.  The  new  Sunday  school 
rooms  are  opened  on  the  same  occasion. — /.  1837  :  380. 

Leeds^  August  25. — Death  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Gilbert,  the 
pastor  of  the  society  in  Leeds.  He  was  ordained  into  the 
ministry  of  the  New  Church  in  1825.  A  biographical  notice 
is  found  in  /.  1836  :  327. 

London,  June  20. — Twenty-seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
•Swedenborg   Society.     The  committee  reports   that    arrange- 


4 1 4  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

ments  have  been  made  with  Air.  Hodson  to  have  the  Writings 
for  sale,  and  exposed  to  view  in  the  windows  of  his  bookseller's 
shop  in  Fleet  street.  The  bequest  of  $[,ooo  has  been  received 
from  the  late  James  Buckland,  of  Philadelphia,  U.  S.  A. — 
R.  S.  S.  1836. 

Manchester,  August  9-12. —  Twenty-nmth  General  Cofifer- 
ence,  Rev.  Edward  Madeley,  president.  Seven  ministers  and 
twenty-four  representatives  are  present.  The  Conference  ac- 
cepts the  resignation  of  Messrs.  Jones  and  Shaw  from  the 
editorial  board  of  the  Intellectual  Repository.  Rev.  Samuel 
Noble  also  offers  his  resignation  as  editor,  but  is  induced  to 
continue  in  office.  Mr.  E.  W.  Brayley,  of  London,  and  Rev. 
J.  H.  Smithson,  of  Manchester,  are  appointed  assistant  tditors. 
The  ordination  of  J.  Bayley  is  authorized.  The  name  of  E. 
D.  Rendell  is  restored  to  the  list  of  ministers. — Conf.  R.  1836; 
/.  1836  :  379. 

Sweden.  Stockholm. — Death  of  Col.  M.  Sturtzenbecker,  an 
early  and  prominent  member  of  the  New  Church  who  at  one 
time  created  a  great  doctrinal  disturbance  by  his  mixture  of 
predestinarian  and  universalist  notions  with  the  Doctrines  of 
the  New  Church. — Kahl.  4:  21. 

Upsala,  February  27. — A  letter  is  addressed  to  the  Man- 
chester Printing  Society,  by  Dr.  J.  E.  Strom,  sub-librarian  at 
the  university,  respecting  certain  manuscripts  by  Swedenborg 
in  Upsala.  This  letter  subsequently  led  to  the  recovery  of 
parts  of  the  Spiritual  Diary. — /.  1836:   270. 

Switzerland. — Dr.  Im.  Tafel  visits  the  little  circles  of  New 
Churchmen  in  Switzerland,  and  describes  the  meetings  held  at 
Herisau  under  the  leadership  of  Daniel  Nseff  and  John  J. 
Bauman. — R.  S.  S.    1837:   11. 

Notable  Artici^es. 

New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  Vol.  X,  (1836-1837). 

"Family  Worship,  and  the  Religious  Instruction  of  children  in  families,'* 
a  report  by  a  committee  of  the  Massachusetts  Association. — p.  137. 

"The  Natural  Sciences  in  their  relation  to  the  New  Church,"  an  address 
by  Sampson  Reed. — p.  269. 

The  Precursor,  1836. 
' '  Is  Swedenborg  what  he  says  he  is,  and  what  are  the  proper  signs  of  his 


i8s6.  415 

being  so  ?  "  An  important  article,  presenting  the  teachings  concerning  the 
Divine  character  of  Swedenborg's  Writings.— pp.  25,  59. 

"  Why  have  the  Jews  and  the  Hebrew  Language  been  perpetuated  to  this 
day?"  This  article  is  the  first  to  call  attention  to  the  importance  of  the 
study  of  Hebrew  for  the  New  Church.— p.  113. 

"  Who  are  '  Teaching  Ministers  '  ?  "  A  valuable  contribution  to  the  un- 
derstanding of  the  doctrine  concerning  the  priesthood.— pp.  45,  121. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:     Arcaiia  Ccelestia.    Vol.  IV.     Tubingen.     386  pp. 
(Nos.  2760-3352). 

Second  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 
Fortsdttning  om  den  Yttersta  Domen  (Continuation  on  the 
Last  Judgment).     Stockholm.     Deleen.     23  pp. 

First   Swedish   edition,    translated  and  published  by 
Carl  Deleen.— R.  L. 
Die  Weisheit  der  Engeln  betreffend  die  Gbttliche    Vorsehmig 
(Angelic  Wisdom  concerning  the  Divine  Providence). 
Tiibingen. 

First  German  edition,  translated  by  Prof.  W.  Pfirsch, 
and  revised  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel.— Z..  1891:   145;  M.  14: 
109. — C.  L. 
On  the  Nezv  Jerusalem  and  its  Heavenly  Dodrijie.     Edin- 
burgh. 

Twelfth  English  edition,  i2mo.— /.  1837:  383. 
The  Apocalypse  Explained.     Vol.  IL     London.     S.  S. 

Second  English  edition,  revised  by  Rev.  S.  Noble. — 
R.  S.  S.  1836:  6;  /.  1853:  80. 
The  Apocalypse  Revealed.     3  Vols.     Boston.     Otis  Clapp. 
First  American  edition;  a  new  translation,  published 
by  the  Boston  Printing  Society. — N.  I:  542. 
The  Doctrine  of  Lijefor  the  New  Jerusalem.  Boston.  Clapp. 
Sixth  American  edition;  a  new  translation,  published 
by  the  Boston  Printing  Society. — Ibid. 
The  Four  Lead?7ig  Doctrines.     Edinburgh.     i2mo.   339  pp. 
A  new  edition,  with  a  preface  by  James  Macara,  Esq.; 
published  by  subscription. — /.  1837:  383. — R.  L. 
Bayley,    Jonathan:     The   Scriptural  Resurrection   asserted  a7id 
defended,   according  to   the  views  of  the  New  ferusalem 
Church.     Being    a    reply    to    Mr.    Poynder' s   pamphlet. 
Manchester?     76  pp. 


4i6  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

This  is  Mr.  Bayley's  first  appearance  in  the  literature 
of  the  New  Church.  The  pamphlet  is  reviewed  in  /. 
1836:    302. 

[Liturgical]:  Book  of  Public  Worship  for  the  use  of  the  New 
Church,  signified  by  the  New  ferusalem  in  the  Revelation. 
Boston.     Otis  Clapp.     396  pp. 

A  new  edition,  revised,  corrected  and  augmented; 
published  by  order  of  the  General  Convention. — Re- 
viewed in  M.  9:  353. — A  copy  is  owned  by  Rev.  F. 
Sewall. 
Liturgie  de  la  Nouvelle  Eglise,  annoncee  et  signifiee  dans 
V  Apocalypse  par  la  Nouvelle  ferusalem,  Chartres.  423 
pp. 

The  Liturgy  of  the  English  General  Conference, 
translated  into  French  by  Abbe  Ledru,  for  the  use  of  his 
congregation  at  Leves. — /.  1836:  269;  M.  10:  188.— 
A.  L. 

Madeley,  Rev.  Edward:  The  Great  Importance  of  a  Religious 
Education.     Birmingham.     Reviewed  in /.  1836:  31  [. 

Mason,  Rev.  William:  Answers  to  Eight  Questions  concerning 
the  Nature  and  Quality  of  the  Body  of  the  Lord  fesus 
Christ,  fro77i  His  Birth  to  His  Ascension.  London. 
Hodson.      196  pp. 

An  important  contribution  to  the  discussion  respecting 
the  nature  of  the  Resurrection-body  of  the  Lord. — Re- 
viewed in  O.  VII:  229. — A.  L. 

Odhner,  Rev.  Pehr  Hemming:  Immanuel,  Christliga  Pre- 
dihiingar,  Vol.  I.     Mariestad.     Sweden.     383  pp. 

A  volume  of  sermons,  for  many  years  used  at  the 
private  worship  of  New  Church  families  in  Sweden. — 
A.  L. 

[Periodicals]:    The   Intellectual  Repository    for    1836;    together 
with  issues  for  1837  constituting  Vol.  IV.  of  the  Confer- 
ence organ. — A.  L. 
The   New  ferusalem    Magazine,   Vol.    X    (for    1836-37). 

Boston.     Otis  Clapp.     432  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Precursor,   a  77ionthly  periodical,  devoted   to  teaching, 
illustrating,    arid    enforcijig    the   Doctri7ies   of   the   New 
ferusalem.  Vol.  I.     Cincinnati,  O.     September  15,  1836. 
— March  25,  1839.     396  pp. 


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The  publication  of  this  journal  marks  a  new  and  im- 
portant step  in  the  history  of  the  New  Church  journalism 
and    theological    thought.      Edited    by    the    Rev.     R. 
De  Charms,  it  is  actually  the  first  "precursor"  of  the 
' '  Academy  movement ' '   which  developed  towards  the 
end  of  the  century. — A,  L. 
Pfirsch,  Prof.   William:    Was  wis  Noth  thut  (What  we  need 
for  salvation).     Schweinfurt.     71  PP- 
Mentioned  in  P.\\   148. 
Poynder,  Rev.:    The  Dodrme  of  the  Resitrredion  proved  from 
the  Scriptures  to  be  opposed  to  the  Swedenborgia7i  heresy. 
Lock  wood.     Yorkshire. 

The    author,   who  was   well    answered  by   Mr.    Jon. 

Bayley,    was    a    minister   of    the   sect   of    ''Particular 

Baptists."     Reviewed  in/.  1836:  302. 

[Reports]:   General  Conference.      Minutes  for    1836.      London. 

Hodson.     103  pp. — A.  L. 

Ge?ieral  Convention.     Journal  for  1836.     Published  m  M. 

9:  361-404. 
Legal  Documents  relatirig  to  the  Geyieral  Conference,  with 

Explanatory  Notes.     London.     36  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Manchester  Printhig    Society.        Thirty-ninth    report. — /. 

1836:   269. 
Missionary  a7id  Tract  Society.     Fifteenth  report. — /.  1836: 

217. 
Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  27.     London.     Hodson. 
26  pp. — A.  L. 
Worcester,  Rev.  Samuel:   Questions  on  the  New  ferusalem  and 
its  Heavenly  Doctrine.     Boston.      33  pp. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Arkansas  is  admitted  as  a  vState.  Martin  Van  Buren  is  elected 
President.  Death  of  ex-President  Madison  (June  28),  and  of  Aaron  Burr, 
the  politician.  Death  of  Rt.  Rev.  WiUiam  White,  the  chief  organizer  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  America  and  its  first  bishop  in  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Australia.     Foundation  of  Adelaide,  in  South  Australia. 

France.  Thiers  forms  a  cabinet  in  succession  to  the  Due  de  Broglie 
(February),  but  soon  resigns;  Guizot  becomes  minister  of  public  instruc- 
tion. Louis  Napoleon  stirs  up  an  insurrection  at  Strasburg,  but  is  defeated 
and  arrested.     A  new  attempt  to  murder  Louis  Philippe  is  made  on  Dec. 


41 8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

27.  The  war  against  Abd-el-Kader  is  continued,  with  varying  fortunes. 
Death  of  ex -king  Charles  X. 

Great  Britain.  The  Dissenters'  Marriage  Act  is  passed  by  Parliament. 
Publication  of  Dickens'  ''  Pickwick  Papers." 

Mexico.  The  president,  Santa  Anna,  is  defeated  and  captured  by  the 
Texans  under  Houston  on  the  vSan  Jacinto.  Houston  is  proclaimed  presi- 
dent of  the  republic  of  Texas. 

Portugal.  A  revolution  takes  place  at  Lisbon.  Maria  da  Gloria  is  forced 
to  swear  to  the  constitution.  The  slave  trade  is  abolished  in  the  Portuguese 
dominions. 

Spain.  The  Liberal  party  compels  the  Oueen  Regent,  Maria  Christina, 
to  revive  the  constitution  of  1812,  The  Carlist  entrenchments  at  Hernani 
are  taken  by  the  Knglish  auxiliary  legion  (May);  Espartero,  aided  by  a 
British  fleet,  forces  the  Carlists  to  raise  the  siege  of  Bilbao. 


18^7.  America.  Maine.,  Portland^  x^ugust  26. — The 
temple  of  the  Portland  Society  is  dedicated  during 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  Maine  Association.  Rev.  Henry 
A.  Worcester  is  engaged  as  the  minister. — M.  11:  55  ;  Cojiv. 
R.  1838  :   386. 

Massachusetts^  Abington^  May. — A  New  Church  day-school, 
of  a  distinctive  character,  is  established.  No  pupils  are  ad- 
mitted who  are  not  baptized   into  the  New   Church. — M.  12  : 

403. 

Boston^  Aug.  31. — Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  in  a  lecture, 
speaks  in  superlative  terms  of  Swedenborg's  genius. — M. 
II  :  67. 

The  "  Boston  Printing  Society  "  undertakes  the  publication 
of  a  new  edition  of  the  Ai^cana  Ca'lestia. — M,  20  :  420. 

Bridgewaiej^^  Nov.  2. — The  Massachusetts  Association  un- 
dertakes to  settle  certain  differences  among  the  members  of 
this  society. — M.  n  :  30,  170. 

Missou7'i.,  St.  Loiiis^  July  26. — Death  of  ]\Ir.  Peter  Birk- 
man,  a  prominent  Swedish  New  Churchman  and  an  early 
member  of  the  Church  in  Pennsylvania. — P.  I  :   177. 

New  Yoj^k  City. — The  society  abandons  the  custom  of  sup- 
porting the  pastor's  office  by  individual  subscriptions,  and 
adopts  the  principle  of  support  by  free-will  offerings.  The 
Holy  Supper  is  now  celebrated  by  the  society  only  in  the 
privacy   of  the   pastor's  own    room,   in   accordance  with   the 


("conjugial  ")  notion  that  there  is  a  marriage  relation  between 
a  pastor  and  his  society.  The  church  in  New  York  is  at  this 
time  in  a  very  unhappy  and  unhealthy  condition. —  Conv.  R. 
1837  :  384  ;  N.W:  684. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati^  May  18-22. — Fifth  Western  Co7ivention. 
Hon.  John  Young,  of  Greensburg,  Pa.,  is  chosen  president. 
Rev.  R.  De  Charms  is  appointed  delegate  to  the  "Eastern" 
Convention,  and  a  resolution  is  adopted  recommending  that 
Mr.  De  Charms  be  ordained  into  the  third  degree  of  the 
ministry. —  W.  Conv.  R.  1837  :  P,  1837  :   129,   135. 

Mr.  De  Charms,  on  this  occasion,  deposits  the  sum  of  |6o  in 
the  Cincinnati  Savings  Bank,  to  be  retained  there  until  an 
academy  or  school,  distinctively  of  the  New  Church,  shall 
have  been  established  in  Cincinnati,  when  the  money  is  to  be 
used  for  the  support  of  this  school.  This  money  is  still  in  the 
custody  of  the  successors  of  the  Western  Convention,  and  has 
increased,  by  accumulated  interest,  to  the  sum  of  several  thous- 
and dollars. — P.  I:  135;  L.  1822:   178. 

July  3. — Rev.  Richard  De  Charms  resigns  from  the  pastoral 
charge  of  the  Cincinnati  First  Society,  owing  to  the  strong 
opposition  to  his  teachings  among  the  majority  of  the  society. 
He  is  succeeded  by  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll. — P.  1 :  221. 

Pennsylvania^  Philadelphia.,  June  1-3. — Nineteenth  Getieral 
Convention.  Six  ministers,  two  licentiates,  and  twenty-two  dele- 
gates are  present.  Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty  is  elected  president,  T. 
B.  Hay  ward,  secretary.  Rev.  Richard  De  Charms  is  received  as 
delegate  from  the  Western  Convention.  The  committee  on 
the  "  History  of  Ordinations  "  is  discharged,  being  unable  to 
present  a  report.  Mr.  Caleb  Reed  is  appointed  treasurer  of  the 
Convention.  The  Rev.  Adam  Hurdus  is  authorized  to  confer 
ordaining  powers  upon  Rev.  Richard  De  Charms,  and  is  in- 
structed as  to  the  mode  of  the  ordination.  Rev.  Thomas 
Worcester  is  appointed  a  special  messenger  to  the  Western 
Convention,  in  order  to  confer  with  that  body  on  the  subject  of 
a  general  convention.  The  Committee  of  Ordaining  Minis- 
ters present  a  lengthy  report  on  the  subject  of  degrees  in  the 
Ministry,  the   qualifications  for   each   degree,  the  method  of 


420  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

initiation  into  the  various  degrees,  the  admission  of  members 
into  societies,  the  institution  of  societies,  Standing  Rules  of 
Convention,  mode  of  proceedure  at  the  meetings  of  the  Con- 
vention, and  General  Rules, — in  short,  a  complete  constitution, 
proposing  the  establishment  of  an  absolutely  Episcopal  form 
of  government  for  the  whole  church.  The  three  degrees  in 
the  Priesthood  are  to  be  entitled,  respectively,  "  Bishops,  Pas- 
tors and  Ministers ;"  the  formation  of  district  conventions  or 
associations  is  recommended,  each  to  be  under  its  own  Bishop, 
with  a  chief  Bishop  for  the  General  Convention  itself.  The 
whole  proposed  Constitution  meets  with  the  earnest  opposition 
of  Rev.  R.  De  Charms,  on  the  ground  that  it  would  exclude 
the  whole  church  in  the  West,  which  would  not  submit  to  such 
Episcopacy.  The  report  is  consequently  recommitted  to  the 
Committee  of  the  Ordaining  Ministers. — Conv.  R.  1837  ;  Ex. 
226. 

France.  Leves^  near  Chartres^  Aug.  26. — Death  of  Abbe 
PVancois  Ledru,  the  founder  of  the  New  Church  in  this  village. 
His  congregation,  all  simple  and  illiterate  people,  disperses 
after  the  death  of  their  beloved  pastor.  A  very  full  and  inter- 
esting account  of  his  work  is  given  by  Air.  Adam  Haworth  in 
/.  1838  :  323. 

Nantes^  July  30. — M.  de  Tollenaire,  in  a  letter  to  Mr.  Wm. 
Chauvenet,  of  Philadelphia,  describes  the  general  conditions 
of  the  New  Church  at  Nantes  and  Paris. — M.  11 :  93. 

Saint  Amand,  Nov.  18. — M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays,  having  re- 
ceived legal  permission,  begins  to  conduct  public  services  in 
his  own  house.  The  audiences  increase  from  twelve  to  a  hun- 
dred  and  twenty  within  a  month. — /.  1838:   94;   1865:   125. 

Germany.  Tubingen. — Ludwig  Hofaker  begins  to  publish 
a  monthly  periodical,  the  Christus-Boten,  in  which  he  con- 
tinues his  spiritistic  propaganda,  causing  much  scandal  and  in- 
jury to  the  New  Church  in  Germany. — M.  11  :   18. 

Great  Britain.  Accrington. — The  Society,  now  under  the 
pastoral  care  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Bayley,  is  rapidly  increasing. 
Fifty-five  new  members  are  added  within  a  year.  Two  Sun- 
day  Schools   are   established,    with   more   than    five  hundred 


scholars  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  teachers. — Conf.  R.  1837  : 

53- 

Colchester,  August  29. — A  society  of  twenty-four  persons  is 

organized  here. — /.  1838  :  44. 

Glasgow,  ]\\\y  14-15. — Third  annual  meeting  of  the  Mis- 
sionary General  Assembly  of  the  New  Church  in  Scotland. 
Rev.  D.  G.  Goyder  is  actively  engaged  in  evangelistic  work 
under  the  auspices  of  this  body. — /.  1838  :   loi. 

Haslingdeii,  April  7.— Death  of  Rev.  Thomas  Pilkington, 
an  ordained  minister  of  the  New  Church.  He  was  the 
founder  of  the  societies  at  Haslingden  and  Embsay.  An  in- 
telligent, benevolent  and  industrious  man. — /.  1837  :  553. 

Kersley. — A  new  society  is  formed  here  by  the  union  of  the 
tv/o  societies  at  Ringley  and  Stone  Hill.  A  new  and  commo- 
dious house  of  worship  is  erected,  and  the  society  enters  into 
connection  with  the  General  Conference.  The  chapel  is  con- 
secrated on  April  30. —  Conf,  R.  1837  :  61 ;  /.  1837  :  549. 

LiverpooL~'^\\^  Church  in  this  city  again  splits  asunder 
into  two  distinct  societies,  the  one  worshiping  at  Clare  street, 
under  the  charge  of  Rev.  T.  Chalklen,  the  other  one  at  Vauxhall 
road,  under  Mr.  R.  G.  Sheldon.— C^;// i?.  1837:  58. 

London,  January  27. — The  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  dis- 
tinct establishment  of  the  New  Church  in  London  is  com- 
memorated by  the  society  in  Friar  street.  The  Rev.  Manoah 
Sibly,  in  his  "jubilee  sermon,"  reviews  the  history  of  the  New 
Church. — /.  1837:  492;  M.  \\\  22. 

February. — Thomas  De  Quincey,  the  celebrated  author  of 
Confessio7is  of  an  English  Opium  Eater,  in  an  article  in 
Tail's  Magazine,  greatly  extolls  the  late  John  Clowes,  but  at 
the  same  time  makes  a  virulent  attack  on  Swedenborg  and  the 
New  Church. — /.  1837:  500. 

June  19. — Twenty-eighth  annual  meeting  of  the  Sweden- 
borg Society.  The  committee  reports  that  the  Writings  have 
been  advertised  in  Tail's  Magazine  to  counteract  De  Quincey's 
article  against  Swedenborg.  Dr.  James  John  Garth  Wilkin- 
son at  this  time  becomes  a  member  of  the  Society.  Charles 
Augustus  Tulk,  who  in  1829  was  excluded  from  the  committee 


422  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

b>'  a  nearh-  unanimous  vote,  is  again  elected  a  member  of  the 
governing  body,  although  still  active  in  propagating  his 
idealistic   heresy. — R.  S.  S.  1837  ;  /.    1837  :  605  ;   1838  :  332. 

August  8-1 1. —  The  Thirtieth  General  Conference  is  held  at 
Cross  street.  Six  ministers  and  fourteen  representatives  are 
present.  Rev.  Samuel  Noble  is  elected  president.  Ordination 
is  granted  to  John  Cull,  of  Leeds,  Woodville  Woodman,  of 
Brightlingsea,  and  Thomas  Chalklen,  of  Liverpool.  The 
resignation  of  Rev.  William  Mason  is  received  with  regrets, 
the  Conference  being  unable  to  comply  with  the  condition 
which  he  had  made  for  remaining  in  the  body,  i.  e.^  the  aboli- 
tion of  the  degree  of  "  ordaining  ministers."  The  Conference, 
at  this  meeting,  celebrates  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  New 
Church  as  a  distinct  body. — Con/.  R.  1837  ;  /.  1837  :  607. 

September  27. — Rev.  S.  Noble  officiates  at  the  first  legalized 
New  Church  marriage  in  England  (Miss  Louisa  F.  Dibbin  to 
Mr.  J.  C.  Chambers,  of  Jamaica),  under  the  new  Dissenters' 
Marriage  Law. — /.  1837  :  666. 

Nov.  19. — A  small  chapel  is  opened  at  Burton  street  by  a 
new  congregation,  formed  by  seceders  from  the  society  in 
Cross  street. — /.  1838:  51. 

Manchester^  Nov.  6. — "  The  New  Jerusalem  Church  Tract 
Society"  (generally  known  as  the  "Manchester  Tract  So- 
ciety "),  is  organized  ;  the  society  is  placed  on  a  secure  finan- 
cial basis  by  the  munificence  of  Joseph  Senior,  Esq. — /.  1838  : 
46  ;   1856  :  449. 

Salford^  Sept.  17. — Mr.  Thomas  Chalklen,  of  Liverpool,  is 
ordained  into  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  Rev.  David 
Howarth.— O;//  R.  1838. 

Southport^  Oct.  3. — Death  of  Mr.  Nathaniel  Shelmerdine, 
for  many  years  the  amanuensis  to  Mr.  Clowes,  and  secretary  of 
the  Manchester  Printing  Society. — /.  1837  :  52. 

St.  Heliers,  Jersey. — The  interest  in  the  New  Church  re- 
vives after  an  interval  of  seven  years.  A  new  society  is 
formed,  and  great  caution  is  exercised  in  the  admission  of 
members.  The  former,  violent  opposition  to  the  Church  ap- 
pears to  have  subsided. — /.  1837  :  663. 


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Sweden.  Fogdbn^  near  Hesselhyholm^  in  lake  Malar,  Jan- 
uary 2-8 — Death  of  Rev.  Johan  Tybeck,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
seven  years, — for  thirty  years  the  foremost  standard-bearer  of 
the  New  Church  in  Sweden.  Born  in  1751,  he  was  ordained 
into  the  priesthood  of  the  Lutheran  Church  in  1779,  and  re- 
ceived the  Heavenly  Doctrines  in  1780.  He  now  became,  and 
continued  through  life,  the  domestic  chaplain  to  Baron  J. 
Liljencrantz,  the  governor  of  Sodermanland,  who  was  a 
thorough  and  active  New  Churchman.  Tybeck  began  his 
literary  activity  for  the  New  Church  in  1788  ;  he  published 
more  than  sixty  different  treatises  and  works  in  explanation 
and  defense  of  the  new  revelation.  Thoroughly  honest  and 
outspoken,  he  soon  attracted  the  disapprobation  of  the  crypto- 
New  Churchmen  among  the  Swedish  clergy,  as  well  as  the 
determined  hostility  and  unrelenting  persecution  of  the  Old 
Church.  In  the  year  1818,  when  sixty-one  years  of  age,  he  was 
placed  on  trial  for  heresy,  was  acquitted  by  the  civil  authorities 
but  again  tried  before  the  Consistory  of  Strengnas,  by  whom 
he  was  deposed  from  the  priesthood  and  treated  with  such  un- 
necessary cruelty  as  to  gain  the  sympathy  of  the  secular  press. 
His  attitude,  while  on  trial,  has  been  compared  with  that  of 
Socrates  before  the  Areopagus  or  of  Luther  at  Worms.  His 
life  was  henceforth  devoted  still  more  distinctly  to  the  New 
Church,  and  he  was  supported  in  his  open  activity  by  Baron 
Gyllenhaal,  Councillor  Schonherr,  and  the  New  Church  in  Eng- 
land. His  writings  gained  numerous  converts,  but  he  could 
not  form  any  distinct  organizations,  as  the  law  would  not  per- 
mit it.  In  his  services  to  the  New  Church  in  Sweden  he  com- 
bined the  features  of  Clowes  and  of  Hind  marsh :  as  the  trans- 
lator of  the  Arcana  Ccslestia,  as  the  lucid  expounder  of  the 
Word  and  the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  as  the  skilful  defender  of  the 
Truth  against  the  attacks  of  the  Old  Church,  as  the  champion 
of  doctrinal  integrity  against  heresy  within  the  Church,  and 
as  the  uncompromising  advocate  of  New  Church  distinctiveness. 
During  his  latter  years  he  was  recognized  as  the  patriarch  of 
the  New  Church  in  Sweden,  and  known  throughout  the  conn- 


^24  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

try  as  "the   Bishop  of  the    Swedenborgians." — Kahl^  3:  108- 
144;  D.\\\  1279. 

N0TAB1.E;  Articles. 

The  Intellectual  Repository,  1837. 

"On  Total  Abstinence  from  all  Intoxicating  Liquors,"  by  S.  Bradley, — a 
doctrinal,  scientific,  and  rational  argument  against  the  total-abstinence  agi- 
tation which  at  this  time  had  begun  to  disturb  the  New  Church  in  Great 
Britain,  and  especially  in  Lancashire.  This  article  marks  the  beginning  of 
a  controversy  which  has  lasted  until  nearly  the  end  of  the  present  century. 
— p.  626, 
The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,   1837-38. 

An  address  on  the  history  of  the  New  Church  in  Boston,  by  Sampson 
Reed. — p.  119. 

"  On  Contributions  to  the  Funds  of  the  Church,"  a  report  by  a  commitee 
of  the  Boston  society,  recommending  the  paying  of  tithes. — p.  152. 

"New  Church  Pleasures,"  an  address  by  Sampson  Reed. — p.  188. 
The  Precursor,  1837. 

"Why  do  children  of  New  Church  parents  so  often  grow  up  out  of  the 
Church?" — pp.  174,  189,  201. 

"  The  New  Church  not  coming  forward  in  the  Old,"  a  sermon  by  Rev.  R. 
De  Charms. — p.  193. 

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of  Manchester.-^/?.  S.  S.  1873:  8;  1838:  5.— R.  L. 
Beurling,  C.  H.:  Tidning  om  den  Nya  Fbrsamlingen.  (Tid- 
ings concerning  the  New  Church).  Stockholm.  Carl 
Deleen.  4  pp.  4to. — R.  E- 
[Catechism] :  A  Catechism ;  or  histrudion  for  Children  in  the 
Heavenly  Doctrines  of  the  Neiv  ferusalem.  London. 
Hodson.      27  pp. 

Prepared   by  direction  of  the  General  Conference. — 
B.    M. 
Geist  des   Gebetes  des  Herrn   tind  der  Zehn  Gebote    (Spirit 
of   the    Lord's   Prayer   and   the  Ten  Commandments). 
Tubingen.     37  pp. — A.  L. 
Clowes,    Rev.   John:    Pure  Evangelical  Religion  Restored,    or, 
Charity,  Faith,   and  Good  Works   Reimited.      Hampton. 
i2mo.     Stereotyped  edition. — B.  M. 
The  Psalms.     A  New    Translation  from  the  Hebrew,  zcith 
the  Internal  Sense  a?id  Exposition  from  the  Writings  of 
the  Hon.   Emanuel  Swedenbojg .       Together   with  obser- 
vations by  the  late  fohn  Cloives,  and  Notes  on  the  Literal 
Sense,  by  the  Editors.    Manchester.     H.  Smith.     625  pp. 

An  important  exegetical  work,  edited  b}^  the  Rev.  J. 
H.  Smithson. — A.  L. 
Documents  of  the  Second  New  fer'usalem  Society  of  Cincinnati. 
Cincinnati.      Kendal.      16  pp. 

This  pamphlet  treats  of  the  objections  of  Mr.  Alex- 


426  AXNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

ander  Kininont  and  his  followers  against  the  Cincinnati 
First  Society,  Mr.  De  Charms,  and  the  Precursor. — A.  L. 
[Espy,  J.  M.] :  Advertisement,  showing  the  nature  and  char- 
acter of  the  Theological  Writijigs  of  Emanuel  Sweden- 
borg.  Columbus,  O.  6  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Goyder,  Rev.  D.  G.:  Acquisitiveness:  lis  Uses  and  Abuses. 
Glasgow.      152  pp. 

A  mixture  of  Phrenology  and  New  Church  Doctrine  ; 
critically  reviewed  in  /.  1837:  598. 
Hofaker,  Ludwig:  Das  Geheiniyiiss  Gottes.  Ein  Panorajna  der 
Wahrheit  aller  Wahrheiten  (The  Secret  of  God.  A 
Panorama  of  the  Verity  of  all  Verities).  Tubingen. 
288  pp. 

Published  as  Vol.  I.  of  Schriften  aus  Gott,  durch 
Johannes  Tennhardt,  Biirger  in  Niirnberg  (Writings 
from  God,  through  J.  Tennhardt,  a  burgher  in  Nurem- 
berg). These  volumes  contain  the  spiritistic  revela- 
tions of  a  medium  through  whom  Hofaker  and  others 
were  finally  led  away  from  the  New  Church. — A.  I^. 
[Periodicals]:  The  Intellectual  Repository,  for  1837;  together 
with  issues  for  1836  completing  Vol.  IV.  of  the  Confer- 
ence organ.  London.  Hodson.  668  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Neiv  Jerusalein  Magazine.     Vol.  XI,  (for  1837-38). 

Boston.     Otis  Clapp.     440  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Precursor.     Vol.  I.     Cincinnati,  O. 
Portal,  Baron  Frederic  de:  Des  Couleurs  Symboliques.     Paris. 
Treuttel.     309  pp. 

An  interesting  and  learned  work  on  the  signification 
of  colors,  treated  historically. — A.  L. 
Reed,  Caleb:  An  Address  delivered  before  the  Boston  Society  of 

the  New  Jerusalem.     Boston.     Clapp.      n  pp. — A.  L. 
[Reports]:    General   Conference.      Minutes  for    1837.     London. 
Hodson.     76  pp. — A.  L. 
Geyieral  Conveyition.     Journal   for   1837  ;   published  in  M. 

10:  3^1-396. 
Manchester  Printing  Society.     35th  report. — /.  1838:    100. 
Manchester  and  Salford  Missionary  Society.      20th  report. 

I-  1837:   375. 
Sivedejiborg  Society.     Report  No.  28.     London.     Hodson. 
24  pp. — A.  L. 


Scott,   James:    Questions  on   the  Doctrme  of  Life  for  the  Neiv 

fericsalem.  Boston.  Clapp.— A.  I.. 
Sibly  Rev.  Manoah:  The  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord.  A  dis- 
course delivered  on  fan.  27,  1837;  being  the  Conunence- 
ment  of  the  fnbilee.  or  fiftieth  year  of  the  public  promul- 
gation, by  external  worship  and  preaching ,  of  the  verities 
and  doctrines  whereupon  the  Lord  is  establishing  His  New 
Church,     London.     Hodson.      16  pp. 

This  sermon  contains  a  valuable  historical  account  of 
the  beginning  of  the  New  Church  in  London,  and 
explains  the  causes  which  led  to  the  dissolution  of  the 
society  in  Great  Eastcheap.— >/.  n:  22.— A.  L. 
Wilkins,  Mrs.  T.  E.:  Lessons  for  Children  of  the  New  Church. 
Boston.     Clapp.     80  pp. 

A  most  excellent  little  manual,  practical,  interestmg, 
affectionate,  and  distinctively  of  the  New  Church.— A. L. 
The  Child's  Oivn  Book  on  New  Church  Doctri^ie.     In  eight 
lessons.     By  a  Lady.     London.     Hodson.     80  pp. 

This  is  an  English  reprint  of  the  preceding  volume, 
published  without  permission  from  the  authoress,  and 
without  acknowledgment  of  its  origin.  This  action  has 
been  severely  commented  upon  v^M.  11:   170.     See  also 

/.  1837:  599.— A.  L.  ,      .     ^,      o 

AA^orcester,  Rev.    Henry  A.:  Sermons  on    the  Lord  s  Prayer. 

Boston.     Clapp.      187  pp. 

A   well-known  and   valuable   -work,  reviewed  m  M. 

11:    175. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America  Michigan  is  admitted  into  the  Union.  Chicago  is  incorporated 
as  a  city.  A  financial  panic  prevails  in  the  United  States.  A  long  con- 
troversy between  the  "Old  School  "  and  "  New  School  "  parties  leads  to  a 
great  division  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  America  ;  two  separate  "  Gen- 
eral Assemblies"  are  formed,  each  claiming  to  be  the  original  body;  the 
principles  of  the  "Old  School"  are  represented  by  the  theological  semi- 
naries of  Princeton  and  Columbia;  the  "New  School"  is  represented  by 
New  Haven  and  Union.     A  reunion  is  not  effected  until  187 1. 

Canada.  Insurgents  in  Canada  destroy  the  American  steamer  Caroline 
near  Niagara,  rising  an  issue  between  the  American  and  British  govern- 
meuts      Martial  law  is  proclaimed  in  Montreal. 

France.  The  Chamber  of  Deputies  is  dissolved,  and  fifty  new  peers  are 
created      Death  of  Charies  Fourier,  the  political  economist. 

Germany.     Hanover,    by    the   death    of  William  IV.,  is  separated   from 


428  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

England  by  virtue  of  the  Salic  law.  Ernest  Augustus,  duke  of  Cumberland, 
brother  of  William  IV.,  inherits  the  crown  of  Hanover.  He  abrogates  the 
constitution  of  1833,  ^"^  dismisses  seven  of  the  protesting  professors  at  the 
university  of  Gottingen. 

Great  Britain.  Death  of  William  IV.,  (June  20);  his  niece,  Victoria, 
daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Kent,  succeeds  to  the  throne.  Beginning  of  Father 
Mathew's  temperance  crusade. 

Mexico.     Bustamante  is  again  elected  president  of  Mexico. 

Russia.  The  Caucasian  chieftain,  Shamyl,  defeats  the  Russian  general, 
Ivelitch.  The  winter  palace  in  St.  Petersburg  is  burned.  Death  of  Alex- 
ander Pushkin,  the  poet. 

Spain.     The  Carlists  threaten  Madrid,  but  are  forced  to  retreat. 

18^8.  America.     Maryland^    Baltimore. — The   old    so- 

ciety having  become  disorganized  since  the  resigna- 
tion of  Mr.  Hargrove,  a  new  society,  of  twenty-six  members,  is 
now  formed  according  to  the  "Rules  of  Order"  of  the  General 
Convention.  The  society  has  been  visited  by  the  Rev.  Adonis 
Howard  and  Richard  De  Charms. — M.  12:  415. 

Massachusetts^  Abingtoii^  Sept.  13. — The  Massachusetts  As- 
sociation is  reorganized  in  conformity  with  the  "  Rules  of 
Order  "  of  the  Convention.  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester  is  elected 
president. — M.  12  :   217. 

East  Bridgewater^  August  12. — The  receivers  here  are  in- 
stituted into  a  society.  There  are  now  twenty-seven  members, 
under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  Adonis  Howard. — M.  12  :   72. 

North  Bridgezvater\  September  5. — A  society  of  twenty- 
three  persons  is  duly  organized  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester. 
Mr.  Warren  Goddard  is  preaching  here. — Ibid. 

New  York^  June  14-16. — Twentieth  General  Convention. 
Seven  ministers  and  twenty-seven  delegates  are  present.  Rev. 
Charles  I.  Doughty  is  elected  president.  The  ordination  of 
James  Seddon  and  Joseph  Pettee  is  granted.  The  Convention 
accepts  a  report  from  the  ordaining  ministers  recommending 
that  "the  Holy  Supper  should  be  administered  in  a  room 
where  no  others  are  present  but  the  members  of  the  Church," 
(in  accordance  with  the  "  conjugial  "  theory).  The  "  Rules  of 
Order,"  as  recommended  by  the  ordaining  ministers,  are 
adopted  as  the  Constitution  of  the  Convention.  There  are  now 
three  distinct  degrees  in  the  priesthood :  ministers,  pastors  and 


1838,  429 

ordaining  ministers,  each  to  be  introduced  into  the  respective 
degrees  by  an  act  of  ordination.  It  is  resolved  "  that  it  is  the 
sense  of  this  Convention,  that  no  one  of  the  societies,  now  its 
members,  which  shall  neglect  to  become  organized  according 
to  the  Rules  of  Order  adopted  by  the  Convention  until  after 
the  meeting  of  the  Convention  in  the  year  1839,  ought  there- 
after to  regard  itself,  or  to  be  regarded,  as  a  member  of  Con- 
vention." 

This  is  the  celebrated  "squeezing"  rule,  by  which  an 
attempt  was  made  to  force  the  episcopal  form  of  government 
upon  the  Church  at  large.  It  created  a  great  disturbance  in  the 
Church,  caused  the  secession  of  a  number  of  societies  and  led  to 
the  organization  of  the  "  Central  Convention."  The  rule  was 
modified  at  the  Convention  in  New  York,  1841. — Conv.  R, 
1838 ;  Ex.  270. 

September  9. — Owing  to  the  continued  disorder  in  the  New 
York  Society  the  pastoral  relation  of  the  Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty 
to  that  society  is  dissolved  by  a  tribunal  of  three  ordaining 
ministers,  according  to  the  "Rules  of  Order"  of  the  General 
Convention.  Mr.  Doughty  immediately  opens  independent 
services  at  his  own  house,  and  is  gradually  joined  by  a  number 
of  the  members  of  his  old  society. — Co?iv.  R.  1839:  405  ;  N, 
IL:687. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati^  May  10-14. — Sixth  Wester Ji  Convention^ 
Mr.  M.  G.  Williams,  president.  About  thirty  members  are 
present.  No  business  of  permanent  or  general  importance  is 
transacted. — P.  I.:   209  ;  A^.  IV.:  9,  138,  144. 

May  13. — Rev.  Richard  De  Charms  is  introduced  into  the 
third  degree  of  the  ministry  by  the  Rev.  Adam  Hurdus. — P.  I.: 
211. 

June  24. — Organization  of  the  "Third  New  Jerusalem 
Society  of  Cincinnati  "  by  its  pastor.  Rev.  Richard  De  Charms. 
—P.  II.:   29. 

September  16. — Death  of  Mr.  Alexander  Kinmont,  the 
"teacher"  or  preacher  of  the  Cincinnati  Second  Society,  a 
man  of  extraordinary  intellectual  abilities,  with  very  radical 


430  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

notions  as  to  the  priesthood  and  order  in  the  Church. — M.  12 : 
72;  Mess.  55:   172. 

Middleport,  Meig's  Co. — Rev.  Elisha  R.  Hibbard,  the  father 
of  Rev.  J.  R.  Hibbard,  receives  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church  and  openly  breaks  with  the  Methodists. — Mess.  44  : 
222. 

Pennsylvania^  Philadelphia. — The  Philadelphia  First  So- 
ciety communicates  to  the  General  Convention  a  resolution 
"that  this  society  is  opposed  to  the  adoption  of  any  govern- 
ment for  the  New  Jerusalem  Church,  which  would  recognize 
the  office  of  Bishop,  or  any  other  distinction  of  the  clergy  of 
said  Church."— a?;2z^.  R.  1838:  395. 

Australia.  Adelaide^  May  17. — ]Mr.  Jacob  Pitman  and  wife 
land  in  Adelaide.  This  marks  the  distinct  beginning  of  the 
New  Church  in  Australia.— il/.  29  :  352  ;  /.  1839  ;  445. 

France.  Pains. — A  new  society  is  formed  during  this  year, 
under  the  leadership  of  j\I.  Hartel,  an  old  veteran  of  the 
Napoleonic  wars,  at  36  Rue  de  Mail.  The  members  have  now 
disassociated  themselves  from  the  disorderly  influences  of  M. 
Broussais.  There  are  about  twenty  receivers  of  the  Doctrines 
in  Paris.—/.  1838:  322;  M.  22:  29;  /.  1839:  670;  1865: 
126. 

Saint  Aniand,  March  20. — M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays  begins 
the  publication  of  his  monthly  magazine.  La  Nonvelle  Jeinisa- 
lem.  He  is  assisted  in  this  work  by  Major  de  Fosse,  M. 
Blanchet,  of  Tarbes,  M.  de  Tollenaire,  of  Nantes,  and  the  Cap- 
tains Fraiche,  Paillard,  and  Purvis,  former  comrades  of  Captain 
Bernard.  The  new  journal  creates  quite  a  sensation  in  Catholic 
circles,  and  is  sharply  attacked  by  the  papal  organ,  D Echo 
du  Vatican,  and  other  clerical  papers. — /.  1865  :  125  ;  1838  : 
327;  M.\\\  445- 

September  21. — Mr.  Adam  Haworth,  of  Accrington,  visits 
M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays  at  Saint  i\mand.  There  are  now  two 
hundred  subscribers  to  the  new  magazine,  and  forty  regular 
members  of  the  congregation.  Mr.  Haworth  gives  an  ex- 
tremely interesting,  detailed  account  of  the  New  Church  in 
France  in  /.  1838:  321-332.  See  also  M.  12:  69,  and  L 
1845  :   152. 


1838.  431 

December. — A  New  Church  Tract  Society  for  France  is  in- 
stituted at  Saint  Amand.  M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays  is  the  presi- 
dent and  Eugene  Rollet,  secretary  of  the  society. — L.  N.  J.  I.  : 


Great  Britain.  Birmingham^  August  14-17. —  Thirty-first 
General  Conference.  Seven  ministers  and  twenty  representa- 
tives are  present.  Rev.  Edward  Madeley  is  elected  president. 
Rev.  Thomas  Goyder  is  appointed  an  ordaining  minister.  The 
ordination  of  Rev.  Richard  Storry,  of  Heywood,  is  approved, 
but  the  application  of  the  Friar  street  society  of  London,  for  the 
ordination  of  Mr.  T.  C.  Shaw,  is  refused,  as  Mr.  Shaw  is  not 
connected  with  that  society.  (Mr.  Shaw  was  the  intended 
pastor  of  the  new  society  at  Burton  street,  which  had  been 
formed  by  members  seceding  from  Mr.  Noble's  society  at 
Cross  street.  The  whole  Church  in  Great  Britain  was  affected 
by  the  dispute  between  the  two  parties,  and  the  Conference  was 
evenly  divided  as  to  the  propriety  of  admitting  the  Barton 
street  society  into  connection  with  the  general  body.  The 
president,  Mr.  Madeley,  refused  to  cast  the  deciding  vote,  and 
the  matter  was  dropped  for  the  time  being.)  The  Rules  of  the 
Conference  relating  to  the  reception  of  societies  into  connec- 
tion with  it  are  rescinded,  and  a  new  set  of  rules  adopted. 
Mr.  T.  F.  Salter  is  appointed  treasurer  of  the  Conference,  in 
place  of  the  late  Thomas  Jones,  Esq. — Conf.  R.  1838. 

The  animus  of  this  meeting,  as  viewed  by  Rev.  Samuel 
Noble,  is  described  at  length  in  /.  1838  :  265,  268. 

August  12. — Mr.  John  Cull,  of  Leeds,  is  ordained  into  the 
ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  Mr.  Noble. — Ibid. 

Heywood,  November  25. — Rev.  D.  Plowart  consecrates 
the  new  chapel  of  this  society,  and  ordains  the  leader,  Mr. 
Richard  Storry,  into  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church. — /. 
1838:  384. 

Leeds,  March  11. — The  society  opens  services  in  the 
"Bethel   Chapel"  in   Walton  street,  Holbeck.— /.  1838:   217. 

Liverpool,  November  18. — Dedication  of  the  new  temple  on 
Russell  street,  a  handsome  building,  with  seats  for  five  hun- 
dred persons. — /.  1838  :  383. 


432  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

London,  January  7. — Mr.  Woodville  Woodman  is  ordained 
into  the  Ministry  of  the  New  Church  by  Rev.  Manoah  Sibly. — 
/.  1838:   165. 

June  4. — Death  of  Thomas  Jones,  Esq.,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  and  zealous  of  the  members  of  the  New  Church  in 
England,  for  many  years  the  treasurer  of  the  General  Confer, 
ence  and  of  the  Swedenborg  Society, — a  steady  and  sterling 
New  Churchman.— i?.  5.  5.  1838  :   14;   Conf.  R.  1838:  6. 

June  19. — Twenty-ninth  annual  meeting  of  the  Sweden- 
borg Society.  The  Committee  reports,  among  other  things,  a 
large  grant  of  books  to  Mr.  Jacob  Pitman,  of  Bath,  for  use  in 
Australia.  The  Rev.  Augustus  Clissold  is  elected  a  member 
of  the  Committee.  Mr.  Henry  Bateman  is  elected  treasurer, 
and  Mr.  Leonard  S.  Coxe,  secretary.— i?.  5.  S.  1838  ;  /.  1838: 

332. 

September  11. — The  members  of  the  society  at  Cross  street 
hold  a  special  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  recording  their  ap- 
proval of  the  course  pursued  by  Mr.  Noble  at  the  Conference 
in  Birmingham,  and  to  express  their  sympathy  with  him  in 
the  "persecutions"  to  which  he  is  being  exposed  in  conse- 
quence of  his  "  righteous  endeavors  to  repel  the  evil  which  is 
now  assailing  the  church."  We  have  not  been  able  to  discover 
the  real  cause  of  the  trouble  which  at  this  period  agitated  the 
whole  New  Church  in  England,  but  surmise  that  the  differ- 
ences were  of  a  practical  or  personal,  rather  than  doctrinal, 
character. — /.  1838  :  333. 

Poole. — The  small  society  in  this  town  is  disrupted,  and  the 
services  abandoned,  owing  to  differences  among  the  members 
as  to  "  teetotalism." — /.    1838  :  274. 

SL  Heliers,  Jersey^  November  22. — Death  of  Captain 
James  Gomm,  R.  N.,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years.  The 
son  of  a  most  zealous  New  Churchman,  Mr.  William  Gomm, 
Secretary  of  the  British  Embassy  at  the  Hague,  (see  1785),  he 
settled  on  the  Island  of  Jersey  in  1808,  and  began  a  quiet 
but  persistent  propaganda  for  the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  which, 
in  1822,  resulted  in  the  establishment  of  a  small  New  Church 
society  at  St.  Heliers.     For  this  society  Captain  Gomm   acted 


^^3^'  433 

as  leader  and  preacher,  until,  in  1830,  it  was  broken  up,  owing 
to  mob-violence,  police  persecution,  and  internal  dissensions. 
The  work  revived  in  1837,  but  Captain  Gonim  was  now  too 
aged  and  feeble  to  assume  the  leadership.  He  was  through 
life  a  consistent,  devoted  and  talented  member  of  the  Church. — 
/.  1839:  497. 

NoTABIvE    ArTICI^ES. 

Intellectual  Repository,   1838. 

The  "total-abstinence"  controversy  is  continued  by  a  reply  from  "J.  B. 
A."  (Jonathan  Bayley,  Accrington)  to  the  article  by  Mr.  S.  Bradley.  The 
writer  attempts  to  prove,  from  the  Hebrew  and  from  the  Letter  of  the  Word, 
that  "wine,"  when  used  in  a  good  sense,  always  means  unfermented  wine. 
The  editor,  Mr.  Noble,  quickly  disproves  the  assertion.  The  efforts  of  "J. 
B.  A."  herewith  cease,  in  a  highly  amusing  manner. — pp.  69,  81,  150. 

A  "Pretended  ascription   to  Swedenborg  of   explicit  statements   on  the 
subject  of  Phrenology  "  disproved. — p.  443. 
La  Nouvelle  Jerusalem,  1838. 

Reply  of  M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays  to  an  editorial  attack  on  the  New  Church 
by  V Echo  du  Vatican.  The  chief  French  organ  of  the  pope  describes  the 
New  Church  as  a  most  worthy  foe,  the  most  attractive  and  seductive  of 
enemies,  and  promises  to  keep  up  the  controversy  with  M.  Le  Boys  des 
Guays  to  the  end,  but  retires  silently  immediately  after  the  appearance  of 
his  reply.— p.  33.  See  also /.  1838:  328.  The  controversy  is  published  in 
English  in  M.  12:  127. 
The  Precursor,   1838. 

"On  the  causes  of  Magnetic  Declension,"  by  Swedenborg;  translated,  pp. 
54,  III,  135.  182,  198,    232. 

"Thoughts  on  Contagion,"  a  powerful  plea  for  New  Church  distinctive- 
ness and  the  distinct  education  of  the  Church, — p.  253. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana   Coelestia.  vol.  V.,  (500  pp.)  and  vol.  VI., 
.      (392  pp.);   (nos.  3353-4636).     Tiibingen. 

Second  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 
Arcana  Coelestia.     Vol.  2.     Boston.     Otis  Clapp. 

First  American  edition. — A.  L. 
The  Apocalypse  Explained.     Vol.  III.     London.    'S.  S. 
Second     English     edition,     revised    b}^    Mr.     James 
Mitchell.— 7^.  6*.  ^.  1839:  7. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  Faith.     Bos- 
ton.    Clapp. 

Second  American  edition. — B.  L. 
The  Docti'ine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Sacred 
Scripture.     Boston.     Clapp. 


434  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Fourth  American  edition. — B.  L. 
The  hitercouj'se  between   the  Soul  a7id  the  Body.     Boston. 
Clapp. 

Third  American  edition. — B.  L. 
The  New  Jerusaleiii  and  its  Heavenly  Doctrine.      Boston. 
Clapp. 

Seventh  American  edition. — B.  ly. 

[Anonymous]:   Sunday  Lessons  for  the  Instruction   of  Childre?t 

of  the  New  Church,  in  Schools  or  at  Home.     By  a  member 

of  the  Boston  Society.     Boston.     Clapp.     163  pp. — A.  L. 

[Arbouin,  J.]:   Gems  of  Wisdom,  Moral  and  Divine.     London. 

Hodson.  76  pp. — A.  L. 
Bayley,  Rev.  J.:  Mr.  Roebuck' s  want  of  principle  in  his  Animad- 
versions exposed  and  co?idem7ied,  a7id  their  tendency  to- 
vilify  2i7ifolded,  as  far  as  relates  to  the  chai^ges  of  Foriiica- 
tion,  etc.,  being  sanctioned  in  the  N'eiv  fe7'usale?n  Church. 
18  pp. 

Reiftarks  on  Mr.  Roebuck s  admissions  of  error,  and 
observations  on  his  defense  of  his  calunuiies  agaiiist  the 
New  ferusalem  Church. — 36  pp. 

These  two  tracts  are  reviewed  in  /.  1838:  307. 
Carter,  James:      A    Lecture   on    the    Primitive    State   of  Man. 
London.     36  pp. 

Reviewed  in /.  1838:   211. 
Clissold,  Rev.  Augustus:    The  Practical  Nature  of  the  Doctrines 
and  alleged  Revelations  contained  in  the  Writings  of  Ho7i. 
Em.    Sivedenborg .     In   a    letter  to   his  grace,   the   Lord 
Archbishop  of  Dublin.     London.     Hodson.     355  pp. 

An  important  \vork;  reviewed  in  /.  1839:  425  and  M, 
12:  ^07. — A.  L. 
Clowes,    Rev.     John:     Explanation    of  the    Church    Catechism^ 
Hampton.     85  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Gospel  according  to  fohn.     Manchester.     Second  edi- 
tion—B.  M. 
Espy,  J.  M.:    The  Youth's  Manual  or  a  concise  and  simple  state- 
ment of  the  leading  doctrines  of  the    True   Christian  Re- 
ligon,     Columbus,  O.     35  pp. — A.  L- 
Goyder,    Rev.    Thomas:     The  Key  of  Knowledge  to  the  Holy 

Scriptures.     London.     Hodson.     312  pp. — A.  L. 
Hofaker,   Ludwig:    Schriften  aus  Gott,   dtwch  Johan7ies    Te7i7i- 


1838.  435 

hardt    (Writings   from     God,  through    J.     Tennhardt, 
with  notes  from  the  Writings  of  Swedenborg).    Vol.  II. 
450  pp.     Tubingen. — A.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :   The  Liturgy  of  the  New  Church.     London.     Hod- 
son. 

A  new  edition  of  the  Conference  Liturgy,  with  addi- 
tional chants,  and  certain  alterations  rendered  necessary 
by  the  new  laws  relating  to  marriage. — /.  1838:  275. 
Noble,  Rev.  Samuel:  A  Case  of  Entrance  into  the  New  Jerusa- 
le?n.     London.     Hodson.      16  pp. 

Contains  an  account  of   Mr.  Noble's  conversion  to  the 
New  Church.—/.  1839:  602.— A.  L. 
A  Discourse  o?i  the  removal  into  eternity  of  Thomas  fones, 

Esq.     London.     Hodson.      16  pp. — A.  L. 
An  Appeal  in  behalf  of  the  Doctrines  of  the  Nezv  ferusalem 
Church.     London.     Hodson. 
A  new  edition. — /.  1838:  391. 
[Periodicals]  :  La  Nouvelle ■Jerusalem,  Revue  religieuse  et  scien- 
tifque.     Vol.1.     Saint- Amand.      1838.     364  pp. 

A  monthly  magazine,  published  and  edited  by  M.  Le 
Boys  des  Guays.  To  each  number  are  appended  install- 
ments of  a  French  translation  of  the  Arcana  Coelestia 
and  a  summary  of  the  Internal  Sense  of  the  Apocalypse. 
—A.  L. 
The  Intellectual  Repository  for   1838,  together  with  issues 

for  1839,  constituting  Vol.  V. — A.  L. 
The   New  Jerusalem   Magazine  for    1 838-' 39,   Vol.    XII. 

Boston.     Clapp.     466  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Precursor  ior  1^2)^.     Vol.1.     Cincinnati. — A.  L. 
Reed,    Sampson:     Observations   on    the    Growth    of   the   Mind. 

Boston.     Clapp.     Third  edition. — B.  L. 
[Reports]:     General    Conference.     Minutes  for   1838.     London. 
Hodson.     80  pp. — A.  L. 
•   General  Convention  Journaliox  1838;  pubhshed  in  M.  11. 
Manchester  Missionary  Society,  21st  report. — /.  1838:   loi. 
Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  29.     London.     Hodson. 
23  pp.— A.  L. 
Roebuck,  Rev.  J.  H.:      The  Pri7iciples  afid  Te^idency  of  Siveden- 
borgianism  considered  and  exposed.     Manchester.    48  pp. 
The  author,  a  Methodist  preacher,  here  charges  the 


436  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEIP   CHURCH. 

New   Church    with    immoral    teachings;     reviewed — I.: 

1838:   307. 
Mr.  Baylef  s  "  VVaJit  of  Pnjiciples''  corrected.     Manches- 
ter.     16  pp. — Ibid. 
Shaw,  Thomas  C:  A  Discourse  o?i  the  removal  into  the  spiritual 
world,  of  Thomas  Jones,  Esq.     London.      16  pp. — A.  L. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Manoah:     The  Lord' s  Sheep  secure  in  the  midst  oj 

Wolves.  A  sermon.  London.  16  pp. — A.  L. 
Tafel,  Prof.  Im.:  Die  durchga^igliche  Gottlichkeit  der  Heiligen 
Schrift  (The  complete  Divinity  of  the  Sacred  Scrip- 
tures), with  a  reply  to  Dr.  Strauss  and  Dr.  Steudel). 
Tiibingen.  — 7;  M.  II:  96. 
^Voodman,  Rev.  Woodville:  A  lecture  071  the  Scriptural  Doc- 
t7'i7ie  of  the  Resur7'ectio7i.  London.  Hodson.  61  pp. 
Reviev^ed  in  /.  1839:  480 — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  Mormons  are  forced  to  leave  Ohio,  and  establish  them- 
selves at  Independence,  Jackson  Co.,  Missouri;  here  they  encounter  violent 
opposition  from  the  "  Gentiles,"  carry  on  open  warfare  against  the  citizens, 
but  are  finally  routed  by  the  militia,  and  retreat  to  IlHnois. 

Canada.  Sir  John  Colborne  is  appointed  Governor  in  Canada;  he  pro- 
claims martial  law,  puts  an  end  to  the  rebellion,  and  restores  order  in  the 
dominion. 

F7'a7ice.  Louis  J.  Daguerre  perfects  the  invention  of  photography.  Peace 
is  concluded  with  the  republic  of  Hayti. 

Great  Britain.  The  Royal  Exchange  of  London  is  burned.  Trans- 
Atlantic  steam  navigation  is  inaugurated  by  the  arrival  of  the  "  Great 
Western"  in  New  York.  Queen  Victoria  is  crowned.  (June  28).  The  rail- 
way from  London  to  Birmingham  is  opened.  Slavery  is  completely  abol- 
ished in  all  the  British  possessions.  Father  Mathews  preaches  total  absti- 
nence in  all  the  principal  cities  of  England,  Ireland  and  the  United  States; 
the  "temperance  movement"  assumes  enormous  proportions. 

India.  The  Indian  government  declares  war  against  Dost  Mohammed, 
the  Emir  of  Kabul. 

Italy.  The  Emperor  of  Austria  is  crowned  king  of  Venetian  Lombardy. 
The  pope  forbids  infant  schools  in  the  papal  states. 

jQ^/-.  America.     Illinois.,  Caiitoii^^xAy  6. — Organization 

^-^  of '' the  Association  of  the  Receivers  and  Readers 
of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church  in  the 
State  of  Illinois."  Mr.  John  F.  Randolph,  of  Canton,  is  elected 
president,  and  J.  Young  Scammon,  of  Chicago,  Secretary.    The 


i839-  437 

Association  adopts  a  name  and  brief  Rules  of  Order.  Measures 
are  taken  to  secure  the  services  of  a  New  Church  clergyman. 
The  custom  of  family  worship  is  earnestly  recommended. 
Receivers  of  the  Doctrines  are  reported  from  a  dozen  places  in 
the  State,  the  greatest  number  residing  at  Canton,  in  Fulton 
County.  In  Chicago  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scammon  are  the  only 
known  members  of  the  Church.  A  book  depository  has  been 
established  in  that  city. — M.  12:  416;  13:  30;  Conv.  R. 
1839:  415. 

Louisiana,  Nezv  Orleans,  March. — Eight  members  of  the 
New  Church,  all  from  the  North,  begin  to  meet  for  worship ; 
a  Sunday  School  is  established. — P.  I.:  396. 

Maine,  Bath,  August. — The  society  opens  a  day-school;  it  is 
attended  by  twenty  scholars — M.  12  :    116. 

Marylajid,  Baltimore,  December  6. — Death  of  the  Rev.  John 
Hargrove,  the  founder  and  patriarch  of  the  New  Church  in 
America.  Born  in  Ireland,  1750,  he  emigrated  to  America  in 
1769,  joined  the  Methodist  church  in  1777,  and  was  ordained 
a  preacher  in  1795  by  Bishop  Asbury.  When  first  hearing  of 
the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  in  1793,  he  much  opposed 
them,  and  began  to  study  the  Writings  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
troverting them,  but  within  a  few  years  he  became  convinced 
of  their  truth.  Resigning  from  the  Methodists  in  June  1798,  he 
now  began  to  preach  for  the  small  society  of  the  New  Church 
in  Baltimore,  and  was  ordained  by  that  society,  through  Ralph 
Mather,  on  July  8,  1798.  He  became  the  sole  pastor  of  the 
Baltimore  society  in  1800,  and  was,  until  18  [2,  the  only  New 
Church  minister  in  America.  He  was  the  first  president  of  the 
General  Convention,  and  was  re-elected  ten  times  to  this  office. 
From  him,  as  the  first  source,  have  been  derived  all  subsequent 
ordinations  of  ministers  in  the  New  Church  in  America. 
From  the  year  1808  to  1824  he  held  the  office  of  City  Reg- 
istrar of  Baltimore.  Sturdiness,  honesty,  courage,  and  benevo- 
lence were  his  leading  characteristics.  For  his  biography  see 
M.  14:  485,  M,  n.  s.  xvii.:   i.   R  III:  43. 

Massachusetts. — The  interest  in  distinctive  New  Church 
education  is  very  active  in  New  England  at  this  period.     The 


438  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

establishment  of  a  high  school  is  contemplated,  and  New 
Church  day-schools  are  regarded  as  the  most  important  and 
successful  means  of  evangelization. 

Abmgton,  July  25. — Rev.  Thomas  Worcester  "introduces" 
Mr.  Joseph  Pettee  into  the  second  degree  of  the  Ministry  of  the 
New  Church,  and  "ordains"  him  as  pastor  of  the  Abington 
society. — M.  12:  403. 

Boston^  January. — The  Massachusetts  Association  passes  a 
resolution  "  earnestly  recommending  to  each  society  belonging 
to  the  Association,  in  which  a  New  Church  school  is  not  al- 
ready established,  to  establish  a  school  as  early  as  practicable." 
— M.  12:  323. 

During  the  same  month  the  Boston  Society  appoints  Mr.  E. 
A.  Beaman  as  master  of  its  school,  which  is  now  attended  by 
sixty  scholars,  of  both  sexes.  The  course  includes  all  the  ordi- 
nary branches  of  education,  and  also  a  thorough  training  in 
the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church.  Heaven  and  Hell  and  The 
Earths  in  the  Universe  are  used  as  text  books.  Preparation 
for  Heaven  is  recognized  as  the  first  and  great  end  of  education, 
and  the  study  of  the  Word  is  made  paramount  in  this  school. 
— M.  12:  398;   Conv.  R.  1839:  399. 

June  12-15 — Tzventy-Jirst  General  Convejttion.  Seven 
ministers  and  thirty  delegates  are  present.  Rev.  Thomas 
Worcester  is  elected  president.  Rev.  Lewis  Beers  and  Rev. 
James  Seddon  are  baptized  at  the  opening  of  the  Convention. 
A  resolution  is  adopted  directing  the  secretary  to  address  a 
notice  to  all  such  societies  and  ministers  as  have  not  reported 
to  the  Convention,  "  inquiring  into  the  reason  of  the  neglect." 
A  standing  Book  Committee  and  a  standing  Committee  on 
Missions  are  appointed.  The  Missionary  and  Tract  Board  is 
abolished.  The  Rules  of  Order  are  amended,  striking  out 
the  words  "into  the  New  Church"  from  the  clause  which 
makes  baptism  obligatory  to  all  members  of  established  so- 
cieties. (The  words  stricken  out  were  considered  unnecessary, 
inastnuch  as  "  baptism  into  the  New  Church  is  the  only  real 
baptism,"  but  the  change,  in  effect,  abolished  the  obligation — 
see  p.  381.) 


^^39'  439 

The  ordination  of  Mr.  Wairen  Goddard  is  granted.  The 
establishment  of  New  Church  schools  is  earnestly  recom- 
mended. A  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence  is 
appointed.  It  is  resolved  that  "  all  applications  for  ordination 
into  the  first  degree  shall  be  made  to  the  ordaining  ministers, 
any  three  of  whom  may  grant  the  same."  The  sum  of  $200 
is  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  committee  of  the  ordaining 
ministers,  to  aid  students  for  the  ministry  in  their  course  of 
preparation.  This  marks  the  beginning  of  the  movement  for 
a  New  Church  Theological  School. — Conv.  R.   1839;  M.  12: 

363-430;  ^^^-  ^77- 

There  were  at  this  time  thirty-three  ministers  connected 
with  the  Convention, — nine  ordaining  ministers,  eleven  pastors 
and  thirteen  ministers  or  licentiates;  of  these,  sixteen  were  not 
regularly  officiating;  sixteen  did  not  report  to  the  Convention. 
—  Cojiv.  R.  1839:  425. 

Bridgezvater. — The  society  now  counts  eighty-one  mem- 
bers ;  twenty-five  of  these  were  added  within  the  last  year. — 
M.  12:  401. 

North  Bridgewater^  September  19. — Mr.  Warren  Goddard 
is  ordained  as  pastor  of  this  society  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester. 
— M.  13:   120. 

Michigan^  Detroit^  August  25. — The  Rev.  Holland  Weeks 
visits  the  members  of  the  New  Church  in  Detroit,  and  organ- 
izes a  society  of  seven  persons.  Mr.  Edwin  Burnham  is 
elected  leader.  A  Sunday-school  is  also  instituted.  This  so- 
ciety disbands  after  three  or  four  years,  in  consequence  of  the 
removal  of  all  the  members. — Field^s  History  of  the  New 
Church  in  Michigan.,  p.  6. 

Mr.  George  Field,  an  English  New  Churchman,  at  this  time 
settles  in  Calhoun  Co.,  Michigan.  He  introduces  the  Doctrines 
to  Mr.  Henry  Weller. — Ibid,  p.  5.  See  also,  Conv.  R.  1839: 
415;  M.  13:   160,  and  Mess.  57:  40. 

New  York  City. — The  society  gives  up  the  chapel  in  Pearl 
street,  and  begins  to  conduct  services  in  a  hall  on  Broadway. 
Mr.  E.  C.  Riley  is  elected  leader  and  reader.  Visits  are 
received  from   Revs.   Samuel   and    Thomas   Worcester,  under 


440  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

whose  guidance  the  society  is  reorganized  according  to  the 
new  rules  of  order  of  the  General  Convention.  A  "  charitable 
association  "  is  formed  among  the  members  for  the  purpose  of 
telling  one  another  their  faults,  ca.ch  one  thereby  to  make  more 
rapid  progress  in  his  regeneration  (!)  Great  confusion  follows. 
—  Conv.  R.  1839:  406;  A'.  II:  684-687. 

Riverhead^  Long  Island^  May  12. — A  Second  society  i& 
organized  here  by  Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty;  the  members  reside  at 
a  distance  of  five  miles  from  the  First  society. — M.  12:  411. 

December. — -The  First  society  of  Riverhead  opens  a  chapel 
for  public  worship. — Conv.  R.  1840:  425. 

Ohio^  Chillicothe^  April  15. — Publication  of  the  first  number 
of  The  Errand  Boy.,  an  erratic  periodical  conducted  by  certain 
anti-clerical  members.  It  produces  much  disturbance  in  the 
West.— r.  M.  II:  58. 

Cincinnati  June  5. — Seventh  Western  Conventioyi.  M.  G. 
Williams  is  elected  president.  A  resolution  is  adopted  to  the 
effect  that  the  Western  Convention  ought  now  to  "  assume  all 
legislative  powers  necessary  to  constitute  it  coordinate  with 
the  Eastern  Convention,"  (which  no  longer  is  recognized  in  the 
West  as  truly  a  "General  Convention").  The  Constitution  is 
consequently  amended,  declaring  that  the  objects  of  the  Western 
Convention  "  shall  be  to  provide  for  the  education  of  the  chil^ 
dren  of  New  Church  members,  the  qualifying  men  for  the 
ministry,  the  printing  and  distributing  the  Writings  of  the 
Church,  for  missionary  labors,  to  provide  for  the  granting 
licenses  and  powers  of  ordination,  and  other  general  uses."  The 
power  of  granting  ordination  is,  however,  declared  to  belong 
exclusively  to  the  Clergy. — P.  II:   i;  M.  13:  61. 

June  9. — The  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll  and  Adam  Hurdus  ordain 
Mr.  Elisha  R.  Hibbard,  and  his  son,  John  Randolph  Hibbard, 
into  the  first  degree  of  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church. — P. 
II:  4. 

Richland,  September  5. — Organization  of  the  "  Richland 
Co."  society. — P.  II:  47. 

Rutland,  Meig's  Co.  July  14. — Organization  of  the  "  Rut- 
land society  "  by  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll.     Rev.  J.   R.   Hibbard  is 


i8s9'  441 

the  leader  here;  his  father,  E.  R.  Hibbaid,  is  laboring  at 
Athens. — P.  II :  16,  29  ;  Mess.  44  :  263. 

Wooster.  August  31. — Organization  of  the  "  Plain  Town- 
ship society."  Twenty  members  reside  here,  under  the  lead- 
ership of  H.  N.  Strong,  formerly  a  Methodist  preacher,  who 
on  this  day  is  ordained  into  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church 
by  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll.  Mr.  N.  C.  Burnham,  formerly  of  Hen- 
derson, N.  Y.,  but  now  a  school  teacher  at  Seville,  O.,  and  a 
candidate  for  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church,  is  elected  sec- 
retary of  this  society. — P.  II :  30,  47. 

Pennsylvania.  Frankford^^nn^  17. — Rev.  L.  Beers  ordains 
James  Seddon  into  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church. — Conv. 
R.  1839  :  410. 

Philadelphia, — The  First  Society  reports  this  year  for  the 
last  time  to  the  General  Convention.  Greatly  dissatisfied  with 
the  Episcopal  form  of  government  and  with  the  arbitrary  en- 
forcement of  the  "Rules  of  Order,"  this  body  now  disasso- 
ciates itself  from  the  Convention,  though  without  formally 
resigning.  It  did  not  again  unite  with  that  body  until  to- 
wards  the  end  of  the   century. —  Conv.  R.  1839:  408;   N.  3: 

364. 

September  i. — The  Philadelphia  Second  society  is  reor- 
ganized according  to  the  ''Rules  of  Order"  of  the  General 
Convention.  Rev.  M.  B.  Roche  again  officiates  as  pastor. 
The  members  of  this  society  are  in  general  in  favor  of  the 
"conjugial"  relation  supposed  to  exist  between  a  pastor  and 
his  society. — Conv.  R.  1839:  408;  1840:  426;  N.  4:  147. 

Rhode  Island^  Providence^  October  15. — A  vSociety  of  eleven 
members  is  organized  here  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester. — M, 
13:  120. 

France.  St.  Amand^  May  11. — M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays,  in 
a  letter  to  the  Swedenborg  Society,  describes  the  beneficial  ef-^ 
fects  of  the  publication  of  La  Noiivelle  Jerusalem.  He  is  now 
about  to  begin  the  translation  of  the  Writings  into  French.  A 
new  receiver,  M.  C.  Chenau,  has  signified  his  intention  of  de- 
voting part  of  his  fortune  to  the  building  of  a  New  Church 
temple  at  St.  Amand.    Emile  Souvestre,  the  celebrated  littera- 


442  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

tetir,  in  a  biography  of  Edouard  Richer,  speaks  in  highly 
eulogistic  terms  of  Swedenborg  and  the  New  Church. — R.  S.  S 
1839:  9;  /.  1839:  494,  561. 


View  of  Tubingen. 

Germany.  Tiibmgejt. — Dr.  Im.  Tafel  publishes  his  im- 
portant Collection  of  Documents  respecting  Emanuel  Szveden- 
borg.  He  is  now  occupied  with  the  publication  of  the  Ad- 
versaria, In  an  important  letter  to  the  Swedenborg  Society  he 
proves  conclusively  that  Swedenborg  has  invariably  given  the 
correct  translation  of  passages  from  the  Word  in  the  Hebrew. 
R.  S.  S.  1839:  10;  /.  1840;  273. 

Great  Britain.  Birmingham^  May  24. — Death  of  Miss 
Martha  Perry,  aged  eighty-six  years,  a  woman  remarkable  in 
her  generation,  as  refusing  to  marry  out  of  the  New  Church. — 
/.  1839:  677. 

Haslingden^  August  9. — The  society  is  reconstituted,  and 
public  services  recommenced  after  an  interval  of  fourteen 
years. — M.  L.  1890:  197. 

Liverpool^  August  13-16. —  Thirty-Second  General  Confer- 
ence. Eleven  ministers  and  thirty  representatives  are  present. 
Rev.  Thomas  Goyder  is  elected  president.  The  Societies  at 
St.  Heliers,  Colchester  and  Chelmsford  are  admitted  into  con- 
nection   with    the    Conference.       The    application    from    the 


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Burton  street  society  in  London  is  accepted  after  a  long  and 
heated  discussion,  and  the  society  is  received.  The  Rev. 
Samuel  Noble,  in  consequence,  resigns  from  the  editorship  of 
the  Intellectual  Repository^  and,  virtually,  from  all  connection 
with  the  Conference. — Conf.  R.  1839.  See  also,  as  to  Mr. 
Noble's  views  in  regard  to  the  spirit  of  the  General  Confer- 
ence.— /.  1839:  611. 

London^  April  16. — Mr.  Elihu  Rich  organizes  the  ''New 
Church  Mutual  Instruction  Society"  for  the  systematic  study 
of  the  Science  of  Correspondences  ;  it  is  connected  with  the 
Burton  street  society. — /.  1840:  127. 

June  19. —  Thirteenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  A  resolution  is  adopted  recommending  the  sale  of 
Swedenborg's  writings  at  a  greatly  reduced  price.  The  com- 
mittee reports  unusual  activity  during  the  year.  The  writings 
have  been  presented  to  Thomas  Carlyle.  Rev.  M.  Sibly  pre- 
sents the  MS.  copies  of  the  Canones  and  De  Domino.  Dr. 
Wilkinson  is  elected  a  member  of  the  committee. — R.  S.  S. 

1839. 

The  meeting  is  attended  by  an  unusual  number  of  the  mem- 
bers, and  is  characterized  by  the  determined  efforts  of  the  com- 
mittee to  exclude  Rev.  Samuel  Noble  from  all  participation  in 
the  uses  of  the  society. —  O.  V.  174. 

August  6. — The  friends  of  Mr.  Noble  in  the  Swedenborg 
Society  hold  a  meeting  at  Cross  street,  and  issue  a  Statement 
of  Facts  in  confirmation  of  the  charges  made  by  Mr.  Noble 
against  the  conduct  of  the  committee.  This  calls  forth  a  bitter 
reply  from  the  latter,  in  a  pamphlet  signed  by  L.  S.  Coxe, 
secretary,  containing  counter  charges,  etc. — /.  1839:  685. 

November  28. — A  special  general  meeting  of  the  Sweden- 
borg Society  is  held  to  consider  certain  proposed  alterations  in 
the  laws  of  the  society,  "  and  other  matters."  After  much  and 
heated  discussion  the  meeting  adjourns  without  accomplishing 
anything. — /.  1840:  43. 

Loughborough^  July  14. — Death  of  Job  Abbott,  a  poor 
stocking-maker,  of  extraordinary  spiritual  intelligence, — a  truly 
remarkable  New  Churchman.     His  life  and  sayings  form  the 


444  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

subject  of  an  interesting  volume  by  Rev.  W.  Mason. — N.  C 
W.  p.  156. 

Manchester^  November  13. — Death  of  Mr.  Joseph  Osbaldis- 
ton,  one  of  the  earliest  and  most  active  of  the  members  of  the 
New  Church  in  Manchester,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Peter  street  society. — /.  1840:  96. 

Mirfield^  near  Dalton. — A  place  of  worship  is  opened  here. 
— /.  1839:  670. 

Preston^  August  6. — Organization  of  the  first  New  Church 
society  in  Preston.  The  members  soon  afterwards  open  a 
Sunday  School. — M.  L.  1894:  128. 

Russia. — Death  of  his  excellency,  Stephen  Djunkovskay^ 
imperial  councillor  and  director  of  the  Department  of  the 
Economy  of  the  State  and  of  Public  Works.  He  received  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  while  sojourning  in  Ivondon, 
1 784-1792,  and  translated  the  Divine  Love  and  Wisdom  into 
Russian.  This  edition  was  published  at  Karlsruhe,  in  1864. 
— /.  1864:  137. 

Sweden,  Carlskrona^  May  5. — A  dignitary  of  the  Lutheran 
Church  describes  the  wonderful  permeation  of  New  Church 
Doctrine  among  the  Swedish  clergy,  and  anticipates  the  speedy 
and  radical  reform  of  the  established "  church  through  some 
secret  and  invisible  influence. — M.  13:  71;  P.  II.  31. 

N0TAB1.E  Articles. 

Intellectual  Repository ,  1839. 

A  lively  discussion  on  the  correctness  of  Swedenborg's  disclosures  con- 
cerning the  Quakers  and  their  secret  "enormities  "  forms  an  interesting  and 
valuable  feature  of  this  volume.  Many  remarkable  confirmations  of  the 
Doctrines  are  given  from  personal  experiences — pp.  359,  415,  417,  455,  533, 
537,  578. 

"The  apparent  contradictions  in  Swedenborg's  account  of  Calvin   dis- 
cussed and  reconciled,  pp.  641,  644. 
La  Nouvelle  Jerusalem,  1832. 

Emile  Souvestre  on  Swedenborg,  p.  2. 
The  Precursor,  1839. 

"The  Authority  of  Swedenborg,"  Mr.  De  Charms'  first  article  on  this 
subject,  p.  348. 

"  On  Order,"  the  need  of  attention  to  external  order  in  ecclesiastical  mat- 
ters, general  principles  of  social  order,  disorders  necessarily  adhering  to 


^^39'  445 

the  New  Church   in  its   beginning,  the  way  of  coming  into  order,  etc.,  a 
series  of  most  important  articles,  pp.  316,  332,  343,  361,  378,  390. 
"The  term  '  Swedenborgian,'  "  a  disclaimer,  vol.  II,  p.  75. 

Publications. 
Swedenborg  :    A  Brief  Exposition   of  the  Doctrine  of  the  New 
Church.      Boston.     Clapp. 

Third  American   Edition. — B.  L. 
Appendix  to  the  White  Horse  (Concerning  the  Horse  and 
the   Hieroglyphics).     Translated  and  published  in  M. 

13:   563. 
Arcana    Coelestia.     Vols.  vii.    and   viii.  (Nos.   4635-6626.) 
Tiibingen. 

Second  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 
Arca?ia  Coelestia.     Vol.  3.      Boston.     Clapp. 

First  x\merican  edition. — A.  L 
Den     Uppenbarade     Uppenbarelseboken     (Apocalypse    Re- 
vealed).    Vol.  II.     Stockholm.     Deleen.     250  pp. 
First  Swedish  edition.     Vol.  I.  was  published  in  1827. 
Heaven  aiid  Hell.     London.     S.  S. 

Eighth  English  editian;  a  new  version,  translated  by 
Rev.  Samuel  Noble;  reviewed  in  /.  1840:   173. — A.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  ferusalem    concerning   Charity, 
London.     Newberry. 

First   English   edition,    translated    by    Dr.    James  J. 
Garth  Wilkinson.     Reviewed  in  M.  1840:  282. 
The  Earths  in  the  U?iiverse.      Boston.     Clapp 

Second  American  edition. — B.  L. 
The  Four  Leadi7ig  Doctrines.     Boston.      Clapp. — B.  L- 
The  Intercourse  between  the  Soul  and  the  Body.     Hampton. 

Ninth  English  edition. — S.  S.  L. 
71ie  Last  fudgnient,  and,  Continuation  concerning  the  Last 
ftidgment.       London.       "Published    by    an    individual 
receiver." 

Fourth  English  edition,  translated  so  as  to  give  coun- 
tenance to  the  heresy  of  Chas.  Aug.  Tulk.     The  fraud 
has  been  exposed  b}^  Rev.  S.  Noble  in/.  1839:  661. 
[Anonymous]  :  A   Mother' s  Legacy  to  Her  Children.     London. 
96  pp. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1839:  545. 
A  Refutation  of  Mr.  f.  H.  Roebuck' s  Pamphlet  by  a?t  Ex- 


446  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH, 

a77iinerof  the  New  Chiirch  Doctrines.     Loudon.      130  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1839:  672;   1840:  84. 
A   Voice  From  Ireland,  iri  a  Letter  to  the  Pope,  on  Christia?i 

Worship.  London.  Hodson.  31  pp. — A.  L. 
Sunday  Lessons  for  the  histructioyi  of  the  Childreji  of  the 
New  ferusaleni.  London.  Hodson.  107  pp.  Re- 
printed from  the  American  edition. — /.  1839:  34,  671. 
The  Young  Farmer;  a  Story  for  Children.  By  a  Lady. 
Boston.     Clapp. 

Reviewed  \n  M.  12:  353. 
Arbouin,  James:  Dissertatiorts  o?i  the  Regenerate  Life.     London. 
Hodson.      195  pp. 

An  enlarged  and  improved  edition,  edited  by  Rev. 
William  Mason.  /.  1841:  23. — A.  L. 
Beurling,  C.  H.:  Oni  Tidens  Tecke?i.  (On  the  signs  of  the 
times  with  extracts  from  the  prophecies  of  the  Word  con- 
cerning the  New  Church).  Stockholm.  Deleen.  77 
pp.— A.  L. 
Carpenter,  Benjamin  O.:  Advoitures  of  a  Copy  of  Swedenborg' s 
Treatise  concerning  ''Heaven  and  Hell.''  By  Itself. 
Chillicothe,  O.     41  pp. 

A  curious    but   very   interesting    missionary   tract. — 
A.  L. 
Clissold,    Rev.    Augustus:     The   Practical    Nature  of  Szveden- 
borg' s  Writings.     Boston.     Clapp.     245. 
Reprinted  from  the  English  edition. — A.  L. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  Dialogties  on  the  A^ature,  Design  and  Evi- 
dence of  Swedenborg'  s    Writi^igs.     Boston.     Clapp.     70 
pp.— A.  L. 
The  Parables  of  fesus  Christ  Explained.     London.     Hod- 
son.    310  pp. 

Second  edition. — A.  L. 
Coxe,  Leonard  S.:    To  the  iuembers  of  the  London  Prijiting  So- 
ciety.    London.     31  pp. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Swedenborg  Society  here  defends 
the  Committee  against  certain  charges  made  by  Rev.  S. 
Noble,  and  bitterly  attacks  the  latter,  who  replies  in  /. 
1839:  685.  The  pamphlet  caused  great  scandal  and 
uproar  in  the  Church  in  England. — S.  S.  L. 
Goyder,Rev.  D.G.:  The  Principles  and  Te7idencies  of  Sivedeiiborg- 


i839'  AA7 

ianism  coiisidered  and  dejended  against  the  U7iprincipled 
misrepresentations  of  Rev.  J.  H.  Roebuck.      Glasgow.     46 
pp.     /.  1840:  84. — Cin.  L. 
Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas:    The  Caution  :  a  lecture  on  the  Trinity^ 

London.      Hodson.      20  pp. — A.  ly. 
Hofaker,  L.:  Er  bei  uns.     Dnrch  Annchen  Lineiveg  aus  Sanct 
Gallen.     Tubingen. 

A  spiritistic  work. — A.  L. 
Noble,  Rev.  Samuel:  Diimie  Encouragement  for  those  zvho  follozv- 
the  Loi'd  through  trials  and  persecutions.     London. 

A  sermon,   in  which  the   author  refers  to    his   own 
present  troubles  in  the  church. — /.  1839:  602. 
The  Plenaiy  Inspiration  of  the  Sacred  Scripture.     Cincin- 
nati.     316  pp. 

Published  by  the  Western  Convention. — B.  L. 
The  Peace  of  those  zvho  seek  the  Peace  of  the  Nezv  ferusalem^ 
A  sermon.     London. — /.  1839:  602. 
Odhner,  Rev.   P.   H.:    Fbrklaring  bfver  Bbnen   ''Fader    Vdr'' 
(Explanation  of  the  Lord's  Prayer).  Mariestad.  Sweden. 
24  pp. — R.  L. 
[Periodicals]:  La  Nouvelle  ferusalem.     Vol.11.     Saint- Amand. 
376  pp.— A.  L. 
The   Errand  Boy,  or  Nezv    Church   Messenger,     A  small 
serial  publication,  edited  and  issued  by  John  S.  Williams 
and  William  Elder,  at  Chillicothe,  O.     It  was  devoted 
to  controverting  the  supposed  hierarchal  tendencies  of 
Rev.  Richard  De  Charms  and  the  Western  Convention^ 
and  is  very  bitter  in  spirit. — M.  n.  s.  IX:   214;   T.  M. 
II:   58.— A.  L. 
The  hitellectual  Repository  for  1839;  together  with  issues 
for    1838   completing  vol.   5.     London.     Hodson.     690 
pp.— A.  L. 
The  New  ferusalem  Magaziyie    for   1839-40.     Vol.   XIII. 

Boston.     Clapp.     490  pp. — A.  L. 
The  New  Chuirh  Preacher,  consistifig  of  sermons,  doctrinal 
and  practical,  by  the  ministers  and  preachers  of  the  A^eiv 
Church.     Issued  periodically.     Vol.  I.     London.     Hod- 
so"-     375  pp.— A.  L. 
The  Precursor.     Vol.  II.      Cincinnati,  1839. — A.  L. 
Proctor,  Charles:  An  Essay  on  the  Credibility  of  Szvedenborg ^ 


448  AXXALS  OF  THE  NEJV  CHURCH. 

Boston.     Clapp.     45  pp.     From  the  second  London  edi- 
tion— A.  Iv. 
Reed,  Sampson:    Correspondences  for  Children  of  the  Neiv  Church. 
Boston.     Clapp.     Reviewed,  M.  12:   169. 
Observations  on  the  Growth  of  the  Mind.     London.     New- 
berry.    40  pp. — B.  L. 
[Reports]:    General   Conference.     Minutes  for    1839.     London. 
Hodson.     56  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Convention.    Journal  for  1839.    Published  in  Af.  1 2 . 
Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  30.     London.     Hodson. 
48  pp.— A.  L. 
Scott,  James:   Questions  on  the  Doctrine  of  the  New  ferusalem 
respecting   the   Sacred  Scripture.      Boston.      Clapp.      52 
pp.— A.  L. 
Sibly,  Rev.   Manoah:     An  Address  to   the  Society  of  the  New 
Chu7xh,  meeting  in  F^dar  str-eet ,  London.    London.    24  pp. 
The  writer  here  exhibits  the  claims  of  the  Friar  street 
society  to  recognition  as  the  oldest  society  in  the  New^ 
Church.— A.  L. 
Tafel,  Prof,  Im.:  Sainmlung  von  Urkunden  beh^effend  das  Leben 
2ind  den  character  Ema7iuel  Swedenborgs.     (A  collection 
of  documents    respecting    the    life    and    character    of 
Emanuel    Swedenborg).     Part     i     and    2.     Tiibingen. 
436  pp. 

A   publication   of  the  greatest  historical   importance, 
the  basis  of  the  Documents  Concerning  Sivedenborg ,  pub- 
lished by  Dr.  R.  L.  Tafel  in  1875. — Reviewed  in  /.  1840: 
273.— A.  L. 
Wilkins,  Mrs,  T.  E.:    "  JJjiterricht  voni  eiuigen  Leben,  fir  Kin- 
der.''    Tiibhigen.     40  pp.     Translated  from  the  English 
by  the  wife  of  Prof.  Im.  Tafel.—/)/.  13:  343.— A.  L. 
Contemporary  Events. 
America.     The  Mormons,  now  fifteen  thousand  in  number,  build  the  city 
of   Nauvoo,  near  Quincy,  111.,  and   erect   a   grand   temple;  Joseph    Smith 
assumes  autocratic  power  over  the  colony. 

Australia.     The  English  establish  their  first  settlements  in  New  Zealand. 
Gold  is  discovered  in  Australia. 

Belgium.     Holland  and  Belgium  make  the  final  settlement  of  their  dis- 
pute; Luxemburg  and  Limburg  are  divided  between  the  two  kingdoms. 
Central  America.     The  confederacy  of  Central  America  is  dissolved. 
China.     Evariste  Hue,  the  French  Roman  Catholic  missionary,  begins  his 
extensive  travels  in  China  and  Thibet. 


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Denmark.     Christian  VIII.  succeeds  Frederic  VI.  on  the  Danish  throne. 

France.  Soult  forms  a  new  cabinet.  The  struggle  between  Abd-el-Kader 
and  the  French  is  renewed  in  Africa.  Mexico  concludes  peace  with  France 
at  Vera  Cruz. 

Great  Britain.  Richard  Cobden  founds  the  Anti-Corn-Ivaw  I^eague  and 
begins  his  agitation  for  free-trade.  Radical  Reformers  in  the  Parliament 
inaugurate  the  "Chartist"  movement;  monster  petitions  are  presented  to 
Parliament,  demanding  universal  suffrage;  riots  occur  at  Birmingham,  New- 
port, and  other  places.     The  British  take  possession  of  Aden. 

India.     British  forces  invade  Afghanistan  and  occupy  Kabul. 

Russia.  The  Russians  are  victorious  in  the  Caucasus,  but  an  expedition 
against  Khiva  ends  in  disaster. 

Spaifi.  The  Carlists  are  totally  defeated  by  Espartero.  Don  Carlos,  with 
family,  leaves  Spain. 

Syria.  Death  of  Lady  Stanhope,  the  famous  but  eccentric  niece  of 
William  Pitt. 

Turkey.  Death  of  Sultan  Mahmoud  II. ;  he  is  succeeded  by  Abdul-Mejid. 
The  war  against  Mehemet  AH,  viceroy  of  Egypt,  is  renewed,  but  the  Turks 
are  completely  defeated.  Constitutional  reforms  are  inaugurated  in  Turkey 
by  the  sultan,  under  the  guidance  of  Reshid  Pasha. 


t8/LO  America.     The  census  of  the  United  States  gives 

'  to  the  New  Church  a  membership  of  eight  hundred 

and  fifty  persons,  with  twenty-six  societies,  twenty  ordained 
ministers,  and  twenty  temples, — thus  showing  during  the  past 
decade  an  increase  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  members,  four 
ministers  and  six  temples,  with  a  decrease  of  two  societies. — 
Mess.  47:  283;  M.  n.  s.  VI.:  440. 

Massachusetts^  Boston.,  January  13. — Death  of  Mr.  Nathaniel 
Hobart,  the  author  of  the  first  Life  of  Swedenborg^  and  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Boston  society.  His  death  occurred  on 
board  the  steamer  Ivcxington,  which  was  burned  on  lyOng 
Island  Sound,  one  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  passengers  perish- 
ing at  the  time. — Mess.  28:  142. 

New  York  City.,  June. — Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty  and  his  friends 
institute  regular  weekly  meetings,  and  begin  to  take  measures 
for  organization  as  a  society. — C.  C.  R.  No.  2,  p.  25. 

December. — Mr.  B.  F.  Barrett,  a  recent  convert  from  the 
Unitarian  Church,  and  now  minister  to  the  New  York  society, 
commences  a  course  of  evangelistic  lectures  at  the  lyyceum, 
which  attract  great  attention  in   the  city.     This   marks   the 


450  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

beginning  of  Mr.  Barrett's  long  career  of  activity  in  the  New 
Church.— C^;^^^.  R.  1841:  429. 

Ohio,  Cincinnati,  ^^.mx^xy  6. — Opening  of  the  "Cincinnati 
New  Church  School,"  with  Mr.  Milo  G.  Williams  as  principal, 
T.  O.  Prescott,  (afterwards  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott-Hiller),  as 
classical  teacher,  and  Miss  Mary  A.  Pancoast,  (afterwards  Mrs. 
N.  C.  Burnham),  as  assistant  teacher.  Rev.  N.  C.  Burnham 
soon  afterwards  becomes  connected  with  the  school. — P,  II.: 
124,  304.     Mess.  44:  293. 

A  school  house  is  erected,  adjoining  the  church,  by  Mr.  S.  S. 
Smith,  and  opened  on  July  6. — P.  II:  192. 

May  13-19. — Eighth  Western  Convention,  Mr.  Milo  G. 
Williams  is  elected  president.  Rules  of  Procedure  are  adopt- 
ed. The  convention  condemns  the  action  of  their  messenger 
to  the  "  Eastern  Convention"  in  1838,  for  interfering  with  the 
request  of  the  Cincinnati  second  society  for  the  ordination  of 
the  late  Alexander  Kinmont.  Rules  are  adopted  for  the  regu- 
lation of  the  ministry.  A  Committee  of  Foreign  Correspond- 
ence is  appointed. — P.  II.:  161. 

May  18. — Mr.  Nathan  Clark  Burnham  is  ordained  into  the 
first  degree  of  the  ministry  by  Rev.  Messrs.  Carll  and  Hurdus. 
—P.  II.:   165. 

Pennsylvania.  Greensburg,  October  6. — Death  of  Hon. 
John  Young,  the  earliest  receiver  of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church  in  the  United  States,  and  the  planter  of  the  New 
Church  in  the  West.  Born  at  Glasgow,  July  12,  1762,  he 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  the  father  of  Sir  Walter  Scott, 
emigrated  to  America  in  1777,  and  entered  the  legal  profes- 
sion at  Philadelphia  in  1784.  He  was  one  of  those  who  at- 
tended the  lectures  of  James  Glen,  in  June,  1784,  and  he  at 
once  received  the  new  doctrines,  reading  through  the  Arcana 
Ccelestia,  which  he  borrowed  from  Mr.  Glen.  He  was  the 
first  person  who  ordered  the  Trne  Christian  Religion  from 
England.  Lending  his  copy  of  this  work  to  Mr.  Francis 
Bailey,  for  the  purpose  of  issuing  an  American  edition,  he 
secured  subscriptions  from  Benjamin  Franklin,  Robert  Morris, 
and  other  celebrated  persons.      He  subsequently  took  an  active 


1840,  451 

part  in  all  the  early  movements  of  the  New  Church  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  introduced  the  Doctrines  to  a  great  number  of 
persons  who  became  zealous  members  of  the  Church.  He 
married  Miss  Maria  Barclay,  a  receiver  of  the  Doctrines,  in 
1789,  and  located  as  a  lawyer  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  served  as 
a  Captain  of  the  Militia  against  the  Indians  in  1792,  removed 
to  Greensburg  in  1795,  and  was  appointed  presiding  Judge  of 
Western  Pennsylvania  in  1806,  in  which  office  he  served  with 
great  distinction  until  the  year  1837.  It  was  he  who  supplied 
*' Johnny  Appleseed"  with  the  New  Church  literature  which 
the  latter  spread  among  the  early  settlers  in  Ohio,  and  by  this 
and  other  more  direct  means  he  contributed  greatly  to  the 
planting  of  the  New  Church  in  the  district  west  of  the  Alle- 
gheny mountains.  He  was  a  profound  student  of  the  Writ- 
ings and  of  the  Word  in  the  original  tongues,  and  is  said  to 
have  been,  next  to  Jonathan  Condy,  of  Philadelphia,  the  most 
intelligent  layman  of  the  Church  in  that  age.  Personally  he 
was  "a  fine  specimen  of  the  polite  gentleman  of  the  old 
school,  benevolent,  urbane,  conscientious,  innocent — a  profound 
jurist,  an  upright  judge,  a  Christian  philanthropist  and  patriot." 
— iV.  I:  76. 

Leraysville^  June  4. — Mr.  Lemuel  C.  Belding  is  ordained 
pastor  of  this  society  by  the  Rev.  L.  Beers — Conv.  R.  1840: 
427. 

Philadelphia^  January. — Rev.  Richard  De  Charms  removes 
from  Cincinnati  to  take  pastoral  charge  of  the  Philadelphia  First 
society,  now  worshiping  at  the  N.  E.  corner  of  Eighth  and 
Chestnut  streets — P.  11. :  112,  237. 

May  26. — A  number  of  receivers,  embracing  most  of  those 
who  had  been  members  of  the  former  First  society,  together 
with  several  who  had  withdrawn  from  the  Second  society, 
organize  anew  as  the  "First  New  Jerusalem  Society  of  Phila- 
delphia." Public  worship  is  resumed,  with  Rev.  R.  De 
Charms  as  pastor. — C.  C.  R.  No.  2,  p.  25. 

May  30-June  2. — Preparatory  meeting  of  the  Central  Con- 
vention, Agreeably  to  a  call  announced  in  a  pamphlet  entitled 
"Reasons  and  Principles  for  a  Middle  Convention,"  sixty-four 


452  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

members  of  the  New  Church  from  the  States  of  New  York, 
Pennsylvania,  and  Maryland,  assemble  at  the  place  of  worship 
of  the  Philadelphia  First  society.  The  meeting  is  opened  by 
Rev.  Richard  De  Charms.  Rev.  Chas.  I.  Doughty  is  chosen 
president,  Mr.  William  Chauvenet,  secretary,  and  Mr.  De 
Charms,  corresponding  secretary.  The  *'  Central  Convention" 
is  organized  as  a  general  body  of  individual  members  of  the 
New  Church,  co-ordinate  with  the  *' Eastern"  Convention.  An 
acting  committee  is  appointed ;  it  is  instructed  to  print  and  cir- 
culate the  journal  of  this  meeting,  and  to  prepare  a  plan  for  the 
publication  of  a  periodical  work,  to  be  conducted  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Central  Convention. — C.  C.  R.  no.  i ;  P.  II.:  216. 

This  movement  was  a  result  of  the  wide-spread  opposition 
to  the  arbitrary  "  Rules  of  Order"  adopted  by  the  General  Con- 
vention, and  to  the  theory  of  a  "  conjugial  "  relation  between 
pastors  and  societies,  now  generally  enforced  by  the  dominant 
element  of  the  Church  in  the  New  England  States.  The 
establishment  of  the  Central  Convention  was  purely  a  move- 
ment for  ecclesiastical  freedom ;  on  questions  of  Doctrine  and 
Church  government  its  members  had  widely  diverging 
opinions. 

June  ^-^ . — The  Twenty-second  General  Convention  is  held 
in  the  temple  of  the  Philadelphia  Second  society.  Nine  min- 
isters and  twenty-four  delegates  are  present.  Rev.  Thomas 
Worcester  is  elected  president.  The  ordination  of  B.  F.  Bar- 
rett and  of  S.  F.  Dike  is  granted.  A  communication  addressed 
to  the  "Eastern"  Convention  is  rejected  as  inadmissible.  Vari- 
ous sections  of  the  Rules  of  Order  are  amended.  It  is  resolved 
"that  instead  of  the  Committee  of  Ordaining  Ministers, 
all  the  ministers  belonging  to  this  Convention  constitute  a 
Committee  on  Ecclesiastical  Affairs  for  the  ensuing  year." 
The  ordaining  ministers,  together  with  actual  pastors,  are 
constituted  a  "Pastoral  Committee,"  to  whom  may  be  referred 
any  differences  existing  between  members  of  the  church,  or  in 
societies  destitute  of  a  pastor. — Conv.  R.  1840,  N.  IV.:   2. 

June   7. — Rev.   Thomas   Worcester  ordains   Mr.    Benjamin 


1840,  453 

Fisk  Barrett,  of  New  York,  and  Mr.  Samuel   Fuller  Dike,  of 
Bath,  into  the  first  degree  of  the  ministry.— M  13  :  411- 

Philadelphia,   October   15-19.— 5^^^;^^  Preparatory  Meet- 
ing  of  the  Middle  Convention.     The  meeting  is  attended  by 
the    Rev.    C.    I.    Doughty,    Rev.    Richard   De  Charms,    and 
Rev.  James  Robinson,  together  with  fifty  lay  members  from 
various  States.     Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty  is  elected   president.     A 
Constitution   is  adopted,   various  committees  appointed,   and 
steps  are  taken  to  publish  a  magazine,  to  be  entitled  The  New- 
churchman,  as  the  organ  of  the  Convention.     In   its  Constitu- 
tion this  body,  now  calling  itself  "  The  Central  Convention:' 
declares  that  it  is  "  to  consist  of  such  receivers  in  any  part  of  the 
United  States,  whether  isolated  or  members  of  societies,  as 
may  be  disposed  to  join   the  same,  who   may   feel  a  greater 
spiritual  affinity  for  it  than  any  other  similar  body."     The 
Convention  disclaims  any  right  whatever  "  to  exercise  control 
or  dominion  over  the  members  of  the  New   Church   in   their 
individual  or  collective  capacity."     The  administration  of  the 
ecclesiastical  affairs  of  the  Convention  is  placed  in  the  hands 
of  an  Ecclesiastical   Council,  constituted  of  all   the  ministers, 
of  whatever  degree,  belonging  to  this  body.     The  administra- 
tion of  the  civil   affairs  is  exercised  by  the   general  officers  ot 
the  Convention,  together  with  an  Acting  Committee,  chosen 
from  the  lay    members  for  the  term  of  one  year. — C  C.  R. 


no.  2. 


Rhode  Island,  Providence,  September.— Rev.  Richard  De 
Charms,  by  invitation,  preaches  to  this  society,  and  adminis- 
ters the  Holy  Supper  publicly,  in  the  temple,  instead  of  pri- 
vately in  a  room,  according  to  the  custom  in  New  England. 
This  is  subsequently  charged  against  him  as  a  grievous  dis- 
order by  the  president  of  the  General  Convention.— iV.  I  : 
423;   Conv.  R.  1842:  417. 

France.  St.  Amand,  March  20.— The  corner-stone  for  a 
New  Church  temple  is  laid  on  this  day,  but  the  building  is 
left  unfinished,  as  the  principal  donor  to  the  building  fund, 
M.  Chenau,  insists  upon  conditions  which  the  members  of  the 
Church  cannot  accept.—/.  1840:  486  ;   1845  :   I53- 


454  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Germany.  Reutlingen.,  February. — Rev.  Gustaf  Werner,  a 
young  Lutheran  clergyman,  is  interdicted  from  preaching  by 
the  ecclesiastical  authorities  of  Wiirtemberg  on  account  of 
"  Svvedenborgian  "  teachings.  He  attracts  much  attention  by 
establishing  a  self-supporting  institution  for  the  education  of 
orphans,  in  which  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  are  regu- 
larly taught  for  a  while. — /.  1843  •   I95- 

Tubingen^  May  31. — Dr.  Tafel,  in  a  letter  to  America,  de- 
scribes the  conditions  of  the  New  Church  in  Germany.  No 
regular  societies  have  been  formed  as  yet,  religious  freedom 
being  considerably  restricted.  A  number  of  Old  Church  min- 
isters are  secretly  preaching  the  Heavenly  Doctrines.  There 
are  many  receivers  at  Stuttgardt,  Ulm,  Rutesheim,  Reutlingen 
and  Gorlitz.  There  are  also  a  few  at  Munich,  Ratzeburg, 
Wiesbaden,  and  other  places. — M.  14:   108,  227. 

Unterbbhringeii^  July  2. — Pastor  W.  H.  Fehleisen,  a  re- 
ceiver of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  resigns  from  his 
pastorate,  and  emigrates  to  America.  He  finally  settles  in 
Ohio  and  is  instrumental  in  establishing  several  small  New 
Church  societies  among  the  Germans  in  Southern  Ohio. 
Some  of  his  descendants  are  still  members  of  the  Church. — /. 
1 84 1,  April  and  May  (wrapper). 

Great  Britain.  Alloa,  Scotland,  June  14. — A  chapel  is 
opened  for  this  society  ;  Mr.  A.  Drysdale  is  the  leader.  The 
Doctrines  were  introduced  here  in  1798. — /.  1840  :  338. 

Haslingden,  July  16. — A  place  of  worship  is  opened. — /. 
1840:   191. 

London,  June  19. — Thirty-first  annual  meeting  of  the  Swe- 
denborg  Society.  The  committee  reports  an  unusual  activity 
during  the  year,  in  the  printing  and  distribution  of  the  Writ- 
ings. A  standard  page  for  all  the  publications  has  been 
adopted.  Works  have  been  presented  to  Thomas  Carlyle  and 
to  Henry  Drummond,  (afterwards  known  as  the  author  of 
Natural  Law  in  the  Spiritual  Worla).  Dr.  J.  J.  Garth  Wilk- 
inson has  been  appointed  librarian  of  the  society.  The  sale 
of  works  within  the  past  year  has  amounted  to  3,340  volumes, 
being  four  times  greater  than  during  the  previous  year.     The 


iS4o^  455 

price  of  the  publications  has  been  very  greatly  reduced. — R, 
S.  S.  1840. 

June  22. — Dr.  Wilkinson  begins  to  serve  as  the  English 
correspondent  to  the  American  New  Jertcsalem  Magazine.  He 
states,  in  his  first  letter,  that  he  has  begun  the  translation  of 
Swedenborg's  Regniim  Animale^  and  that  Rev.  Augustus 
Clissold  has  completed  the  translation  of  the  CEconomia  Regni 
Anitnalis  and  has  begun  to  translate  the  Principia,  An  inter- 
esting extract  from  a  letter  of  Carlyle,  respecting  Swedenborg, 
is  quoted. — M.  13  :  574. 

August  30. — Mr.  T.  C.  Shaw,  minister  of  the  Burton  street 
society,  is  ordained   into   the   ministry  by  Rev.  M.   Sibly. — /. 

1840  :  487. 

December  16. — Death  of  Rev.  Manoah  Sibly,  for  fifty  years 
the  pastor  of  the  oldest  New  Church  society  in  London  and  in 
England.  Born  of  dissenting  parents,  August  20,  1757,  he 
acquired  a  thorough  classical  education  by  independent  study, 
received  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  in  1787;  preached 
his  first  "probationary  sermon"  before  the  society  in  Great 
East  Cheap,  March  21,  1788;  was  ordained  into  the  Ministry 
by  Rev.  James  Hindmarsh,  April  7,  1790,  and  was  the 
regular  minister  of  the  original  society  until  May  13,  1792, 
when  the  great  majority  of  the  society,  with  him  as  pastor, 
removed  to  Store  street,  Tottenham  Court  Road,  and  subse- 
quently, after  various  movings,  to  Friars  street,  near  Ludgate 
Hill,  on  August  7,  1803.  Here  he  remained  as  pastor  until 
his  death,  giving  his  services  gratis  during  his  whole  life,  and 
gaining  his  support  by  secular  work,  first  as  a  bookseller,  then 
as  a  stenographer,  and,  after  1797,  as  an  official  of  the  Bank  of 
England,  where  for  twenty-five  years  he  served  as  principal  of 
the  Chancery  Office.  Mr.  Sibly  was  not  a  brilliant  or  pro- 
found preacher,  but  quiet,  steady,  hard  working,  and  aff^ection- 
ate,  avoiding  controversy,  tolerant,  patient,  and,  above  all, 
trustworthy.  At  his  death  he  was  the  patriarch  of  the  Church 
in    England,  respected   and   beloved   by   all  its  members. — /. 

1841  :  140. 

Salford^  August  11-15. — Thirty-third  General  Conference, 
Twelve  ministers  and  twenty-five  representatives  are  present. 


456  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Rev.  David  Howarth  is  elected  president.  The  society  at 
Mirfield  is  admitted.  Mr.  Henry  Butter  is  appointed  the  Lon- 
don editor  of  the  Intellectual  Repository^  in  place  of  Rev.  S. 
Noble,  resigned.  A  bequest  of  ;^273  is  received.  The  ordi- 
nation of  T.  C.  Shaw  is  approved.  It  is  resolved  that  no 
complaint  against  any  minister  shall  be  entertained  by  the 
Conference,  except  after  a  written  notification  one  month  prior 
to  the  meeting. — Conf.  R,  1840. 

Sweden.  Scara^  May  13. — Death  of  Baron  Leonard 
Gyllenhaal,  one  of  the  earliest  and  probably  the  most  zealous 
of  the  New  Church  laymen  in  Sweden.  Born  in  1752,  he  re- 
ceived the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  through  his  kinsman. 
Professor  Wahlfeldt,  while  a  student  at  Skara,  in  1770;  was  a 
student  under  Linnaeus  at  Upsala ;  entered  the  army  and  rose  to 
the  rank  of  major,  but  resigned  in  1799,  and  devoted  himself 
henceforth  to  the  study  of  natural  science.  He  was  considered 
the  greatest  Swedish  entomologist  of  the  age,  and  gained  a 
world-wide  reputation  in  this  science  by  his  many  and  valu- 
able works.  He  was  a  member  of  the  "  Exegetic  Philan- 
thropic Society,"  and  of  the  society,  "  Pro  Fide  et  Charitate^^^ 
and,  after  the  extinction  of  this  secret  New  Church  Society,  he 

continued  his  activity 
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Tybeck,  in  defraying 
the  expenses  of  his 
many  publications. 
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custom,  he  communi- 
cated the  Doctrines  to 
his  children  ;  some  of 
his  descendants,  now 
in  America,  are  active 
members  of  the  Gen- 
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NOTABI^K  ArTICI.es. 

La  Nouvelle  Jerusalem,  1840. 

**  L'Hebreu  est  la  base  de  la  scieuce  des  Correspondences,"  a  learned  and 
thorough  study  by  Baron  F.  de  Portal,  p.  353. 

The  Precursor^  1840. 

"Answer  to  an  Inquirer  concerning  the  non-existence  of  a  spiritual 
Heaven  before  the  Incarnation,"  p.  142. 

History  of  the  Ministry  of  the  New  Church  in  America,  by  M.  M.  Carll, 
pp.  256,  273,  289,  305,  321. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg :     The  Apocalypse  Explamed.       Vols.   4,  5  and  6. 
I^ondon.     S.  S. 

Second   English  edition,    now  completed. — R.  S.   S. 
1840:  6. — A.  Iv. 
Arcayia  Ccelestia.     Vols.  IX.  and  X.     (Nos.   6687-8386.) 
Tubingen. 

Second  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 
Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vol.  4.     Boston.     Clapp. 

First  American  edition. — A.  ly. 
Arcajia  Ccelestia.     Vols.  4,  5,  11,  and  12.     London. — S.  S. 
Third  English  edition;    revised  by  Dr.  Wilkinson. — 
R.  S.  S.     1840:  6. 
A  Brief  Exposition  of  the   Doctrine  of   the  New  Church. 
London.     S.  S. 

Fourth  English  edition;  revised  by  Dr.  Wilkinson. — 
R.  S.  S.     1840. 
A  Summary  Exposition  of  the  Internal  Sense  of  the  Proph- 
ets and  the  Psalm.     London.     S.  S. 
Fourth  English  edition. — S.  S.  L. 
Cayiones  Novcb  Ecclesia;,  sen  Integra    Theologia  Novce  Ec- 
clesicE.     London.     S.  S.     56  pp. 

First  Latin  edition;  edited  by  Dr.  Wilkinson  from  the 
manuscript  copy  of  Aug.  Nordenskbld.  For  a  bibli- 
ography of  this  work  see  our  article  m  L.  1891 :  165. — 
A.  L. 
De  Do7nino  et  de  Athanasii  Symbolo  (On  the  Lord  and 
on  the  Athanasian  Creed).     London.     S.  S.      11  pp. 

First  Latin  edition;  edited  by  Dr.  Wilkinson  from  the 
manuscript  copy  of  Aug.  Nordenskbld. — D.  II.  989. — 
A.  L. 


458  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Deji    Sauna    Christna   Religionen    (The   True    Christian 
Religion).     Wexio. 

Second  Swedish  edition;  translated  by  Carl  Deleen. — 
R.  Iv. 
Dodrina  Novcb  HierosolymcB  de  Charitate.     I^ondon.     S.  S. 
44  pp. 

First  Latin  edition;  edited  by  Dr.  Wilkinson  from  tlie 
manuscript  copy  of  Aug.  Nordenskold.     Reviewed  in  /. 
1841:  95,  168. — A.  L. 
Doctri7ie  de  Vie  pour  la  Nouvelle  Jerusalem  (The  Doctrine 
of  Life).     St.  Amand  Cher.     56  pp. 

Third  French  edition;  translated  and  published  by  M. 
Le  Boys  des  Guays. — S.  S.  L. 
The   Divine  Love   and  the  Divine    Wisdom.      (From    the 
Apocalypse  Explai7ied.~)     London.     S.  S.     87pp. 
Second  English  edition  — A.  L. 
The  Divine  Providence.     Boston.     Clapp.     387  pp. 

Second    American   edition;    a  new   translation.     Re- 
viewed in  J/   14:   118. — A.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  Charity.     Boston.     Clapp.     41pp. 

First  American  edition. — A.  L. 
The  Doctrijie  of  Charity.    Cincinnati.    Kendall  and  Henry. 
"First  American  edition;"   reviewed  in  y^.  13:  281. 
The  Earths  in  the  JJjiiverse.     London.     S.  S. 

Third  English  edition.— 7^.  6*.  5".      1840:  6. 
Itinerariiun  Swedejiborgii,  ex  ejus  vianuscripfis  Stockholmice 
conservatis,  desuniptiim  (Swedenborg's  record  of  travels, 
taken  from  the  manuscripts  preserved  in  Stockholm). 
Section  i.     Tubingen.     69  pp. 

First  Latin  edition;  edited  by  Prof.  Im.  Tafel  from  a 
copy  prepared  by  Dr.   Achatius   Kahl,  of  Lund.     Re- 
viewed in  /.  1840:  375. — A.  L. 
The  Last  Judgment,  and  Continuation  conce7ming  the  Last 
Judginent.     Boston.     Clapp.      iiipp. 

Second   American   edition;    reviewed   in   M.  15:    i. — 
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{P^'i^oviyvciOMsl'.  A  7iew  treatise  OJi  Redcmptio7i.     London.     New- 
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Re77ionstrance  to  the  Ge7ieral  Co7ifere7ice  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  respecti7ig  the  allegatio7is  of  Rev.  fohn 


1840.  459 

Wesley  against  Em.  Sivendenborg .    (Boston  ?).    7  pp. — 
A.  L. 
Rhytnes  for  the  childeii  of  the  New  Church.   Boston.   Clapp. 

80  pp. — Cin.  ly. 
Two  Sermons  on    the   Redee?ner   and  the  Redemptio7i,    by 
''Nathaniel.'"     Londo:i.      Hodson.      20pp. — A.  L. 
Clo'wes,  Rev.  John:   Christian  Temper. 

A  new  edition.  Manchester. — /.  1840:  388. 
Geist  des  Gebetes  des  Herrn,  imd  der  Zehn  Gebote,  in 
Morgend  und  Abendgebeten  aiif  jeden  Tagen  der  Woche. 
(Spirit  of  the  Lord's  Prayer  and  the  ten  Commandments, 
in  morning  and  evening  prayers  for  each  day  of  the 
week.)     Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Translated  from  the   English   by   Joseph  Ehrenfried. 
71  pp..— A^.  C.R  .      1853:  576.— Cin.  L. 
The  Gospel  according  to  Matthew.     Manchester.     J.  Hay- 
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Third  edition.— A.  L. 
The  Twelve  Hours  of  the  Day.    London.   Hodson.    168  pp. 
Second  edition. — /.    1840:  388. — A.  L. 
De  Charms,   Rev.   Richard:   Sermons  illustrating  the  Doctrhie 
of  the  Lord,  and  other  fiindamental  Doctrines  of  the  New 
fernsalem  Church.     Philadelphia.     376  pp. 

An  exegetical  work  of  great  and  lasting  value. — A.  L. 

Reasons  and  Principles  for  a  Middle  Conventio7i  of  the  New 

ferusalem  in  the  United  States.     Philadelphia.     72  pp. — 

A.  L. 
Goyder,  Rev.  D.  G.:    The  Biblical  Assistant  and  Book  of  Prac- 
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[Gray,  Miss  A.  A.] :    Clara,  a  story  for  Children,  by  a  Lady  of  the 

New  Church.     Boston.     Clapp. — M.  14:    159. 

An  edition  of  this  little  work  was  published  at  London 

in  the  same  year. — /.  1841:   174. 
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152  pp.— A.  L. 
Keene,   Rev.  James  :    The  Nature  atid  Tendency  of  the  Divi^ie 

fudgme7it.     London.     Hodson.      15  pp. — A.  L. 
Madeley,  Rev.  Edward  :    The  Great  Importance  of  a  Religious 

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460  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

lyondon.     Hodson.     428    pp.     An    enlarged    and    im- 
proved edition. — A.  ly. 

The  Compaction  to  the  Hymyibook  of  the  New  Church;  con- 
sisting of  a  revised  selection  of  Hymns,  with  a  few  origi?ial 
ones.     London.     Hodson.     170  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1840:  514. — A.  L. 
Portal,    Baron    Frederic:     Les  Symboles    des   Egyptiens    com- 
pares a  ceux  des  HSbreux.     Paris.     312  pp. — C.  H.  114. 
[Periodicals]:  Z.^iV(?wz;^//^/^r2^^^/^;;^..    Vol.  III.    Saint  Amand. 
376  pp.— A.  Iv. 

The  Erra7id  Boy  iox  1840. — A.  L. 

The  Intellectual  Repository  for  1840.  London.  Hodson. 
574  pp.  The  journal  is  now  a  monthly  magazine, 
edited  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Smithson  and  Mr.  Henry  Butter. 
—A.  L. 

The  New  ferusalem  Magazine.  Vol.  XIV.,  for  1840-41. 
Boston.     Clapp.     504  pp. — A.  L- 

The  Pj'ecursor.     Vol.  11.     Cincinnati.      1840. — A.  L. 
[Reports]:   Central  CoJivention.     Journal  of  the  the  First  Pre- 
paratory meeting.     Philadelphia.      16  pp. — A.  L. 

Ce7itral  Conve7itio7i.  Journal  of  the  Second  Preparatory 
meeting.     Philadelphia.     32  pp. — A.  L. 

General  Conference.  Minutes  for  1840.  London.  Hodson. 
64  pp. — A.  L. 

General  Conventioyi.  Journal  for  1840,  published  in  M. 
13:  401. 

London  Missiotiary  and  T?^act  Society.  i8th  report. — /. 
1840.    137. 

Manchester  Tract  Society.     3d  report. — /.  1840.    Appendix. 

Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  31.     London.     48  pp. — 
A.  L. 
Tafel,  Prof.  Im.:  Die  Wander  des  Herrn  in  ihrer  ewige?i  Bedeu- 
tung  (The  Miracles  of  the  Lord  in  their  eternal  signifi- 
cance).    Tiibingen.     60  pp. —  T.  M.  II.:  96. — A.  L- 
[Wilkins,  John  W.]  :  ^  Dialogue,  intended  to  set  forth  the  true 
doctrine  of  Divine  Worship.     London. 
(The  author  was  excommunicated  from  the  Old  Church. ) 
— /.  1840:  391;   1875:   508. 
V^oodman,   Rev.  ^Voodville:  Letters  to  Rev.   William  Burns, 
containing  a  refutation  of  a?i  attack  on  the  New  Ch^irch. 
Manchester. 


1840 — 184 1 >  461 

Second  edition. — /.  1840:  286. — Cin.  L. 
"Worcester,  Rev.  Henry:    The  Sabbath.   Boston.   Clapp.    126  pp. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1841:  25. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Evknts. 

America.  William  H.  Harrison  is  elected  president,  and  John  Tyler, 
vice-president  of  the  United  States. 

Canada.  The  provinces  of  Upper  and  Lower  Canada  are  united  into  one 
dominion. 

China.     Outbreak  of  the  "  Opium  war"  between  England  and  China. 

Egypt.  The  Powers  make  war  on  Mehemet  AH.  British  and  Austrian 
forces  capture  Beyrout  and  Acre.  An  English  squadron  under  Sir  Charles 
Napier  appears  before  Alexandria.     Mehemet  Ali  sues  for  peace. 

France.  Thiers  forms  a  new  ministry,  but  resigns  (in  October).  He  is 
succeeded  by  Soult  and  Guizot.  Louis  Napoleon  attempts  to  raise  an  in- 
surrection in  his  own  favor,  but  is  captured  and  imprisoned.  The  remains 
of  Napoleon  I.  are  taken  from  St.  Helena,  and  deposited  in  the  Hotel  des 
Invalides,  in  Paris. 

Germany.  Frederic  William  IV.  succeeds  his  father,  Frederic  William 
III.,  in  Prussia. 

Great  Britain.  Queen  Victoria  marries  her  cousin,  Prince  Albert  of  Saxe- 
Coburg-Gotha.  (February  10.)  The  "Original  Burghers,"  the  strictest 
sect  of  the  Scottish  Calvinists,  rejoin  the  established  Kirk  of  Scotland.  The 
Irish  "Sessionists  "  and  the  "  Synod  of  Ulster  "  unite  in  the  "  General  As- 
sembly of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland."  Rowland  Hill  introduces 
the  "  Penny  Postage  "  system  in  England.  Publication  of  Carlyle's  "  Heroes 
and  Hero-worship." 

Holland.  William  II.  succeeds  his  father,  William  I.,  who  abdicates  in 
order  to  be  able  to  marry  a  Catholic,  the  Countess  d'Oultrimont. 

India.     Dost  Mohammed  surrenders  to  the  English. 

Italy.     Death  of  Nicolo  Paganini,  the  violinist. 

Spain.  A  revolutionary  movement  against  Maria  Christina  ends  in  the 
abdication  of  the  infamous  queen-regent.  She  removes  to  France  and 
leaves  the  government  in  the  hands  of  Espartero.  The  papal  nuncio  is  ex- 
pelled from  Spain. 


jQ^y  America.     District    of    Columbia^     Washington., 

^         June. — Mr.    De  Charms  organizes  a  small  society 
here.  —  C.  C.  R.  1841 :  41;   1842:  69. 

Illinois^  Canton.,  Oct.  10. — A  society  is  organized  by  Rev. 
L<emuel  C.  Belding,  of  Pennsylvania,  who,  on  his  missionary 
tour,  lectures  also  at  Detroit  and  Battle  Creek,  Mich.;  Chicago, 
Elgin,  and  Peoria,  111.,  and  St.  Louis,  lAo.—  W,  C.  R.  1843: 
p.  53;  N.l:  419;  Field,  p.  6. 


462  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

Maine^  Bath^  Oct.  10. — Rev.  S.  F.  Dike  is  ordained  pastor 
of  this  society  by  Rev.  Thos.  Worcester. — M.  15  :   115. 

Gaj'diner^  Oct.  17. — Rev.  Adonis  Howard  is  ordained  pastor 
of  this  society,  by  Rev.  Thos.  Worcester. — Ibid. 

Portland^  May  24. — Death  of  Rev.  Henry  A.  Worcester, 
pastor  of  the  Portland  society,  a  talented  and  much  esteemed 
young  minister. — M.  15:   120. 

Massachusetts^  Boston^  May. — Mr.  Henry  G.  Foster,  the 
oldest  member  of  the  Boston  society,  in  an  open  letter  to  Rev. 
Thomas  Worcester,  describes  the  evils  infesting  the  Church  in 
this  city.  It  is  an  important  document,  as  exhibiting  the  in- 
terior reasons  for  the  disturbed  state  of  the  New  Church  in 
America  at  this  period. — N.  1 :  392. 

August  6. — Death  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Hiller  Prescott,  the 
daughter  of  Major  Joseph  Hiller,  the  first  New  Churchman  in 
New  England,  and  mother  of  the  Rev.  O.  Prescott  Hiller. 
Mrs.  Prescott  was  an  ardent  and  talented  member  of  the 
Church,  with  a  philosophical  and  at  the  same  time  poetical 
form  of  mind.  Her  work  on  Religion  and  Philosophy  United 
(18 16)  has  been  much  admired. — P.  \\\  :  48. 

Bridgewater,  Oct.  12. — Rev.  R.  De  Charms  organizes  the 
*' Second  New  Jerusalem  Society"  of  Bridgewater,  constituted 
of  a  number  of  persons  who  had  become  dissatisfied  with  the 
government  of  Rev.  Thos.  Worcester,  and  who  now  associate 
thetnselves  with  the  Central  Convention. — C.  C.  R  1842  :  69; 
N.  1 :  430. 

New  York  City. — The  Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett,  in  a  course  of 
twelve  lectures,  creates  an  enormous  sensation  in  New  York. 
Thousands  throng  the  lecture-room  of  the  Lyceum  of  Natural 
History  on  Broadway.  The  Nezu  York  Herald  gives  verbatim 
reports  of  the  lectures,  and  openly  commends  "  Swedenbor- 
gianism  "  with  the  greatest  enthusiasm.  Other  public  journals 
follow  suit.  Old  Church  ministers  attack  the  Doctrines  with 
great  fury.  The  excitement  spreads  to  other  parts  of  the 
country,  and  the  New  Church,  for  a  short  time,  becomes  the 
most  popular  subject  of  discussion.  The  movement,  however, 
produced  but  small  practical  results. — /.  1841  :  190  ;  Conv.  R. 
1841  :  429. 


184I'  4^3 

June  2-4. — The  Tzventy-third  General  Convention.  Five 
ministers  and  thirty  delegates  are  present.  A  section  is  added 
to  the  Constitution,  providing  for  the  introduction  of  persons 
into  the  various  degrees  of  the  Ministry,  viz.:  "  For  introduc- 
tion into  the  first  degree,  application  shall  be  made  by  the  per- 
son who  wishes  to  be  ordained.  For  introduction  into  the 
second  degree,  application  shall  be  made  by  the  Society  which 
desires  to  have  a  Pastor  ordained  over  them.  For  introduction 
into  the  third  degree,  application  shall  be  made  by  an  Associa- 
tion ;  or  by  the  Society  of  which  the  candidate  is  Pastor,  to- 
gether with  two  other  Societies,  which  desire  him  to  stand  in 
the  relation  of  an  ordaining  Minister  to  them."  The  Conven- 
tion annuls  the  notorious  *' squeezing  rule"  of  1838  (see  p. 
429),  adopting  instead  the  following  :  "  It  is  recommended  that 
all  the  Societies  belonging  to  this  Convention,  and  all  that  may 
propose  to  join  it,  should  be  organized  in  the  manner  above 
described ;  but  if  any  Societies  find  it  inconvenient  to  adopt 
this  form,  they  may  present  their  cases,  and  the  convention 
will  consider  and  decide  upon  them  as  they  arise."  A  com- 
mittee is  appointed  to  collect  subscriptions  for  the  publication 
of  the  Spiritual  Diary  and  other  Manuscripts  of  Swedenborg. 
— Conv.  Rep.  1841. 

June  10-15. — First  General  Meeting  of  the  Central  Con- 
vention. There  are  present  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Doughty,  Beers, 
De  Charms,  Belding,  Solyman  Brown,  David  Powell,  and 
eighteen  male  lay  members.  A  committee  is  appointed  to 
confer  with  similar  committees  of  the  "Eastern"  and  Western 
Conventions  on  such  measures  as  may  be  needful  for  the  forma- 
tion of  a  common  representative  body  of  the  whole  New 
Jerusalem  Church  in  the  United  States.  Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty, 
having  been  elected  president  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Council, 
resigns  his  office  as  president  of  the  Central  Convention,  and 
Mr.  Condy  Raguet  is  now  elected   president. — C.  C  R.  1841. 

October  17. — Organization  of  the  "Second  New  Jerusalem 
Society  of  New  York"  by  a  number  of  persons  sympathizing 
with  the  Central  Convention.  Rev.  C.  I.  Doughty  is  chosen 
pastor,  and  services  are  opened  in  a  hall  on  Canal  Street,  with 


464  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

an  average  attendance  of  one  hundred  hearers. — C.  C.  R.  1842  : 
31;  N.  1:413. 

November  21. — Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett  is  ordained  pastor  of  the 
First  New  Jerusile;n  society  in  New  York,  by  Rev.  Thos. 
Worcester. — M.  15  :  160. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati^  x\Iay  12- 1.7. — Ninth  Western  Convention. 
Present,  five  ministers  and  one  hundred  and  thirty  members. 
Much  time  is  occupied  with  "  heresy  "  cases  of  various  kinds. 
John  S.  Williams,  of  Chillicothe,  having  been  refused  ordina- 
tion, reads  an  abusive  paper,  after  which  the  Convention 
passes  a  resolution,  recommending  him  to  "  withdraw  from 
the  membership  of  the  Convention  without  delay."  Mr. 
Williams  did  not  withdraw,  but  continued  to  trouble  the  body 
for  several  years.  He  finally  became  a  spiritist.  A  committee 
is  appointed  to  investigate  "a  charge  of  heresy  "  made  by  D. 
Pancoast  against  his  pastor,  Rev.  N.  C.  Burnham,  the  latter 
''  having  said  at  divers  times  and  places,  that  there  are  \^vXjew 
saved  m  the  Old  Church;  out  of  which  various  heretical 
notions  have  arisen,  which  tend  directly  to  destroy  the  peace 
and  harmony  of  families,  in  begetting  a  fancied  belief  in  the 
younger  parts  thereof,  that  they  know  more  than  their 
parents."  The  case  was  never  formally  tried,  but  Mr.  Burn- 
ham  soon  afterwards  married  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Pancoast ! — 
P.  II.  356.     See  also  Mess.  vol.  44  :  278,  305. 

A  pleasing  account  of  Mr.  Burnham  as  a  young  man  is  given 
in  Mess.  vol.  44  :  293. 

May  16. — Rev.  Elisha  Hibbard  is  inducted  into  the  second 
degree  of  the  priesthood,  by  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll.~P.  II :  357. 

August  22. — Mr.  T.  O.  Prescott  (subsequently  well  known 
as  the  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott  Hiller),  is  ordained  into  the  first 
degree  of  the  priesthood,  by  Rev.  iVdam  Hurdus.  —  W.  C 
R.  1843  :  25  ;  P.  Ill  :  16. 

Lebanon. — Death  of  Rev.  Thomas  Newport,  the  first  New 
Churchman  in  Ohio,  at  eighty-two  years  of  age.  Having  re- 
ceived the  Doctrines  in  1790,  he  soon  afterwards  moved  from 
Delaware  to  Lebanon,  O.,  where  he  began  to  gather  around 
him   a  small  society,  which   was  organized   in    181 2    as  the 


*'  Turtle  Creek  Society."  He  was  ordained  by  his  brother-in- 
law,  Rev.  David  Powell,  Sr.,  in  1818,  and,  together  with  the 
latter,  organized  the  "  Western  Association  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem," the  forerunner  of  the  Western  Convention.  He  was 
an  ardent,  simple-hearted  and  innocent  man,  much  beloved  by 
all  members  of  the  Church  in  the  West.  He  has  been  de- 
scribed in  a  very  interesting  manner,  by  Rev.  J.  R.  Hibbard, 
in  Mess.  vol.  44  :  292  ;  55  •  90- 

Rockport,  September  4.— Rev.  M.  M.  Carll  organizes  a 
society  of  sixteen  members,  and  ordains  Mr.  Richard  Hooper 
into  the  first  degree  of  the  priesthood. — Conv.  R.    1843  1448  ; 

P.  HI  164;  M.  14:  41 ;  15:38. 

Pennsylvania,  Lancaster,  October  15.— Death  of  Henry 
Keffer,  Esq.,  a  prominent  member  of  the  Church.  He  had  re- 
ceived the  Doctrines  through  his  friend,  the  Rev.  William 
Hill,  in  1797.— -/V.  I  :  439- 

October  30. — Mr.  De  Charms  visits  Lancaster.  Most  of  the 
members  of  this  growing  society  are  Germans.  Mr.  Ehren- 
fried  and  Mr.  Jungerich  are  leading  members.— A^.  I  :  433  ; 
C  C.  R.  1841  :  38. 

Pittsburgh,  November  16.— Mr.  De  Charms  organizes  "  the 
New  Jerusalem  Society  of  Pittsburgh  and  vicinity,"  with  ten 
members,  at  the  house  of  J.  H.  Mellor.  Mr.  A.  J.  Cline  acts 
as  the  leader.  Mrs.  Anna  Aitken,  "an  intelligent  native  of 
Scotland,"  who  was  baptized  on  this  occasion,  has  published 
some  very  interesting  "  Reminiscences  "  of  the  formation  of 
the  Pittsburgh  society,  in  L.  1891  :  228.  See  also  C.  C.  R, 
1841  :  42  ;  M  15  :  359  \  ^-  ^  '  435- 

South  Carolina,  Charleston,  May  9.— Mr.  De  Charms  organ- 
izes "  The  New  Jerusalem  Society  of  Charleston,"  with  eight 
members.— A^.  I  :  318. 

France.  Paris. — Mr.  Joseph  Andrews,  of  Boston,  attends 
the  services  of  the  small  New  Church  circle,  meeting  at  the 
residence  of  M.  Hartel,  36  Rue  du  Mail.  Among  the  mem- 
bers, he  describes  M.  Portal,  "  a  gentleman  of  reputation  in 
sciefice  and  literature,  councillor  of  State,  and  son  of  a  peer  of 
France."     M.    Harle,    a    young    painter,    is    a    new   receiver. 


466  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

"  ardent  without  enthusiasm,  intelligent  without  speculation." 
The  circle  has  entirely  disassociated  itself  from  M.  Broussais, 
who  has  gone  into  all  sorts  of  vagaries,  beside  dissipating  the 
sum  of  |8,ooo,  placed  in  his  hands  for  the  uses  of  the  Church. 
M.  Jacquet  (should  be  Jaquier),  a  French  Protestant  minister 
of  high  standing,  having  preached  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church  openly,  has  been  removed  from  Paris  by  his  superiors. 
—M.  15:61  ;  /.  1841  :37. 

St.  Amand. — M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays  begins  to  publish  the 
French  translation  of  the  Arcana  Ccelestia. 

Germany.  Tilbingen. — Mr.  Andrews,  after  a  visit  to 
Tubingen,  gives  an  interesting  account  of  Prof.  Immanuel 
Tafel,  his  personality,  family,  and  residence.  "  He  is  rather 
small  in  stature,  of  unassuming,  almost  diffident  demeanor  ; 
his  face  is  expressive  of  gentleness  and  of  his  peaceful  life  ;  in 
his  eye  there  is  great  mildness,  yet  it  is  bright  with  a  slight 
sparkle  beyond." — M.  15  :  64. 

Great  Britain.  Bath,  March  23. —  Organization  of  the 
^'  Bath  New  Church  Printing  Society  "  with  Mr.  Isaac  Pitman 
as  secretary.  The  names  of  Swedenborg  and  the  New 
Church  are  "  carefully  avoided  "  in  the  tracts  and  other  publica- 
tions  of  this  society. — /.  184 1  :  422. 

Birmingham^  April  29. — Death  of  Mr.  John  Swaine,  aged 
seventy-seven  years,  one  of  the  twelve  ordainers  at  Great  Bast 
Cheap,  London,  on  June  i,  178S. — /.  1841  :  512. 

Chelmsford. — The  society  is  dissolved,  and  the  house  of 
worship  sold. —  Conf.  R.  1841  :  50. 

Dalton,  K'^nl  24. — Death  of  j\Ir.  George  Senior,  the  founder, 
leader  and  supporter  of  the  New  Church  in  Dalton  and,  virtu- 
ally, in  Yorkshire. — /.  1841  :  380. 

Failsworth,  September  15. — A  Sunday-school,  with  about 
one  hundred  scholars,  is  opened  by  Rev.  J.  Bayley.  Mr. 
Thomas  Wilson  is  the  leader  of  this  society,  the  history  of 
which  is  given  in  /.  1847:  151;  M.  L.  1889:  211;  1891  : 
396,  416. 

Glasgozv,  October  16. — Death  of  Mr.  Robert  ]\Iackie,  for 
many  years  the  principal  supporter  of  the  New  Church  in 
Scotland. — /.  1842  :  80. 


1841.  4^7 

London,  June  \^.— Thirty-second  annual  7neeting  of  the 
Swedenborg  Society.  It  is  resolved  to  hold  the  annual  meet- 
ings on  the  third  Tuesday  in  June,  every  year,— thus  independ- 
ently of  June  Nineteenth.  The  Committee  reports  the  sale  of 
two  thousand  volumnes  of  the  Writings  during  the  year.  The 
original  MS.  of  the  Diary  has  been  purchased  from  Miss 
Sibly,  together  with  MS.  copies  made  by  B.  Chastanier  and 
others.—i?.  5.  5^.  1841. 

October  3.— Organization  of  the  London  "  United  Society  '^ 
of  the  New  Church,  by  the  union  of  the  Burton  St.  and  Friar 
St.  societies,  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Rev.  T.  C.  Shaw.  The 
chapel  on  Burton  St.  is  given  up,  and  the  united  society  wor- 
ships for  a  short  while  in  the  chapel  on  Friar  St.,  until  the 
completion  of  the  new  temple  in  Argyll  Square.—/.  1841  : 
510;  N.  C.  Adv.  1843;  184. 

Newcastle,  August  10-12,.— Thirty-fourth  General  Confer- 
ence. Present,  eight  ministers  and  ten  representatives,  Rev.  B. 
D.  Rendell,  president.  The  societies  at  Scarborough  and 
Alloa  are  received  into  the  Conference.  The  name  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Noble  is,  at  his  own  request,  omitted  from  the  list  of 
ministers  recognized  by  the  Conference.  No  business  of  his- 
torical  importance  is  transacted. — Conf   R.   1841  ;    /.   1841  : 

406. 

Radcliffe,  October  17.— The  new  chapel  of  this  society  is 
consecrated  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Smithson. — /.  1841  :  555. 

Ramsbottom,  Autumn.— Rev.  George  Gibbon,  a  curate  of 
the  Established  Church,  violently  attacks  the  New  Church  in 
a  course  of  evening  lectures.  Rev.  J.  H.  Smithson,  who 
simultaneously  is  lecturing  in  this  place,  replies  to  Mr.  Gib- 
bon's slanders  and  misrepresentations.  Mn  Gibbon  answers 
by  indecent  placards  ;  a  protracted  pamphlet  controversy  en- 
sues.—/. 1841  :  493;   1842;  35. 

South  Africa.  Cape  Town.—Vroi.  T.  H.  Perry,  of  Boston, 
visits  the  small  circle  of  receivers  in  this  colony.  Among  the 
members  he  mentions  Mr.  B.  J.  Jerome,  formerly  a  member  of 
Mr.  Noble's  society  in  London,  Mr.  George  W.  Silberbaner,  a 
broker,  and  Mr.  W.  Buchanan,  a  former  member  of  Mr.  Sibly's 


468  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

society,  now  editor  of  the  Cape  Town  Mail.  The  members 
meet  occasionally,  but  are  still  connected  with  Old  Church 
congregations. — M.  15  ;  27. 

West  Indies.  St.  Croix  and  St.  Thomas. — A  number  of 
Danish  New  Churchmen  in  these  islands  place  themselves  in 
connection  with  the  Swedenborg  Society.  Mr.  A.  C.  Birch  is 
the  leader  of  the  circle  ;  Mr.  C.  A.  KierulfF  and  Mr.  V.  KierulfF, 
Attorneys-at-Ivaw,  are  prominent  members. — R.  S.  S.  1842  : 
23  ;  M.  15  :   157. 

Notable  Articles. 

The  Intellectual  Repository,  1841. 

An  interesting  discussion  on  "The  Power  of  Love,"  and  on  the  "  Weak- 
ness of  Love,  when  not  united  with  Wisdom." — pp.  18,  119,  206,  256,  299. 

New  Church  Baptism  discussed. — pp.  215,  289,  291, 

The  Newchurchman,  Vol.  i. 

"Documents  of  New  Church  History,"  an  important  collection  of  letters 
relating  to  the  early  History  of  the  New  Church  in  America. — pp.  70,  521. 

Biography  of  the  Hon.  John  Young. — p.  75. 

"Is  there  no  difference  between  Swedenborg  and  ordinary  commenta- 
tors?"— p.  89. 

"The  Church — Its  Authority  "  {versus  the  claims  of  the  General  Conven- 
tion), by  C.  I.  Doughty. — pp.  103,  321,  612. 

"The  Infallibility  of  Swedenborg's  Teachings  "  [versus  the  "New  Jerusa- 
lem Magazine.") — p.  124. 

"  Resistance  to  Authority,"  by  R.  De  Charms,  ventilating  the  differences 
between  the  Eastern  and  the  Central  Conventions. — p.  169. 

Remarks  on  Mr.  Wilkins'  "Letters  on  the  History  of  the  General  Con- 
vention," by  C.  I.  Doughty,  and  reply  by  Mr.  Wilkins. — pp.  357,  472,  567- 

Correspondence  on  the  "  Conjugial  Heresy"  between  Mr.  De  Charms  and 
Mr.  Doughty,  resulting  in  the  complete  conversion  of  the  latter  from  the 
heresy. — pp.  492-521. 

History  of  American  publications  of  the  Writings  (important). — p.  538. 

"The  Church— Of  what  does  it  consist?"  by  B.  F.  Barrett,  in  defence  of 
Mr.  Thos.  Worcester  and  the  General  Convention. — p.  587. 

The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  Vol.  15. 

A  collection  of  old  letters,  by  Rev.  Wm.  Hill,  Mr.  Hargrove,  James  Glen, 
R.  Hindmarsh,  and  others. — pp.  18-240. 

"  On  the  Order  of  the  Church  and  of  the  Ministry,"  by  T.  B.  Hay  ward.— 
P-  345. 

The  Precursor,  1841. 

"On  Ordination  and  a  New  Church  Ministry,"  by  M.  M.  Carll.— pp.  273, 
289,  304,  321. 


184I'  4^9 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcana  Ccelestia.     Vols.  XI.  and  X.     (Nos.  8387- 
9973.)     Tiibingen. 

Second  Latin  edition. — A.  ly. 
Arcayies    Celestes,     Vol.    I.     (Nos.    1-823.)     St.   Amand. 
390  pp. 

First  French  edition,  translated  by  Le  Boys  des  Guays, 
and  published  at  the  expense  of  Don  I^ino  de  Zaroa,  a 
Spanish    Newchurchman,    formerly   a  Roman   Catholic 
priest. — A.  L. 
The  A  than asian  Creed.     Boston.     Clapp.      124  pp. 

Second  American  edition,   revised  and  improved;  re- 
viewed.    M.  14:  499. — A.  L. 
Conjugial  Love.     London.     S.  S. 

Third  English  edition.— i?.  5.  5.  1841. 
Contimiatio7i  concerni7ig  the  Last  Judgment.  London.  S.  S. 

Fifth  English  edition.— i?.  5.  5.  1841. 
Delitia  Sapie7iticB  de  A^nore  Co7ijugiali  (Conjugial  Love). 
Tiibingen.     Hofaker.     508  pp. 

Second  Latin  edition,  edited  and  published  by  Ludwig 
Hofaker.  The  text  is  very  untrustworthy,  and  has  been 
critically  reviewed  by  S.  H.  Worcester  in  A/".  32:  512. — 
A.  L. 
The  Divine  Love  and  the  Divine  Wisdom  (from  the 
Apocalypse  Explained.     Boston.     Clapp.      102  pp. 

Second    American    edition.     Advertised    in    M.    15. 
Sept.— A.  L. 
The  Earths  in  the  U?iiverse.     Boston.     Clapp. 

Third  American  edition.     Advertised  in  M.  15.  Sept. 
Heaven  and  Hell.     London.     S.  S. 

Ninth    English   edition;    a  new  translation,   by    Mr. 
Hancock,  of  Belper.— 7^/.  15:   157. 
The  Last  Judgment.     London.     S.  S. 

Fifth  English  edition.— 7?.  S.  S.  1841. 
L.  AnncBi  SeyieccB  et  Publ.  Syri  Mimi  Selectee  Sententi^, 
Tubingen.     60  pp. 

Second  Latin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.    Im.   Tafel;  re- 
viewed /.  1842  :  60. — A.  L. 
Ludus  Helicofiius,   sive  Carmina  Miscella7iea .     Tubingen. 
1841.     40  pp. 


470  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Second  Latin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel. — AX. 
The  New  Jeriisalem  a7id  its  Heave7ily   Doctrine.     London. 
S.  S. 

Thirteenth  English  edition,  (complete).— 7?.  S.  S.— 
N.  Y.  L. 
A   Szimmary    Exposition   of   the    Inter^ial    Se7ise    of   the 
Prophets  and  Psalms.     Boston.     Clapp.      132  pp. 
Second  American  editon. — B.  L. 
True  Christian  Religioji.     Boston.     Clapp. 

Third   American  edition   (ed.  of  1833,  stereotyped); 
with   a   portrait   of  Swedenborg,    engraved    by    Mr.    J. 
Andrews. — M.  15,  158. 
Das  Lezte    Gericht    (The    Last    Judgment).     Tiibingen. 
Hofaker.     106  pp. 

Second  German  edition.  —A.  L. 
Die  Erdkbrper  in  uyiseretn  Soiuieyi  System  (Earths  in  the 
Universe).     Tiibingen.     Hofaker.      139  pp. 
Third  German  edition. — A.  L. 
The  White  Horse.     London.     S.  S.—R.  S.  S.  1841. 
Anonymous  :  A  Universal  or  Neiv  Church  required  by  the  Jiecessi- 
ties  of  the  times  ;  with  a  Plan  by  which  it  m,ay  be  speedily 
established.     48  pp.     Advertised  in  i^/.    15.  Oct. 
The  Heart,  its  tendency  to  Evil,  and  the  Necessity  for  its 
Purification.     London.     72  pp. 
Noticed,  /.  1842  :  40. — A.  L. 
Tommy  fohnson  :  a  tale  for  children.   London.    Hodson. — 

/.  1841  :  406. 
U^icle  George,  or,  Good7iess  better  tha7i  Knowledge.  London. 
— /.  1842  :  29. 
Arbouin,   J.:    Dissertatio7is  on    the   Rege7ieratc    Life.     Boston. 
Clapp.     136  pp. 
Reviewed  Af.  15  :  17. — A.  L. 
Atterbom,  Prof.  P.  D.  A.:  Sve7iska  Siare  och  Skalder  (Swedish 
Seers  and  Bards).     Upsala. 

The  author,  professor  of  Swedish  Literature  at 
Upsala,  and  the  most  prominent  poet  of  Sweden,  devotes 
a  great  part  of  this  work  to  an  analysis  of  Sweden- 
borg's  mind,  to  which  he  pays  glowing  but  too  fanciful 
tributes.  The  work  created  a  great  sensation  in  Sweden, 
and  also  abroad. — R.  S.  S.  1845  :  8. 


1841.  471 

Barrett,  Rev.  B.  F.:  A  Discourse  on  the  State  of  Infants  in  the 
Spiritual  World.     New  York.     S.  Colman.     24  pp. 

Originally  published  in  Brother  fonathan,  a  literary 
journal  in  New  York.— i^.  15  :  158. 
A  Discourse  on  the  Resurrection,  occasioned  by  the  Death  of 

Presideyit  Harrison,     New  York. — Ibid. 
Life  of  Emanuel    Swedenborg,   with   some   account   oj  his 
Writings.     New  York.     S.  Colman.      160  pp. 
An  effective  missionary  work;  reviewed  in  P.  Ill  :  7. 

—A.  L. 
BoUes,  Charles :  A  Dictionary  of  Correspondences,  Represeyita- 

lives,  a7id  Significative s ,  derived  from  the    Word  of  the 

Lord;  extracted  from  the  Writings  of  Ema7iuel  Swede7i- 

borg.     Boston.  436  pp. 

A  well-known  work,  which  has  seen  many  editions.— 

M.  27  :  403. 
Bruce,    Rev.    William  :    Strictures   on   the   Proceedings  of  the 

Presbytery  of  Ediyiburgh,   relative   to   the    ''New  feru- 

sale^n.''     Edinburgh.     I^awrie.     16  pp. — A.  L. 
Clissold,  Rev.  Augustus  :  Illustrations  of  the  E7id  of  the  Church, 

as    predicted  in   Matthew   XXIV.     London.     Simpkin. 

588  pp. 

An  important  work;  reviewed  /.    1841  :  472,   539. — 

A.  L. 
DeCharms,   Rev.   Richard:  A  Course  of  Five  Lectures  on  the 

Fundanie7ital  Doctri7ies   of  the  New  ferusalem    Church. 

Philadelphia.     92  pp. 

Published  at  the  request  and  expense  of  the  society 

in  Charleston,  S.  C,  where  the  lectures  were  deUvered. 

M.  15  :  320. — A.  L. 
Dike,  Rev.  Samuel   F.:    Doctri7ies   of  the   New  ferusale7n,   de- 
livered at  the  dedication  of  the  New  ferusale7n  Temple  in 

Bath,  Me.     Boston.     64  pp.— A.  L. 
Elder,  William :  Minority  Report,  or,   P}^otest  against  the  Pro- 

ceedi7igs  of  the    Western  New  Church  Co7ive7ition  in  the 

case  of  the  Acting   Co77i7nittee  versus  fohn  S.    Williams. 

Chillicothe,  O.     John  White.— A.  L. 
On  the  Derivation  of  the  Powers  a7id  Prerogatives  of  the 

Ministry  of  the  New  fer7isale7n  Church.     Liberty.     Ind. 
Reviewed  in  P.  Ill  :  39,  63,  89.— A.  L. 


472  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Gray,  Miss  A.  A.:   Conversations  on  Spiritual  Subjects,  for  the 

use  of  children.     lyondon  and  Boston.     64  pp. 
Reviewed  /.  1842  :  29;  M.  15  :  161. 
Hofaker,     Ludwig :     Silbej^blicke   der  Hirnvielsrede ;    des    All- 

schlussels  fi'ir    das    Ganze   der    Schopfung.     Tiibingen. 

Hofaker.      193  pp. 

(Spiritistic  ravings.) — A.  L. 
Keene,  Rev.  James  :    The  Holy  City,  New  ferusalem.     London. 

Hodson.     15  pp. — A.  L. 
Le  Boys  des  Quays,   J.    F.   E.:  L' Apocalypse   dans   son   Sens 

Spirituel  d'apres    r  Apocalypse   Revelee   et  V  Apocalypse 

Expliquee  d  ^ Ema7niel  Swedenborg    (The  Apocalypse  in 

its  Spiritual  Sense,  according  to  the  Apocalypse  Revealed 

and  the  Apocolypse  Explained.)     St.  Amand. 

A  celebrated  work,  in  which  the  author  presents  the 

continuous  Internal  Sense  of  the  Apocalypse,  in  parallel 

columns  with  the  Literal  Sense. — A.  L. 
[Liturgical] :    The   Morning   and  Evening   Services  of  the  New 

Christia?!  Church.     London.     Simpkin.     47  pp. — A.  L. 
Macara,  James  :  A  Treatise  071  the  Scriptural  Doctrines  of  Re- 

deniption  and  Salvation.     Edinburgh.     35  pp. — A.  L. 
[Mason,  Rev.  William]:  fob  Abbott ;  or.  Reasons  for  Abandon- 
ing the  Trinitarian,  Arian  a7id  Unitaria7i  Doctrine^  and 

E7nbraci7ig  that  of  the  New  Ch7'istia7i  Chiwch.     London. 

Hodson. 

Reviewed/.   1841:  402;  O.  VII:  229. 
Nanz,   Rev.   Carl  Frederick:  E77ia7iuel  Swedenborg,   der  Nor- 

dische  Seher.     Ravensburg.     66  pp. — R.  L. 
Parry,  Prof.  John:  An  Appeal  in  behalf  of  the  Holy  Scriptures. 

London.     Simpkin.     97  pp. — A.  L. 
[Periodical]:    The  Bala7ice,  Nos.    r,  2,  and  3  (February-May). 

Chillicothe,  O. 

An  erratic,  occasional,  "free-lance,"  directed  against 

the  Western   Convention  by  one  of  its  members,  J.  S. 

Williams. — M.  n.  s.  IX:   214. — A.  L. 
The   Errayid-Boy   Ext7'a,    Nos.    i-ii. — Chillicothe,    O. — 

A.  L. 
The  hitellectual  Repository  for  1840.     Vol.  2  of  the  "new 

series."     London.     Hodson.     558  pp. — A.  L. 
La  Nouvelle  ferusale7n.     Vol.  4.     St.  Amand.     390  pp. — 

A.  L. 


1841.  473 

The  Newchurchma7i,  a  periodical  work^  devoted  to  dis- 
semiyiating  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church. 
Vol.  I.   (pp.  1-320).     Philadelphia. 

A  quarterly  magazine,  published  by  the  Central  Con- 
vention, and  edited  by  Rev.  Richard  De  Charms. 

A  journal  of  profound  theological  and  historical  value. 
See  7^.  n.  s.   IX:  211.— A.  L. 
The  New  Church  Preacher.     Vol.  II.     London.     Hodson. 

372  pp.— A.  Iv. 
The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine.     Vol.15.    Boston.    Clapp. 

512  pp.— A.  L. 
The  Prec2crsor.     Completing   Vol.    II.    and    commencing 
Vol.  III.     Cincinnati.— A.  L. 
Powell,   Rev.   David:  Latent  Calvinism  Detected.     Cincinnati. 
24  pp. 

Second  edition. — A.  L. 
Reed,  Sampson:   Growth  of  the  Mifid.     Boston.     Clapp. 

Fourth  edition. — M.  15:   121. 
Rendell,  Rev.  E.  D.:  A  Brief  Discussion  of  Some  of  the  Claims 
of  the  Hon.  Ema^iuel  Swedenborg.     London.     Hodson. 
32  pp.— A.  L. 
The  Deity  of  Jesus  Christ  Asserted.     London.     Hodson. — 
/.  1 841:  330. 
[Reports]:   Central  Convention.     Journal  No.  3.     First  General 
Meeting.     Philadelphia.     56  pp. — A.  L. 
Geyieral  Conference.    Minutes  for  1841.    London.   Hodson. 

68  pp.— A.  L. 
General  Conventiori.     Journal   for    1841,  published  in  M. 

14:  401. 
Swedenbofg  Society.     Report  No.  32.     London     48  pp. — 
A.  L. 
Rhyse,  Evan.:    Scenes  of  Joy   and    Woe.  Scene  I.    The  Blessed 

Apparition.  London.  90  pp. — /•  1842:  26. 
Shaw,  Rev.  T.  C:  A  Sermon  on  the  occasion  of  the  removal  into 
the  Spiritual  World  of  the  Rev.  Ma7ioah  Sibly.  London. 
Alvey.  16  pp. — A.  L. 
Sibly,  Rev.  Monoah:  An  Exposition  of  the  Whole  Book  of  the 
Prophet  Dajiiel.  London.  Simpkin.  229  pp.  With  a 
fine  portrait  of  the  late  author.  Reviewed,/.  1842:  308. 
—A.  L. 


474  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Smithson,  Rev.  J.  H.:  A71  Address  to  the  people  of  Ramsbottom 
071  the  slanders  mid  inisrepreseyitations  of  the  Rev.    G. 
Gibbo7i  against  Swedeyiborg   and  his    Writiiigs.     Man- 
chester.— /.  1842:  35. 
To  the  Inhabitants  of  Ramsbottom  :  An  A^iswer  to  the  Rev. 
G.  Gibbo7i's  Questio7i  7'especti7ig  07ie  pa7't  of  Swede7iborg^ s 
Writi7igs.     Manchester. — /.  1842:  36. 
Letter  to  the  Rev.  G.  Gibbo7i,  refuting  his  calumnies  against 
Swede7iborg  and  his  Writi7igs.    Manchester.     Hayward, 
28  pp. — /.  1841:  493. — A.  L. 
Tafel,    Dr.    Im.:  Doctc7ne)its  C07icer7ii7ig   Swede7iborg.      Boston. 
Clapp.     232  pp. 

Translated  from  the  German  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Smithson. 
— M.  15:   161. 
Swedenbo7g  imd  Seine   GegJier  (Swedenborg   and  his   ad- 
versaries).    Vol.  I.  part  I,  2.     Tiibingen.     372  pp. 
Second  edition, — A.  L. 
Zur  Geschichte  der  Neue7i  Kirche    (Contributions  to  the 
History  of  the  New  Church).     Tubingen.     382  pp. 

This  is  the  first  attempt  towards  a  documentary 
history  of  the  New^  Church,  and  contains  much  that  is 
original  and  interesting.  It  was  published,  also,  as 
Magazi7i  fiir  die  Neue  Kirche,  Vol.  III. — A.  L. 
Wilkins,  John  H.:  Letters  on  Subject  co7inected  with  the  History 
a7id  Tra7isactions  of  the  Ge7ieral  Co7ive7itio7i  of  the  New 
ferusalem  Church  i7i  Ainerica.     Boston.     51  pp. 

An  important  pamphlet,  in  which  the  author  defends 
Rev.  Thomas  Worcester,  the  Church  in  Boston,  and  the 
General  Convention,  against  the  charges  made  against 
them  by  Rev.  Richard  De  Charms  and  others.  Re. 
viewed,  P.  III.  22;  M.  15:  41. — A.  L. 
Worcester,  Rev.  Henry  A.:  The  Sabbath.  I^ondon.  Hodson- 
— /.  1842:  40. 

Contemporary  Events. 

Afghanistan.  An  insurrection  breaks  out  among  the  Afghan  chiefs  in 
Kabul.     Terrible  massacres  of  the  English  take  place. 

America.  W,  H.  Harrison  is  inaugurated  as  president;  he  dies  on  April 
4th,  and  is  succeeded  by  John  Tyler.     Publication  of  Emerson's  "  Essays.', 

China.  The  British  capture  Canton  and  Amoy.  The  island  of  Hong 
Kong  is  ceded  to  England. 


1841—1842.  475 

Egypt.  Mehemet  Ali  is  forced  to  make  peace  with  the  Sultan.  He  sur- 
renders Syria,  but  is  acknowledged  as  hereditary  ruler  of  Kgypt,  under  the 
nominal  suzerainty  of  Turkey. 

France.     Louis  Philippe  undertakes  the  great  fortification  of  Paris. 

Great  Britain. — The  Melbourne  ministry  resigns;  Sir  Robert  Peel  be- 
comes prime  minister.  The  University  of  Oxford  and  the  English  bishops 
take  alarm  at  the  Romanizing  tendency  of  the  "Tractarian"  movement, 
and  forbid  the  continued  publication  of  the  Oxford  Tracts.  Birth  of  the 
Prince  of  Wales. 

Mexico.     Santa  Anna  assumes  the  dictatorship  of  Mexico. 

Spain.     Espartero  is  appointed  regent  by  the  Spanish  Cortes. 

Turkey.  The  Dardanelles  is  closed  against  foreign  vessels  of  war,  by  a 
treaty  between  Turkey  and  the  Great  Powers. 


t8/1  2  America.     Illmois^  Canton^  September  17. — Third 

'  annual   meeting  of  the  Illinois  Association.     The 

body  resolves  to  recognize  each  of  the  three  Conventions  in 
the  United  States,  as  possessing  all  needful  authority.  Rev. 
T.  O.  Prescott,  of  Cincinnati,  is  present  at  the  meeting ;  he  is 
experiencing  great  success  as  a  missionary  in  the  West. — M. 
16:  151. 

Springfield^  October. —  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott  organizes  a 
society  of  eleven  members. — M,  17  :   no. 

Maryland.,  Baltimore. — The  society  withdraws  from  con- 
nection with  the  General  Convention,  in  consequence  of  its 
sympathy  with  Mr.  De  Charms  and  the  Central  Convention. — 
C  C.  R,  1842  :  30. 

Massachusetts^  Boston^  June  8-1 1. — The  Twenty-fourth  Gen- 
eral Convention,  Eight  ministers  and  thirty-one  delegates 
are  present.  The  resignation  of  Rev.  M.  B.  Roche,  as  a  min- 
ister of  the  New  Church,  is  accepted.  The  Baltimore  society 
withdraws  from  connection  with  the  Convention.  The  ordi- 
nation of  James  Scott  is  granted.  The  correspondence  between 
the  president  of  the  Convention  (Rev.  Thomas  Worcester)  and 
the  society  in  Baltimore,  and  the  First  Society  in  Philadel- 
phia, relating  to  Rev.  Richard  De  Charms,  is  read.  The  Con- 
vention, by  resolution,  approves  the  course  pursued  by  the 
president  in  this  correspondence,  and  the  publication  of  the 
whole  correspondence  is  ordered.  It  is  resolved  that  there 
shall  be  in  the  Convention  a  "Committee  of  Laymen,"  to  be 


476  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

chosen  annually,  "  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  act  as  the  organ 
of  counsel  and  advise  with  the  President  of  the  Convention,  to 
prepare  business  during  its  recess  to  bring  before  the  Conven- 
tion at  its  meeting,  and  to  act  as  the  Committee  of  Business 
during  its  session."  This  Committee  is  made  to  consist  of  one 
layman  from  each  society,  either  the  leader  or  the  chair- 
man of  the  church  committee.  The  application  of  the  societies 
in  Maine  for  the  ordination  of  the  Rev.  S.  F.  Dike  into  the 
third  degree  is  referred  back  to  those  societies.  The  applica- 
tion for  the  ordination  of  Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett  into  the  third 
degree  is  granted.  The  Convention  having  been  approached 
by  committees  of  the  Central  and  Western  Conventions  as  to 
what  might  be  done  for  the  formation  of  a  more  general  and 
representative  Convention  of  the  whole  Church,  it  is  resolved 
"  that,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Convention,  the  time  has  not  yet 
arrived  for  attempting  to  form  one  general  synod  for  the  whole 
country."  Nevertheless,  a  committee  is  appointed  to  confer 
with  the  committees  of  the  other  Conventions  "on  the  differ- 
ences which  exist  in  the  Church,  on  the  causes  which  led  to 
them,  and  the  means  by  which  the  peace  of  the  Church  may 
be  restored." 

x\bout  five  hundred  persons  attended  this  Convention,  over 
two  hundred  of  these  being  visitors  from  other  cities  and  guests 
of  the  Boston  Society. — Conv.  R.  1842. 

The  correspondence  respecting  Wx.  De  Charms  is  contained 
in  the  Journal  of  the  General  Convention  for  1842,  pp.  416- 
428,  and  is  of  great  importance  to  an  understanding  of  the 
differences  in  the  New  Church  in  America  at  this  period. 
The  society  in  Baltimore  had  intended  to  invite  Mr.  De 
Charms  to  visit  them  every  three  months.  In  the  meantime 
the  society  wTote  to  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester  to  inquire 
whether  such  invitation  would  be  disorderly,  in  view  of  Mr. 
De  Charms'  present  lelations  with  the  General  Convention. 
Mr.  Worcester,  in  replying,  called  attention  to  Mr.  De  Charms* 
unfriendly  actions  towards  the  Convention,  and  charged  him 
with  having  published  things  which  were  not  true,  with  hav- 
ing administered  the  Holy  Supper  in  public,  having  given  the 


1842,  477 

sacrament  to  one  person  who  was  not  a  member  of  the  Church, 
having  raised  a  standard  of  revolt,  whence  "the  peace  of  Jeru- 
salem has  been  grievously  disturbed ;  and  the  golden  streets  of 
the  Holy  City  have  been  defiled  with  blood,"  etc.  These 
accusations  coming  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Philadelphia  First 
Society,  of  which  Mr.  De  Charms  was  the  pastor,  that  society 
demanded  proofs  of  the  accusations.  Mr.  Worcester,  in  reply, 
gave  a  long  list  of  instances,  which,  he  held,  substantiated  the 
charges.  The  Philadelphia  society  now  declared,  by  resolu- 
tion, that  "nothing  appears  in  said  letter  [by  Mr.  Worcester] 
which  is  calculated  to  impair  the  moral  or  religious  standing 
of  Mr.  De  Charms  with  his  congregration  or  the  Church  at 
large."  The  Baltimore  society  withdrew  from  the  General 
Convention,  and  the  correspondence  served  to  increase  and 
prolong  the  disunion  in  the  Church. — Conv,  R.  1842  ;  M. 
15:  401. 

June  10. — Mr.  James  Scott  is  ordained  into  the  first  degree 
of  the  Ministry,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester. — Conv.  R.  1842 : 
408. 

June  12. — ^^Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett  is  ordained  into  the  third  de- 
gree of  the  Ministry,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester. — Ibid.  p.  415. 

Michigan. — Mr.  George  Field,  formerly  a  lay-preacher  to 
the  societies  in  Norwich  and  Newcastle,  England,  is  creating 
a  great  sensation  in  Michigan  and  Indiana  by  public  dispu- 
tations with  Old  Church  ministers.  Many  are  becoming 
interested  in  the  Doctrines,  especially  at  Goshen  and  I^a  Porte, 
Ind.— C  C.  R.  1842:  48. 

Missouri^  St.  Louis^  November  20. — Organization  of  the 
"  First  New  Jerusalem  Society  of  St.  Louis,"  with  eleven 
members.  Many  persons  have  become  interested  through  the 
lectures  of  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott.  Mr.  George  Field  sub- 
sequently (in  February,  1843)  creates  much  interest  by  his 
lectures.  A  circle  of  new  readers  organize  a  "Society  for  the 
Examination  of  the  Writings  of  Swedenborg."  A  New 
Church  library  is  established. —  W.  Conv.  R.  1843:  38. 

New  York  City^  December  9. — Death  of  Samuel  Wood- 
worth,  the  poet  and  New  Church  author  and  publisher.     He 


478  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

was  one  of  the  earliest  and  most  enthusiastic  of  the  members 
of  the  New  Church  in  America,  published  The  Halcyon 
Liiminary^  in  1812,  was  for  many  years  the  leader  and  reader 
of  the  New  York  Society,  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
General  Convention  and  served  as  its  secretary  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  published  the  New  Jeriisale7n  Missionary  in  1823. 
Being  much  opposed  to  the  "  Conjugial  Heresy,"  he  gradually 
lost  his  influence  in  the  Convention,  and  spent  his  last  years 
in  retirement.  In  the  world  of  literature,  he  is  best  known  as 
the  author  of  the  poem,  "  The  Old  Oaken  Bucket."  His 
portrait  is  published  on  p.  303. — Mess.  vol.  63  :  89,  137,  157, 
203  ;  M.  n.  s.  VIII :   28. 

Dandy  and  Spencer. — Mr.  David  Powell,  Jr.,  is  assisting  the 
aged  Dr.  Beers  as  minister  to  the  societies  in  Danby,  Spencer, 
and  neighboring  towns.  His  fearless  announcing  of  the 
Doctrines  results  in  raging  attacks  by  the  Methodists  and 
Baptists. — C.  C.  R.  1842  :  43. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati^  May  26-30. — Tenth  Western  Co7tvention. 
Rev.  E.  A.  Atlee,  president,  and  N.  C.  Burnham,  secretary. 
The  resolution  of  1841  against  J.  S.  Williams  is  rescinded. — 
P.  Ill:   115,  166. 

May  30. — The  Rev.  Messrs.  J.  R.  Hibbard,  N.  C.  Burnham, 
and  T.  O.  Prescott  are  introduced  into  the  second  degree  of  the 
Ministry,  by  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Carll  and  Hurdus. — P.  Ill :   117. 

July  18. — Organization  of  the  "  Western  New  Church  Tract 
Society;"  M.  G.  Williams,  president,  and  N.  C.  Burnham, 
secretary. —  W.  Conv.  R.  1843  *  42- 

Dayton^  August  21. — K  society  of  fifteen  members  is  organ- 
ized by  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott. — Ibid.  p.  33. 

Lncas  County. — Rev.  Elisha  Hibbard  organized  the  "  First 
New  Jerusalem  Society  of  Lucas  County." — Ibid.  p.  40. 

Rockport^  August  27. — Rev.  Thomas  Worcester  is  present 
at  a  "  New  Church  Convocation  of  Northern  Ohio,"  and 
ordains  Rev.  Richard  Hooper  pastor  of  the  Rockport  society. 
—M.  16  :  58,  80. 

Wayne  County^  August  25. — Rev.  H.  N.  Strong  is  ordained 
pastor  of  this  society  by   Rev.  Thos.  Worcester. — M.  16  :  80. 


1842,  479 

Pennsylvania^  Philadelphia. — The  First  Society  is  now 
conducting  its  services  in  Simmon's  Lecture  Room,  on  Locust 
street,  one  door  west  of  8tli  Street.  The  attendance  is  large, 
and  the  society  increasing.  Mr.  C.  Chesebrough  is  the  presi- 
dent, and  T.  S.  Arthur,  secretary.  Mr.  De  Charms  has  re- 
signed his  position  as  pastor,  on  account  of  his  duties  in  the 
missionary  field,  but  still  remains  as  the  "minister"  of  the 
society. —  C  C.  R.  1842:  30;  /.  1843:   155. 

March  22. — Death  of  Condy  Raguet,  Esq.,  the  president  of 
the  Central  Convention,  and  one  of  the  most  prominent,  in- 
telligent and  active  members  of  the  New  Church  in  America. 
Born  of  French  parents,  in  Philadelphia,  1784,  he  studied  Law 
under  his  uncle,  Jonathan  W.  Condy,  from  whom  he  also  re- 
ceived the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  in  18 11.  He  soon 
rose  to  distinction  in  literary,  political,  and  commercial  circles, 
served  as  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  war  of  181 2-18 14,  and  as  a 
member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature,  until  181 9.  In 
1822  he  was  appointed  U.  S.  Consul  at  Rio  Janeiro,  and,  in 
1825,  Charge  d'  affaires  at  the  Court  of  Brazil.  Here  he 
served  until  1829,  when  he  returned  to  Philadelphia  and 
entered  into  the  journalistic  profession,  being  editor  of  a  num- 
ber of  journals,  and  chief  spokesman  of  the  Free  Trade  move- 
ment. During  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  was  president  of 
the  Atlantic  Insurance  Company  and  of  the  Philadelphia  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce.  He  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Philadelphia  Saving  Fund  Society,  in  18 16.  Mr.  Raguet  was 
no  less  prominent  in  the  New  Church  than  in  the  world.  It 
was  chiefly  through  his  energy  that  the  members  of  the  Church 
in  Philadelphia  first  organized  themselves  in  1815,  and  he  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  General  Convention,  in  181 7,  when 
he  served  as  the  secretary  of  that  body.  He  was  also  the  chief 
mover  in  the  reorganization  of  the  Philadelphia  First  Society, 
in  1840,  and  in  forming  the  Central  Convention,  of  which  he 
was  elected  the  first  president.  His  biography,  written  partly 
by  Col.  C.  C.  Biddle,  and  partly  by  Mr.  De  Charms,  is  published 
in  A^.  II :  264. 

April  17. — Rev.  M.  B.  Roche  resigns  from  the  pastorate  of 


48o 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


the  Philadelphia  Second  Society  and  from  the  ministry  and 
membership  of  the  New  Church.  His  case  was  a  remarkable 
one.  A  brilliant  young  priest  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  he 
came  over  to  the  New  Church  in  1822,  bringing  with  him  a 
great  part  of  his  former  congregation.  He  soon  rose  to  great 
influence  in  the  General  Convention,  but  after  some  years  be- 
came a  dipsomaniac,  and  finally  fell  into  a  critical  illness.  On 
recovering  he  had  completely  forgotten  everything  which  he 
had  known  before  respecting  the  New  Church  and  its  teach- 
ings. He  spent  the  latter  part  of  his  life  as  a  physician  in 
New  Bedford. — M,  n.  s.  VHI  :  142  ;  Conu.  i?.  1842  :  444  ;  ^V. 
H:  282. 

Philadelphia^  May  25-29. — Second  Awmal  Meetiiig  of  the 

Central  Co7ivention.  Four 
ministers  and  eighteen  mem- 
bers are  present.  Daniel  Lam- 
mot  is  elected  president,  T.  S. 
Arthur,  secretary,  R.  De 
Charms,  corresponding  secre- 
tary, and  W.  Chauvenet,  treas- 
urer. The  question  of  degrees 
in  the  Ministry  is  referred  to 
the  Ecclesiastical  Council  for 
immediate  consideration.  The 
ordination  of  Mr.  David  Powell 
is  approved.  K  list  of  the 
members  of  the  Central  Con- 
vention is  published  in  the 
journal,  showing  a  number  of 
members  in  New  England, 
New  York,  Pennsylvania, 
Maryland,  District  of  Columbia,  Virginia,  Michigan  and  Can- 
ada.—C.  C.  R.  1842. 

May  29. — Mr.  David   Powell  is  ordained  into  the  Ministry 
of  the  New  Church  by  Rev.   C.  I.  Doughty.— C  C.  R.   1842  : 

13- 

Canada.     Berlin^    Ont. — Organic    beginning  of   the    New 


Daniel  Lammot. 


1842.  481 

Church  ill  "  Berlin,  Preston  P.  O.,  Canada  West,"  at  this  time 
a  settlement  of  Pennsylvania  Germans,  mostly  Mennonites. 
Mr.  Christian  Enslin,  a  book-seller  and  editor  of  the  DeiUscher- 
Kanadier^  had  received  the  Doctrines  of  the 
New  Church  about  the  year  1832,  by  acci- 
dentally procuring  an  unsalable  copy  of  Dr. 
Tafel's  German  translation  of  the  Apocalypse 
Revealed.  He  soon  afterwards  procured  the 
rest  of  the  Writings  in  German  or  English, 
and  began  to  propagate  the  Doctrines 
among  his  neighbors,  but  had,  until  1841, 
christilTEnsiin.  gained  but  a  single  convert,  Mr.  Adam 
Ruby,  while  two  or  three  other  persons  were  reading  with 
some  interest.  Mr.  Enslin,  on  January  9,  1842,  sent  a  first 
communication  to  The  Newchttrchmaii^  of  Philadelphia,  and 
on  May  i  applied  for  admission  as  a  member  of  the  Central 
Convention.  Hearing,  in  the  same  year,  of  a  New  Church 
preacher,  Mr.  Harbin,  at  Chinquacousy,  near  Toronto,  he 
wrote  to  the  latter,  who  immediately  visited  Berlin,  baptizing 
the  two  receivers,  and  delivering  some  lectures  in  English 
which  were  attended  mostly  by  Germans.  The  little  circle, 
slightly  increased  in  number,  now  undertook  the  building 
of  a  small  chapel,  which  was  consecrated  on  December  25, 
1842. — Mess.  vol.  47  :  102  ;  L.  1893  :  143  \  N.  \:  524  ;  C. 
C.  R.   1842:  41;   1843:  22;  /.    1862:  424;  M  36  :  210. 

Germany.  Reutlmgen. — The  phantastic  doings  of  Iv. 
Hofaker  are  at  this  time  creating  a  great  scandal  in  Southern 
Germany,  bringing  odium  upon  the  New  Church.  Mr.  Hofaker 
and  Mr.  G.  Werner  had  established  a  kind  of  asylum  for 
female  "  seeresses,"  who  prophesied  in  the  public  streets  and 
created  a  great  sensation.  Mr.  Werner  at  last  tired  of  these 
vagaries,  and  endeavored  to  remove  one  of  the  "  seeresses  " 
from  his  house,  and  finally  appealed  to  the  police.  This  led 
to  an  open  rupture  between  Werner  and  Hofaker. — C.  C.  R. 
1843:   14. 

Great  Britain.  Bir77imgham^  August  9-13. —  Thirty-fifth 
General  Conference.     Present,   twelve   ministers  and   sixteen 


482  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

representatives,  Rev.  David  Howarth,  president.  The  Rev. 
William  Mason  again  unites  with  the  Conference.  It  is  re- 
solved to  open  communication  with  the  Central  Convention 
in  America.  The  ordination  of  Joseph  F.  Wynn,  of  Bright- 
lingsea,  is  granted.  Rev.  J.  H.  Smithson  is  appointed  sole 
editor  of  the  Intellectual  Repository.  The  consecration  of 
Rev.  Edward  Madeley  into  the  office  of  an  ordaining  Minister 
is  authorized.  Delightful  social  meetings  are  held  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Conference. — Co7if.  Rep.  1842  ;  /.  1842  :  346 ; 
M.  16  :  ']^. 

October  30. — Rev.  Edward  Madeley  is  consecrated  an 
ordaining  Minister  by  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder. —  Conf.  R.  1843  • 
19. 

Brightlingsea^  November  6. — Mr.  Joseph  Francis  Wynn  is 
ordained  a  minister  by  Rev.  Edward  Madeley. — Co?if.  R. 
1843  :   19.     See  also  O.  VI :  392. 

London.^  June  i. — Publication  of  Dr.  Wilkinson's  account 
of  "  Swedenborg  and  the  Swedenborgians "  in  the  Permy 
Cyclopoedia, 

June  21. — Thirty-third  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  Mr.  W.  M.  Wilkinson  is  elected  secretary.  The 
Committee  reports  that  it  has  presented  a  copy  of  Heaven  and 
Hell  to  Charles  Dickens,  who  in  a  very  courteous  letter  had 
returned  the  assurance  that  he  would  ''not  reject  the  book  un- 
examined." The  Society  had  received  the  present  of  a  table, 
formerly  belonging  to  Swedenborg's  apartments  in  the  house 
of  Richard  Shearsmith,  in  London.  A  correspondence  with 
the  Academy  of  Sciences  in  Stockholm  had  revealed  the  fact 
that  the  Manuscripts  of  Swedenborg,  which  lately  had  come 
into  the  hands  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  legally  belonged  to 
the  Academy.  The  Society's  income  had  greatly  increased 
during  the  year. — R.  S.  S.  1842. 

September  29. — Special  General  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  It  is  resolved  that  the  original  Manuscripts  of  the 
Apocalypsis  Explicata,  and  all  other  original  Manuscripts  of 
Swedenborg,  now  in  the  possession  of  this  Society,  be  returned 
to   the  Royal   Academy  of  Sciences  in   Stockholm,  after   Dr. 


1842.  4^3 

Tafel,  with  the  permission  of  the  Academy,  had  first  taken  a 
copy  of  them,  or  procured  their  publication. — /.  1842  :  434. 

Sweden.  Dr.  A.  Kahl,  while  on  a  journey  to  West  Goth- 
land, discovers  a  number  of  important  documents  respecting 
Swedenborg  in  the  library  of  the  late  Baron  Gyllenhaal.  He 
also  learns  that  the  first,  and  hitherto  missing,  volume  of  the 
MS.  to  the  Spiritual  Diary  is  preserved  in  the  University 
lyibrary  in  Upsala.  Through  his  instrumentality  this  volume 
is  now  transmitted  to  Dr.  Tafel  for  publication. — R,  S.  S, 
1843:  27. 

Switzerland.  Lausanne. — Death  of  John  Augustus  Tulk, 
Esq.,  one  of  the  earliest  members  of  the  New  Church  in  Eng- 
land. A  man  of  wealth  and  culture,  he  was  the  first  to  asso- 
ciate himself  with  Robert  Hindmarsh,  in  1783,  and  was  sub- 
sequently connected  with  every  important  movement  of  the 
Church  in  Ivondon,  published  Swedenborg's  Indexes  to 
Arcana  Coelestia  and  Apocalypse  Revealed^  compiled  an  exten- 
sive Index  to  the  Apocalypse  Explained^  contributed  important 
articles  to  all  the  earliest  Journals  (especially  the  Aurora)^  was 
the  principal  founder  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  in  1810,  and 
assisted  in  the  establishment  of  the  Intellectual  Repository.,  in 
181 2.  He  soon  afterwards  took  up  his  residence  at  Lausanne, 
in  Switzerland,  but  continued  his  activity  in  the  Church  with- 
out interruption,  assisting  Dr.  Tafel  in  the  publication  of  the 
Writings  in  German,  and  publishing,  at  his  own  expense,  a 
series  of  eight  volumes  of  the  Writings  in  French,  from  the 
manuscript  translations  of  the  late  librarian  Moet.  He  was  a 
man  of  unusual  intelligence  and  erudition  in  the  Doctrines  of 
the  New  Church,  was  a  firm  believer  in  the  Divine  authority 
of  the  Writings,  and  a  decided  opponent  to  the  heresy  of  his 
own  son,  Charles  Augustus  Tulk.  No  obituary  or  memoir  of 
him  has  ever  appeared,  and  the  exact  time  of  his  death  is  un- 
known. For  a  few  biographical  facts  see  /.  1861  :  578,  and 
D.  II:   1 189. 

Notabi.e;  Artici.es. 

The  Intellectual  Repository,  1842. 

"  The  Hebrew  is  the  Basis  of  the  Science  of  Correspondences."  by  Baron 
F.  Portal. — pp.  17,  89,  165. 


484  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

"  Extracts  from  a  Review  of  Swedenborg's  Poems,  by  Francis  Barham, 
Esq." — p.  81.     (Containing  some  very  fine  translations  into  English.) 

An  interesting  discussion  of  the  propriety  or  impropriety  of  the  designa- 
tion "  Nevi^  Jerusalem  Church,"  as  the  name  of  the  Nevi^  Church. — pp.  85, 
141,  170,  217,  256. 

The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine^  Vol.  16. 

An  editorial  on  "Swedenborg's  [Memorable]  Relations  "  declares  that  the 
Writings  of  the  New  Church  are  not  Divine  Truth,  and  that  there  is  all  the 
difference  between  the  Word  and  the  Writings  of  Swedenborg,  that  exists 
between  the  infinite  and  the  finite,  the  Divine  and  the  merely  human." — p. 
115. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg :  Advei^saria  in  Lihvs  Veteris  Testamenti  (Sweden- 
borg's preliminary  explanation  of  the  Old  Testament, 
1 745-1747).  Part  2.  Containing  Explanation  of  Joshua, 
Judges,  Ruth,  Samuel,  the  Kings  and  the  Chronicles  (nos. 
4451-5409).  Tubingen.  121  pp. — A.  L. 
Adversaria.  Part  3.  Containing  the  Explanation  of  Leviti- 
cus, Numbers,  and  Deuteronomy  (nos.  5410-7762). 
Tiibingen.     386  pp. 

First  Latin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel,  who  pub- 
lished the  parts  of  the  Manuscripts  as  they  came  to  him, 
regardless  of  chronological  order. 
Arcana  Ccelestia.    Vol.  XIII.  (Nos.  9974-10837).   Tiibin- 
gen.    609  pp. 

Second  Latin  edition,  now  completed.     Edited  by  Dr. 
Im.  Tafel.— A.  L. 
Doctrijie  sur  L' Ecritiire   Saiyite    (Doctrine  of  the  Sacred 
Scripture).     St.  Amand.     205  pp. 

First   French  edition,  translated  by    M.   Le  Boys  des 
Guays. — A.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  co7icerni7ig  the  Sacred 
Scripture.     Boston.     Clapp. 
Fifth  American  edition. — B.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  Neiv  Jerusalem  co7icerning  the  Sacred 
Scripture.     London.     S.  S. 

Seventh  English  edition. — R.  S.  S.  1S42. 
The  Doctrine  of  Faith.     London.     S.  S. 

Sixth  English  edition. — R.  S.  S.  1842. 
The  Doctrine  of  Life.     Boston.     Clapp.     54  pp. 
Seventh  American  edition. — A.  L. 


1842.  4^5 

The  Dodrme  of  the  Lord.     Boston.     Clapp.      94  pp. 

Sixth  American  edition. — A.  L. 
Hhmnelska  Lonjiligheter  (Arcana  Coelestia).     Stockholm. 
Deleen.     Part  III.— R.   L. 
[Anonymous]  :   Charles  aiid  Rosa  ;  stories  for  the  little  children 
of  the  New  Church.      Part  I.      Boston.      Clapp.     54  pp. 
Noticed  M.  16  :  81.— A.  L. 
A    Letter    to   a   Friend,   on    Swedenborgianis7n.     Boston. 
Clapp.      24  pp. 

Reviewed,   M.    15  :  359  ;    N.    C.   Adv.    1842  :  109. — 
Cin.  L. 
Reflections  occasio?ied  by  the  Rev.   G.  Gibbons'   recent  attack 
upon  Swedenborg' s  Treatise  on  Cojijiigial  Love.     I^ondon. 
Hodson.     23  pp. — A.  I^. 
Sketches  from  Real  Life.     By   a    Mother.     Philadelphia. 
Published  by  the  Central  Convention. — M.  16  :  122. 
Barrett,  Rev.  B.  F.:  A  Course  of  Lectures  on  the   Doctrines  of 
the  New  Church.     Boston.     Clapp. 
Reviewed,  A^.  I  :  523  ;  M.    15  :  241. 
Bath  Society  :  Articles  and  Rides  of  Order  for  the  Bath  Society, 
Me.     Bath.      13  pp. 

A  copy  in  the  Hbrary  of  Rev.  F.  Sewall. 
Beaumont-Vassy,  le   vicomte  de  :  Swedenborg  ou   Stockholm 
en  i^75<5.     Paris.     348  pp. 

A  would-be  "historical"  drama,  describing  the  in- 
trigues at  the  court  of  Queen  Louisa  Ulrica,  in  which 
the  author  makes  Swedenborg  take  a  prominent  and 
magical  part.  The  work  is  altogether  fanciful,  but 
interesting  and  without  malicious  intent.  Reviewed  in 
N.  C  Adv.  1842  :  92;  M.  16  :  280.— A.  L. 
Blanchet,  S.  A.:  Exposition Populaire de  la  Vrai Religion  Chreti- 

eiine.     St.  Amand.      102  pp. — A.L. 
[Goyder,  Rev.  D.  G.]  :   The  Young  Christian's  Earliest  Friejid. 
Glasgow.     208  pp. 

Reviewed,  /.  1842  :  395. 
Gray,  Miss  A.  A.:  fuvenile  Ballads  and  Nursery  Rhymes.    Glas- 
gow.    Goyder;  also  Boston.     Clapp.     57  pp. 
Reviewed  31.  15:  241;  /.  1842  :  396. — Cin.  I^. 
Made  ley,  Rev.  Edward  :  Hymns  of  Prayer  a?id  Praise  for  the 
Young.     Glasgow.     Goyder.      191  pp. 


486  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Second    edition,    enlarged.     Reviewed,  /.  1842  :  312; 
M.  16  \  119. — Cin.  L. 
Mason,    Rev.    William:    The   Parents'    Fi'iend ;  or   Essays  on 
Dojnestic  Education.     Glasgow.     Goyder.      132  pp. 
Reviewed,  /.  1842  :  309;  M.  16  :  39. — A.  L. 
Odhner,  Rev.  Pehr  Hemming  :  Immanuel,   Christliga  Predik- 
ni7igar.     Vol.  II.   Mariestad.     Sweden.    459  pp. — A.  L. 
Oegger,  G.:    The  True  Messiah  ;  or  the  Old  arid  New  1  estanie7its. 
Boston.     Peabody.     270   pp. — Copy    in    the    library  of 
Mrs.  M.  G.  Williams,  Urbana,  O. 
[Periodicals]:      The hitelledual  Repository .     Vol.  3,  n.  s.     Lon- 
don.     Hodson.     486  pp. — A.  L. 
La  Nouvelle  Jerusalem.     Vol.  5.     St.  Amand.     380  pp. — 

A.  L. 
The   Magazijie  for  the   Children   of  the   New  Jerusalem 
Church,  especially  designed  for  the  children  of  the  Sun- 
day a7id  Day  Schools  of  the  Church.     Manchester. 

An  illustrated,  32  pp.  monthly,  published  by  the  Lan- 
cashire Sunday  School  Union.  It  had  but  a  brief  exist- 
ence. Reviewed,  /.  1842  :  70. 
The  New  Church  Advocate.  A  Magazine  a7id  Review  of 
Theology,  Scie7ice,  Art,  a7id  Literature.  Vol.  I.  May- 
December,  1842  (pp.  1-128). 

A  semi-monthly  magazine  of  8  pp.,  edited  and  pub- 
lished at  Norwich,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder. — A.  L. 
The  Newchurchma7i.     Vol.  I,  completed  (pp.  321-659). 

Philadelphia.     Central  Convention. — A.  L. 
The  New  Jerusale77i  Magazi7ie.     Vol.  16.     Boston.   Clapp. 

512  pp.— A.  L. 
The   Precursor.     Vol.    Ill,    completed    (January- August, 
1842).     Cincinnati. 

The  Western  Convention,  in  August,  1842,  suspended 
the  journal,  owing  to  lack  of  financial  support. — A.  ly. 
Reed,  Sampson  :   Corresponde7ices  for  the  Childre7i  of  the  New 
Church.     Boston.     Clapp.     52  pp. 
Second  edition;  M.  15  :  511. — Cin.  L. 
[Reports] :   Central  Co7ive7ition.     Journal  No.   IV.     Second  an- 
nual meeting.      Philadelphia.     84  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Co7ifere7ice.     Minutes  for  1842.   London.    Hodson. 
64  pp. — A.  L. 


1842—1843^  487 

General  Convention.     Journal  for   1842,  published  in  M, 

15  :  401. 

Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  33.     London.     48  pp. — 
A.  L. 

Smithson,  Rev.  J.  H.:  A  Second  Letter  to  Rev.   G.   Gibbons,  re- 
futing his  Calum7iies,  etc.     Manchester.  66  pp. — A.   L. 

Tafel,  Dr.  Im.:  Samnilung  vo7t  Urkunden  betreffend  Emanuel 
Swede7iborg.     Part  3.     Tiibingen.     96  pp. — A.  L. 

Tulk,  Charles  Augustus :  A  S^inimary  Explicatio7i  of  the 
Lord' s  Prayer.     London. 

Noticed,  M.    16  :  200;  A^.  C.  Adv.  1842  :  no. 

Wilkinson,  Dr.  J.  J.  G.:  A  Sketch  of  Swedenborg  and  Sweden- 
borgia7is.  Reprinted  from  the  London  Pe7iny  Cyclopcedia. 
London:  Hodson.     Boston:  Clapp.      16  pp. 

A  most  important  tract  in  which,  for  the  first  time,  is 
presented  an  intelligent  analysis  of  Swedenborg' s  Scien- 
tific works.     The  tract  had  a  wide  circulation.     See  M. 

16  :  40;  N.  C.  Adv.  1842  :  116.— A.  L. 

Contemporary  Bvents. 

America.  End  of  the  Seminole  War  in  Florida.  Fremont  explores  the 
Rocky  Mountain  region.  Death  of  W.  K.  Channing,  the  leader  of  the 
Unitarians  in  America,  anti-slavery  agitator,  writer,  and  philanthropist. 

China.  The  war  with  Great  Britain  is  concluded  by  the  treaty  of  Nank- 
ing. Canton,  Shanghai,  and  other  ports,  are  opened  to  British  commerce. 
Hong  Kong  is  ceded  to  England. 

France.  The  Duke  of  Orleans,  the  eldest  son  of  Louis  Philippe,  is 
killed  by  an  accident.     Death  of  Sismondi,  the  historian. 

Germafty.  A  great  fire  devastates  Hamburg.  Death  of  Gesenius,  the 
Hebraist,  professor  at  Halle. 

Great  Britain.  A  new  corn-law  is  passed.  The  Chartists  make  great 
demonstrations  in  London  and  present  a  monster  petition  to  Parliament. 

India.  A  great  rising  of  the  Afghans  compels  the  British  to  withdraw 
from  Cabul.  The  army,  while  retreating,  is  overwhelmed  and  massacred  in 
the  Khoord  Cabul  Pass. 

Italy.     Death  of  Cherubiui,  the  composer. 

South  Africa.     The  British  take  possession  of  the  Boer  republic  in  Natal. 

yQ^  ^  America.     Illinois,  Sprifig field,  July  4. — Rev.  J. 

'  ^*  R.  Hibbard,  while  on  a  horseback  missionary  journey 

through  Illinois,  is  introduced  to  Abraham   Lincoln.     "  Mr. 

Lincoln  was   not  a  member  of  any  of  the  various  sects  or 


488  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Churches.  A  very  few  knew  why.  He  was  a  religious  man, 
a  very  conscientious  man,  and  his  conscience  was  formed  by 
the  Ten  Commandments  and  the  Word  of  God,  which,  in 
private,  he  read  much.  His  views  concerning  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  as  God  manifest,  concerning  the  Sacred  Scriptures  and 
the  life  they  teach,  concerning  the  moral  government  of  the 
universe,  and  the  civil  government  of  nations,  the  humanitv- 
man  and  the  duty  of  rulers  to  protect  and  preserve  the  princi- 
ples of  humanity  wherever  found,  in  the  highest  and  the  lowest, 
were  largely  formed  and  influenced  by  the  Writings  of  Sweden- 
borg,  furnished  to  him  by  his  friend,  Mr.  I.  S.  Britton,  about 
the  year  1842  and  1843.  '^^^  time  has  passed  when  the 
knowledge  of  this  will  disturb  the  feelings  of  any,  and  it  may 
be  well,  and  is  due  to  history,  that  it  should  be  preserved." — 
Mess.  vol.  46  :  67. 

The  Hon.  I.  S.  Britton  was  State  superintendent  of  common 
schools,  and  the  most  prominent  New  Churchman  in  Spring- 
field. 

Maryland^  Baltimore^  May  28. — A  new  society  is  organized, 
under  the  name  of  "  The  Baltimore  Society  of  the  New  Church,'' 
in  affiliation  with  the  Central  Convention.  Rev.  N.  C.  Burn- 
ham  is  elected  pastor. — C.  C.  R.  1843  :  20. 

Massachusetts^  Yarmouth^  July  2. — Mr.  T.  P.  Rodman  is 
ordained  into  the  first  degree  of  the  ministry  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Worcester. — M.  16:  512. 

September  20. — A  Society  is  instituted  here  by  Rev.  Thos. 
Worcester.  Mr.  Rodman  officiates  as  the  minister.  —  Conv.  R, 
1844:  423;  M.  17:  75. 

Michigan.,  Albion.,  January  2. — Organization  of  the  "Asso- 
ciation of  Readers  and  Receivers  of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Jerusalem  Church  in  Michigan  and  Northern  Indiana."  Mr. 
J.  King  is  elected  president,  and  R.  H.  Murray,  secretary.  (The 
Hon.  Abiel  Silver  was  the  leading  spirit  of  the  movement.) 

The  Western  Convention  is  requested  to  authorize  the  ordi- 
nation of  Mr.  George  Field,  who,  pending  his  ordination,  is 
invited  to  become  the  minister-at-large  for  the  Association. — 
Field,  p.  64;  M.  16:  317. 


1 8 43'  489 

New  York^  Henderson,  July  24. — Death  of  the  Rev.  Holland 
Weeks,  the  founder  of  the  New  Church  in  Abington,  Mass., 
Detroit,  Mich.,  Henderson,  N.  Y.,  and,  indirectly,  in  many 
other  places.  While  a  Calvinist  minister  of  high  standing,  he 
received  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  at  Abington,  Mass., 
in  1 81 8,  began  to  preach  them  openly,  suffered  much  persecu- 
tion, and  was  finally  excommunicated  in  1820.  He  was 
ordained  into  the  Ministry  of  the  New  Church  in  1821,  and 
for  a  few  years  labored  with  much  success  as  a  missionary  in 
Virginia,  Pennsylvania,  and  New  York.  Owing  to  ill  health 
and  advanced  age,  he  soon  retired  to  his  farm,  near  Hender- 
son, N.  Y.,  where  he  also  served  for  many  years  as  pastor  of  a 
small  but  devoted  flock.  "Though  a  plain  man,  we  have  per- 
haps never  had  a  stronger  and  more  intensely  intellectual  one 
in  the  New  Church  than  the  Rev.  Holland  Weeks.  He  had 
been  a  leading  minister  in  the  Hopkinsian  faith,  and  as  such, 
was  well  known  and  much  respected  throughout  New  England. 
He  was  well  versed  in  the  learned  languages,  armed  cap-a-pie 
in  dogmatic  Theology,  and  thoroughly  grounded  in  the  Letter 
of  the  Word." — Ex.  151;  M.  17:  80;   Conv.  R.  1844:  424. 

New  York  City,  June  15-18. — Third  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Central  Convention.  Five  ministers  and  eighteen  members 
are  present.  It  is  resolved  to  remove  all  controversial  matter 
from  The  Nezv churchman,  and  to  publish  such  matter  privately 
in  a  separate  publication,  to  be  entitled  The  Newchurchman 
Extra.  The  committee,  appointed  in  1841,  to  confer  with  the 
Eastern  and  Western  Conventions,  is  discharged,  at  its  own 
request,  as  its  attempt  to  approach  the  "Eastern"  (or  General) 
Convention  has  proved  futile.  The  correspondence  between 
the  committees  of  the  three  Conventions  is  published  in  full  in 
the  Journal,  and  is  of  great  interest.  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester, 
as  chairman  of  the  committee  of  the  General  Convention,  de- 
clines any  discussion  of  the  subject  of  forming  a  new,  general 
and  truly  representative  body  of  the  whole  Church,  but  con- 
fines himself  to  a  willingness  "to  confer  on  the  differences 
which  exist  in  the  Church,  on  the  causes  which  led  to  them, 
and   the   means   by   which   the   peace  of  the  Church  may  be 


490  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

restored."  As  such  means  he  suggests,  virtually,  that  the 
Central  Convention  should  disown  its  pamphlet  entitled 
Reasons  a?id  Principles  and  silence  its  organ,  The  New- 
churchman^  in  its  opposition  to  the  principles  of  the  General 
Convention.  This  opens  up  many  old  grievances,  the  com- 
mittee of  the  Western  Convention  sympathizing  with  that  of 
the  Central  Convention.  The  document  is  of  great  historical 
importance. — C.  C.  R.  1843. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati^  January  7.  —  Mr.  Adam  Haworth,  of 
Accrington,  now  on  an  extended  visit  to  America,  in  a  very 
interesting  letter  to  the  Intellectual  Repository^  describes  the 
distinguishing  characteristics  of  the  New  Church  in  the  United 
States,  as  follows :  "  One  is,  that  its  members  have  generally 
adopted  the  temperance  plan  of  abstaining  from  alcoholic 
drinks.  Another  is,  that  the  Homoeopathic  System  of  Medicine 
is  much  in  favor  amongst  them,  and  is  adopted  to  a  great  ex- 
tent. Another,  that  they  cherish,  as  a  religious  denomination, 
a  more  exclusive  spirit,  or,  as  they  themselves  would  perhaps 
term  it,  assume  a  form  of  greater  distinctiveness,  than  is  done 
by  their  brethren  in  Britain.  Again,  their  ministers  or  pastors, 
have  more  external  authority  than  ministers  have  in  England, 
while  the  laity  are  in  a  more  passive  state." — /.  1843  :   158. 

January  31. — Rev.  N.  C.  Burnham  resigns  the  pastorate  of 
the  Cincinnati  Third  Society. —  W.  Co7iv.  R.  1843  •  3^,  Zl- 

May. — Rev.  M.  M.  Carll  resigns  the  pastorate  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati First  Society. — Ibid. 

May  24-29. — Eleventh  Western  Convention.  The  ordina- 
tion of  Mr.  George  Field  is  authorized.  No  other  business  of 
general  importance  is  transacted. —  W.  Conv.  R.  1843. 

May  28. — Mr.  George  Field,  of  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  is 
ordained  into  the  first  and  at  the  same  time  into  the  second 
degree  of  the   ministry  by  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll. — Ibid.  pp.  9,  26. 

August  30. — Death  of  Rev.  Adam  Hurdus,  the  patriarch  of 
the  New  Church  in  the  West,  the  founder  of  the  Cincinnati 
society.  Born  near  Manchester  in  1760,  he  had  an  adventur- 
ous youth,  served  in  the  navy,  was  captured  by  the  French, 
and   spent   many  years  in  military   prison  in  France.     When 


i843'  491 

liberated,  he  entered  into  successful  mercantile  pursuits  in 
Manchester,  was  led  to  embrace  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church 
by  reading  Mr.  Wesley's  slanders  against  Swedenborg  in  the 
"  Arminian  Magazine,"  and  attached  himself  to  the  Rev.  John 
Clowes.  Disliking  to  see  the  New  Church  mixed  with  the 
Old,  he  soon  afterwards  joined  in  the  movement  for  a  distinctive 
New  Church  society,  and  became  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Peter  Street  society.  Emigrating  to  America,  in  1804,  he 
settled  in  Cincinnati,  1806,  opened  New  Church  services  at  his 
own  house,  1808,  organized  the  First  New  Church  Society  of 
Cincinnati,  181 1,  was  ordained  a  minister  by  Mr.  Hargrove, 
18 16,  and  was  recognized  an  ordaining  minister,  by  the  Gen- 
eral Convention,  in  1828.  An  excellent  man,  humble,  self- 
denying,  affectionate  and  active,  a  simple  but  lucid  and  forceful 
preacher,  an  Israelite  without  guile. — M.  17  :  76  ;  Ex.  97  ;  P. 
II :  79  ;  /.  1812  :  201.  See  especially,  his  Biography^  by  his 
grandson,  the  Hon.  A.  G.  W.  Carter  (New  York,  1865). 

Steubenville^  March. — Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott,  while  lecturing 
here,  baptizes  thirty-four  persons.  Travelling,  during  the 
year,  from  Wheeling  to  St.  Louis,  he  baptizes  in  all  one 
hundred  and  twenty-one  persons. —  W.  Conv.  R.  1843  •  57- 

Pennsylvania^  Philadelphia^  June  14-16. —  The  Twenty-fifth 
General  Convention.  Present,  eleven  ministers  and  eighteen 
delegates.  The  Baltimore  First  Society,  having  rescinded  its 
withdrawal,  is  again  received  into  the  Convention.  A  Tract 
Board  is  established.  The  ordination  of  T.  P.  Rodman  is 
granted.  No  other  business  of  general  importance  is  trans- 
acted.— Conv.  R.  1843;  ^  16'  4<^5- 

Rhode  Island^  Providence^  October  14. — The  first  house  ot 
worship  of  the  Providence  society  is  dedicated  by  Mr.  Barrett. 
— M.  17  :   120. 

Virginia^  Wheelings  February  13. — A  society  of  eleven 
persons  is  organized  by   Rev.  T.  O.    Prescott. —  W.  Conv.  R. 

1843:  31- 

Great  Britain.  Accrington^  December. — Great  religious  ex- 
citement is  stirred  up  here  by  the  frantic  attacks  on  the  New 
Church  by  a  Methodist  preacher,  named  Figg.     Rev.  Jonathan 


492  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Bayley  becomes  very  prominent  by  his  splendid  defense  of  the 
Doctrines  in  public  disputations  and  in  various  pamphlets. — /. 
1844:   117;  N.  C  Adv.  1844:  29,  44,  61. 

London. — The  "London  New  Jerusalem  Free  School"  is  at 
this  time  in  a  very  languishing  condition,  and  appeals  for  aid. 
Many  of  those  who  formerly  supported  it  have  now  lost  in- 
terest, the  School  not  having  produced  any  practical  results 
in  the  way  of  benefiting  the  New  Church.  (It  is  to  be 
observed  that  this  School,  like  most  of  the  New  Church  Free 
Schools  in  England,  were  charities  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor ; 
very  few  of  the  members  of  the  New  Church  sent  their 
children  to  these  Schools,  and  there  was  given  but  little  in- 
struction distinctively  of  the  New  Church.) — /.  1843:   233. 

January  16. — The  "London  United  Society"  begins  to  erect 
a  new  temple  in  Argyll  [Argyle]  Square. — /.  1843:  117.  The 
corner-stone  was  laid  on  July  27. — /.  1843  •  356- 

June  20. — Tliirty-fom^th  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society,  Chas.  Aug.  Tulk,  chairman.  It  is  resolved  to  estab- 
lish a  central  depository  in  London,  for  the  sale  of  the  Writings. 
The  annual  Dinners  are  discontinued.  The  original  MS.  of 
the  Apocalypsis  Explicata  has  been  returned  to  Stockholm,  and 
the  receipt  has  been  acknowledged  with  great  courtesy  by 
Baron  Berzelius,  secretary  of  the  Royal  Academy.  Dr.  Im. 
Tafel  has  received  the  MS.  of  the  Diarium  Spirituale,  and  has 
begun  to  edit  it  for  publication. — R.  S,  S.  1843;  -^-  ^7 '•   ^53- 

Manchester^  April. — The  society  opens  a  depot  for  the  sale 
of  New  Church  works,  with  Mr.  Leon  Kenwcrthy  as  agent. — 
/.  1843:   158. 

August  8-12. —  Thirty-sixth  General  Conference. — Present, 
thirteen  ministers  and  thirty  representatives.  Rev.  J.  H.  Smith- 
son,  president.  Addresses  are  received  from  the  three  Conven- 
tions in  the  United  States,  and  replies  are  returned.  An 
application  from  the  society  at  Rose-place,  Liverpool,  to  be 
received  into  the  Conference,  is  declined,  as  such  reception 
"  would  not  be  beneficial  to  the  Church." — Conf.  Rep.  1843  ;  ^• 
1843:  354- 

Newcastle. — Rev.   E.   D.   Rendell   resigns   the  pastorate  of 


iS43'  493 

this  society,  which  now  remains  without  a  regular  minister 
until  1849.— iT^  L.  1895  :   157. 

N0TABI.E  ArTicIvES. 

The  Intellectual  Repository  for  1843. 

A  controversy  on  the  propriety  or  vice  versa  of  New  Church  Ministers 
wearing  an  official  dress. — pp.  loi,  143. 

The  New  Church  Advocate,  1843. 

"  Father  Matthew  and  the  Temperance  Pledge."  (The  writer,  "  L,"  traces 
the  origin  of  the  total  abstinence  movement  to  the  Catholic  Church,  and 
exhibits  its  evil  correspondence. ) — p.  283. 

Account  of  the  "  Philo-Theological  Society  of  the  New  Church,"  a  society 
for  the  study  of  correspondences — very  peculiar, — by  Elihu  Rich,  secretary. 
— p.  292. 

The  Newchurchttiafi,  Vol.  II. 

History  of  the  New  Church  in  Lancaster,  Pa. — p.  40. 

"The  Church — Its  Authority,"  an  answer  to  Mr.  Barrett,  by  R.  De 
Charms. — pp.  58-128. 

"  On  the  Divine  Operation  particular  with  the  Clergy." — pp.  128-182. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Adversaria.     Part  4.     Containing  the  explanation 
of  Isaiah  and  Jeremiah.     Stuttgart.     251  pp. 

First  Latin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.   Im.  Tafel. — A.  L. 
The  Animal  Kingdom,  considered  anatomically,  physically, 
and  philosophically.     Vol   I.     London.      W.    Newbery. 
526  pp.       With  a  most  valuable  Preface  by  the  trans- 
lator.    64  pp. 

First    English   edition,    translated   by    Dr.  J.    J.    G. 
Wilkinson,  and  revised  by  Dr.  John  Spurgin,   Reviewed, 
/.  1843  :   342.— A.  L. 
Arcatia  Ccelestia.    Vols.  5-7.    Boston.    Freeman  &  Bolles. 
First  American  edition.     Reviewed,  M.  16:  275,  361. 
—A.  L. 
Arcanes  Celestes.     Vol.  II.   (Nos.  894-1520).    St.  Amand. 
417  pp. 

First  French  edition. — A.  L. 
A  Brief  Continuation  of  the  Coro7iis.     London.     S.  S. 

Second  English  edition. — B.  I. 
Co7iJ2igial  Love.     Boston.     Clapp.     438  pp. 

Third  American  edition. — A.  L. 
Coronis.     London.     S.  S. 


494  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Third  English  edition. — R.  S.  S.  1843:  7. 
De  Commercio  AnimcE  et  Corporis  (Intercourse  between  the 
Soul  and  the  Body).     Stuttgart.     30  pp. 

Second  I^atin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel. — A.  L. 
Du   Divin    Amour  et   de   la   Divine    Sagesse   (from    the 
Apocalypse  Explained^.     St.  Amand.      144  pp. 

First   French  edition,    translated   b}-  M.  I^e  Boys  des 
Guays. — A.  ly. 
Det  Nya  Jeriisalems  Ldi^a  om  Herj-en   (Doctrine  of   the 
Lord).     Stockholm.     Deleen.     80  pp. 

Third  Swedish    edition,    (incomplete);    translated  by 
Carl  Deleen.— A.  L. 
Diarium  Spirituale.    Part  2  (Nos.  3427-4544).    Stuttgart. 

372  pp.— A.  L. 
Diarijim    Spirituale,    Mimis.      (The     "Lesser    Diary"). 
"Part  4."     Stuttgart.      102  pp. 

First  Latin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel,  who 
published  the  various  parts,  not  in  chronological  order, 
but  as  the  scattered  parts  of  the  manuscript  came  to  his 
hands  from  various  sources.  Hence  parts  2  and  4  were 
published  before  parts  1,3,  etc. — A.  L. 
Ajigelic  Wisdom  concerning  the  Divine  Love  and  Wisdom. 
London:  S.  S.  and  Boston:  Clapp.      180  pp. 

Third    English    and    also    third    American    edition, 
"  carefully  revised." — /.  1843:   115. — A.  L. 
LLeaven  and  Hell.     London.     S.  S.     342  pp. 

Tenth  English  edition,  "carefully  revised." — /.  1843: 
115.— A.  L. 
Sapieyitia  A7igelica  de  Divino  Aviore  et  de  Divi7ia  Sapientia 
(Divine  Love  and  Wisdom).     Stuttgart.     215  pp. 
Second  Latin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel. — A.  L. 
The  True  Christian  Religion.     Boston.     T.  H.  Carter. 
Fourth  American  edition. — B.  L. 
[Anonymous]:   Chaiies  and  Rosa.     Part  2.     Boston.     Clapp. — 
M.  16:  359. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  Life,  with  some  of  its  Theological  Applica- 
tions.    An  essay  by  W.  B.  G.     Boston.     B.  H.  Greene. 
70  pp. — U.  L. 
Lessons  in  Verse,  on  the  Lor d^ s  Prayer  and  the  Ten   Com- 
mandynents.     Boston. — M.  16:   359. 


1^43'  495 

The  Unturned  Cake,  by  Uncle  George.     Glasgow.    Goyder. 

— M.  17:  40. 

Barrett,    Rev.    B.   F.:  An   article  -written  for  the  Philadelphia 

'^  Neiuchurchman,'"   but  rejected.     New    York.      30    pp. 

A   pamphlet   full  of  personal  abuse  directed  against 

Rev.  R.  De  Charms.— A.  L. 

The  End  of  the  World.     A  lecture.     Boston.     Clapp.     24 

pp. — Harv.  Iv. 
The  Holy  City,  New  Jerusalem.     A  sermon.     New  York. 
J.  Allen.     47  pp.— A.  L. 
Barth,    Fred.:    Warum  7iimmst  Du  das  Zeugtiiss  Sivedenborg' s 
nicht  anf  (Why  do  you  not  accept  Swedenborg's  testi- 
mony?).    Reutlingen.     Wiirtemberg.      65  pp. 

An  attack  on  the  New  Church  and  Dr.  Tafel. — A.  L. 
Bonwell,    Rev.    James:     The  Perishing  in   the   Gainsaying  of 
Core.     Preston.     I^ancashire. 

An  attack  on  the  New  Church  by  an  Anglican  priest, 
curate  at  Preston;  reviewed,  N.  C.  Adv.  1843  :  267. 
Clissold,  Rev.  Augustus  :  A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  James  Bonwell, 
of  Preston.     Manchester.     L.  Kenworthy.     22  pp. 
Reviewed,  /.  1843  :  390. 
The  New  Church  ;  or  a  Refutation  of  the  Review  co?itained 
in  the '' Preston  Magazine.''    London.    Hodson.    22pp. 
Reviewed,  /.  1844  :  29. 
DeCharms,  Rev.  Richard  :  Sermons    Illustrating  the  Doctrine 
of  the   Lord,  and  other    Fundameyital  Doctriries   of  the 
New  Jerusalem  Church.     London.     Newbery.      376  pp. 
Reprinted    from    the   American  edition;  reviewed,  /. 
1843  -  386. 
The  True  Grounds  of  National  Union  and  Prosperity.     A 
New  Year's  Sermon.     Philadelphia.     36  pp. — A.  L. 
Douglas,  John  :  Statement  of  the   Difficulties  between  the  First 
Neiv  ferusakin  Society  of  New  York  and  Mr.  John  Doug- 
las, one  of  its  7?tembers.     New  York.     43  pp. — A.  L. 
Elder,    William  :    The    Genius   of  Ecclesiastical  Freedom,    com- 
prising  the   Declaratio?i    of  Divine    Order,  made  by  the 
first  Co?ive7ition    of  the   New    Chiirch    in    Union  county, 
Indiana.     Cincinnati.     360  pp. — B.  L. 
Goyder,  Rev.  D.   G.:    Treasures  in   Heaven.     Manchester.     24 
pp.— A.  L. 


496  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

Keene,  Rev.  James  :  Life  Eternal,  PaHe?ice,    etc.     A  series  of 

tracts.     lyondon.     Hodson. — A.   ly. 
[Liturgical]:    The  Liturgy   of  the   Neiv    Church.     4th    edition, 
lyondon.     Gen.  Conference.     273  pp. — B.  M. 

The  Psal^ns  of  David,  according  to   the  Bible  Versio?i,  with 
a   Summary   Exposition    of  the   Interjial   Se7ise  of   each 
Psalm.     London.     Hodson.      145  pp. — A.  L. 
Mason,  Rev.  Wm.:  A   Manual  of  Piety.     Glasgow.     Goyder. 
Compiled  from   the  Devout  Prayers  of  Rev.  William 
Hill. — /.  1843  :  113;  M.  16  :  359. 
[Periodical]:     The   Boys'    a7id   Girls'    Magazine.     New    York. 
Edited  by  Mrs.  Samuel  Colman. — M.  ?2.  ^.  X  :  413. 

The  New  Church  Magazine  for  Childre^i.  Vol.  I.  July, 
1843-June,  1844.      192  pp. 

Published,  monthl}^,  at  Boston,  and  edited  by  Mr. 
Sampson  Reed.  It  was  published  in  Boston,  until  1869, 
when  it  was  transferred  to  New  York.  It  was  suspended 
in  1872,  but  the  publication  was  resumed  at  Boston, 
1880.— J/,  n.  ^.  X  :  412;  M.   29  :  291. 

The  Iiitellectual  Repository.  Vol.  3  71.  s.  London.  Hodson. 
480  pp. — A.  L. 

La  Nouvelle  ferusalem.  Vol.  6.  St.  Amand.  378  pp. — 
A.  L. 

The  New  Church  Advocate.  January-December,  1843. 
pp.  129-316,  completing  Vol  I.     Norwich. — A.  L. 

The  Newchurchman.  Vol.  II  completed,  (pp.  1-386).  Phil- 
adelphia.    Central  Convention. — A.  L. 

The  Newchiuxh7na7i — Ext7^a.  No.  I.  Philadelphia.  Central 
Convention.      156  pp. 

This  volume  contains  an  invaluable  collection  of  letters 
and  documents,  bearing  upon  the  early  history  of  the 
New  Church  in  America,  the  development  of  the  "  Con- 
jugial  heresy,"  etc.  A  copy  is  preserved  in  the  Cincin- 
nati library. 

The  New  Church  Messenger — Extra.  Cincinnati.  ]\Iarch. 
1843.     16  pp. 

A  serial,  issued  by  an  association  of  persons  opposed 
to  the  Western  Convention  (J.  S.  Williams,  John  White, 
Wm.  Elder,  and  others). — M.  71.  s.  215. — A.  L. 

The  Neiu  ferusalem  Mag azi7ie.  Vol.  17.  Boston.  Clapp. 
500  pp.— x\.  L. 


i843'  497 

The  Pi^eciirsor — Extra.  Cincinnati.  March,  1843.  This 
number  completes  Vol.  Ill,  and  is  the  last  published 
of  the  magazine. — A.  I^. 
The  Retina.  A  iveekly  periodical  devoted  to  the  advance- 
ment of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church. 
Vol.  I.  pp.  1-120  (July  i-December  29,  1843),  each 
issue  consisting  of  8  pages  in  3  columns. 

Edited,   printed,  and    published    by  Mr.   William  C 
Howells,  father  of  the  celebrated  novelist. — A.  ly. 
Perone,   Johannes :  Pmlectiones    TheologiccB,    quas   in    Collegia 
Romano    Soc.  Jesu,    habebat  J.    Perone^  e  Soc.  Jesu,  in 
Eodem  Coll.  Theol.  Prof.     Rome. 

A  malignant  Jesuitical  attack  on  the  New  Church.   Re- 
viewed, /.  1852  :  139. 
[Reports]:   Central  Conventio7i.     Journal  No.  V.     Third  Annual 
Meeting.     Philadelphia.     84  pp. — A.  I^. 
General  Conference.    Minutes  for  1843.    I^ondon.    Hodson. 

60  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Convention.     Journal   for   1843,  published  in  M. 

16  :  405. 
Sivede^iborg  Society.     Report  No.  34.     London.     47  pp. — 

A.  L. 
Western  Convention.     Journal  of  the  nth  Annual   Meet- 
ing.    Cincinnati.     67  pp. 

The  Journals  for  1 835-1 842  were  published  only  in 
the  Precursor.  Henceforth  they  are  published  sepa- 
rately.—A.  L. 
Roberts,  Mrs.  Martyn  :  The  Spiritual  Creation  ;  or,  the  Sours 
Neiv  Birth.  A  poem  in  seven  books.  London.  New- 
bery.      170  pp. — S.  S.  L. 

Reviewed  in  N.  C.  Adv.      1843:   244. 
Stuart,   Rev.  James  Park.:    The  Soul  and  the  World  to  come. 
A  funeral  sermon.     Cincinnati.     20  pp. 

This  is  Mr.  Stuart's  first  appearance  in  the  literature 
of  the  New  Church. — Cin.  L. 
Swedbom,  Dr.  J.  E.:  An  Account  of  certain  Scientific  Ma7tu~ 
scripts  of  Em.  Szvede?iborg,  which  are  preserved  in  the 
Library  of  the  Royal  Academy  of  Sciences  in  Stockholm, 
Manchester.      10  pp. 

Reprinted  from  the  Intellectual  Repository . — A.  L. 


498  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

[Tulk,  Chas.  Aug.]:  Aphorisms  on  the  Lazvs  of  Creatioji,  as  dis- 
played in  the  Corresp07idencies  that  subsist  between  Mi7id 
and  Matten.     lyOndon.     Newbery.     43  pp — A.  L. 

Vaihinger,  Prof.  F.  G.:  Der  Swedenborgianisnuis,  und  Seijie 
Neueste  Erscheinu7ige?i,  nebst  den  Katechisniiis  der  Neuen 
Kirche  beurtheilt  (Swedenborgianism  and  its  most  re- 
cent phases,  judged  according  to  the  Catechism  of  the 
New  Church).     Tiibingen. — Cop.  L. 

^A^hite,  John:  A  Plea  for  Controversy.  Cincinnati.  12  pp. 
(No.  I  of  "  Periodical  Tracts."  Nov.,  1843.)— Cin.  I^. 
The  ''  Reti7ia''  Reviewed.  12  pp.  (No.  2  of  "Periodical 
Tracts."     Dec,  1843.)— Cin.  L. 

[Wilkins,  Mrs.]:  The  Child's  First  Book  of  Religious  histruc- 
tion.     By  a  Lady.     Boston.     Clapp.      18  pp. — A.  I^. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  is  much  disturbed  owing  to 
the  anti-slavery  agitation.  "The  M.  E.  Church,  South,"  is  organized.  Other 
seceders  from  the  main  body  form  the  "  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church  "  (non- 
episcopal  and  anti-slavery). 

Joseph  Smith  begins  to  preach  the  doctrine  of  "  celestial  marriage"  and 
establishes  the  practice  of  polygamy  at  Nauvoo.  Dissensions  and  rebellions 
break  out  among  the  Mormons.  The  State  militia  is  called  out,  and  J. 
Smith  is  imprisoned. 

Germa7iy.  Death  of  Samuel  Hahnemann,  father  of  the  science  of 
Homoeopathy. 

Great  Britain.  A  great  agitation  in  Ireland  for  "  Repeal  "  of  the  Union 
with  England,  leads  to  the  arrest  of  Daniel  O'Connell,  the  Irish  leader;  he 
is  soon  released  by  order  of  the  House  of  Lords. 

A  great  disruption  takes  place  in  the  Established  Church  of  Scotland. 
The  "Free  Church  of  Scotland  "  is  organized  by  Rev.  Thomas  Chalmer  and 
four  hundred  clergymen,  who  secede  from  the  Establishment  on  account  of 
its  subserviency  to  the  coercive  influence  of  the  law  courts  in  ecclesiastical 
affairs;  they  Q.z.xry  with  them  one-half  of  the  communicants  of  the  Kirk. 

Publication  of  Macaulay's  "Essays"  and  "The  Englishman's  Hebrew 
and  Chaldee  Concordance." 

Greece.     King  Otho  is  compelled  to  grant  a  constitution  to  the  nation. 

Lndia.     Sir  Charles  Napier  annexes  the  Sinde  to  India. 

Spain.  The  regency  of  Espartero  is  overthrown  by  a  revolution  under 
Narvaez.     Isabella  II.  is  declared  of  age. 

7 turkey.     The  site  of  Nineveh  is  discovered  by  Botta. 


i844'  499 

yQ^  *  America.      Georgia^  Savannah. — Mr.  E.  Parsons, 

^  '  *     in  a  letter  to  the  General  Convention,   mentions  a 

circle  of  five  New  Church  persons  in  this  city. — Conv.  R.  1844: 

434. 

Illinois^  Canton^  October  11-13. — Fifth  annual  meeting  of 
of  the  Illinois  Association.  Steps  are  taken  for  the  support 
of  Rev.  J.  R.  Hibbard  as  the  missionary  of  the  Association. — 
M.  18:  202. 

Indiana^  Goshen^  September. — A  Society  is  organized  by 
by  Rev.  H.  N.  Strong.— M  18  :  426. 

Maine^  Bath^  January  11. — Dedication  of  the  temple  of  the 
Bath  society.  The  occasion  and  the  building  are  described  in 
M.  17:  221;   Conv.  R.  1844:  421;  /.    1844:   279. 

Maryland^  Baltimore. — The  First  Society  now  worships 
together  with  the  Second  Society.  The  use  of  the  temple  of 
the  First  Society  is  offered  to  the  Second,  but,  being  declined, 
on  account  of  its  inconvenient  situation,  it  is  rented  to  an  Old 
Church  congregation.  The  Second  Society  now  reports  to 
both  the  General  and  the  Central  Convention. — Conv.  R. 
1844:  427. 

Massachusetts^  Boston. — The  parochial  school  of  the  Boston 
society  is  given  up,  after  several  years  of  useful  and  distinctive 
work.  Mr.  T.  B.  Hayward  opens  a  private  school  for  the  in- 
struction of  New  Church  children. —  Conv.  R.  1844:  421. 

Bridgewater^  April  14. — Rev.  Samuel  Worcester  resigns 
the  pastorate,  and  is  succeeded  by  Rev.  T.  P.  Rodman. — Ibid. 
p.  422. 

December  25. — Death  of  Rev.  Samuel  Worcester.  Born  at 
Thornton,  N.  H.,  1793,  he  received  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church  in  18 14,  through  Mr.  E.  Dowse,  who  had  received 
them  from  Rev.  Wm.  Hill.  He  now  introduced  the  Doctrines 
to  his  brother,  Thomas  Worcester,  and  others,  opened  corre- 
spondence with  the  Church  in  England  and  Philadelphia,  was 
chiefly  instrumental  in  gathering  together  the  receivers  in 
Boston,  in  18 17,  and  acted  as  the  first  leader  of  this  young 
society.  Removing  to  Natchez,  Miss.,  in  18 18,  he  received  a 
license  to  preach  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,  from  the 


500  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

Philadelphia  society,  in  1819;  he  returned  to  Boston  in  1820, 
was  engaged  in  school  teaching  and  in  editorial  work,  1822-  • 
1831,  but  continued  during  this  period  to  preach  to  various 
societies  in  New  England;  removed  to  Bridgewater  in  1833^ 
was  ordained  into  the  Ministry,  September  3,  1834,  and 
served  as  pastor  here  until  x-^pril  14,  1844.  Mr.  Worcester,  ac- 
cording to  his  firm  ecclesiastical  opponent,  Rev.  Richard 
De  Charms,  was  a  stroug  man,  with  strong  virtues  and  strong 
defects.  "A  man  of  undoubted  talents,  great  energy  and  de- 
cision of  character,  a  sermonizer  of  the  first  order;  .  .  an  able, 
frank,  bold,  persevering  man,"  but  somewhat  harsh  and  in- 
clined towards  arbitrary  measures.  He  was  one  of  the  principal 
originators  and  most  out-spoken  defenders  of  the  "conjugial" 
relation  between  a  pastor  and  his  society.  His  last  years  were 
beclouded  by  his  connection  with  the  "New  Era"  movement 
(see  New  York)^  but,  "as  his  end  approached,  the  illusion  was 
dispelled,  he  regained  a  state  of  peace,  and  there  is  every 
reason  to  believe  that  he  sincerely  repented  of  the  evils  into 
which  spiritualism  had  betrayed  him."  (Rev.  W.  Woodman, 
in  /.  i860:  215).  See  also,  Ex.  pp.  286-291;  the  biography 
by  his  son.  Rev.  S.  H.  Worcester,  in  the  account  of  the 
Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  Bridgewater  Society^  1883,  pp. 
10-27,  ^iid  the  pamphlet  respecting  "  the  New  Era,"  by  S.  H. 
Worcester  (1845). 

Lowell^  September  17. — A  society  of  eight  persons  is  organ- 
ized by  Rev.  Thos.  Worcester. — M.  18:   132. 

PawtiLcket^  April  4. — A  society  is  organized  here. — M.  17: 

359- 

Michigan^  Battle  Creek^  January  3. — Second  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Michigan  Association.  A  resolution  is  adopted, 
applying  for  admission  into  the  General  Conveution. — Field. 
p.  103;  M.  17:  275. 

New  York  City. — Many  of  the  members  of  the  New  Church 
in  New  York,  and  also  in  other  places,  are  drawn  into  the 
"New  Era"  movement,- a  spiritistic  development,  instituted 
by  Mr.  Silas  Jones,  who  claimed  to  have  gained  open  inter- 
course with  heaven  by  the  aid  of  an  astrologer  and  sorcerer  in 


i844'  501 

Brooklyn.  His  adherents  assemble  privately  for  worship,  for 
the  administration  of  the  Sacraments,  ''  in  a  new  and  better 
way,"  and  for  the  reception  of  immediate  revelations  from 
spirits  and  angels.  A  leading  New  Church  minister  associates 
himself  with  this  circle,  claims  to  have  been  ordained  the 
high  priest  of  the  New  Church  by  the  spirit  of  Swedenborg 
himself,  and  proceeds  to  inaugurate  a  new  priesthood  for  the 
New  Church.  His  son,  similarly,  claims  to  have  received  ordi- 
nation from  Swedenborg's  spirit,  but,  some  years  afterwards, 
rejects  his  former  vagaries.  Many  disorders  and  moral  evils 
are  attendant  upon  this  movement.  We  have  no  information 
as  to  its  final  history. — See  De  Charms'  Introduction  to  Ser- 
mo?ts  against  Pseudo-Spiritualism,  1853,  pp.  38,  41,  and  /. 
i860:   215. 

Nezv  York  City,  June  12-14. — The  Twenty-sixth  General 
Convention.  Present,  ten  ministers  and  twenty-eight  delegates. 
Rev.  George  Field  is  received  as  the  delegate  of  the  "  Michi 
gan  and  Northern  Indiana  Association."  A  number  of  consti- 
tutional amendments  are  made  in  respect  to  the  Ministry. 
Nothing  of  historical  importance  is  transacted. — Conv.  R.^ 
1844;  M.  17:  401. 

July  19.— Death  of  Rev.  Charles  John  Doughty,  the  organ- 
izer and  first  minister  of  the  New  Church  in  New  York.  Born  of 
Quaker  parents,  in  the  then  village  of  Brooklyn,  in  1784,  he  had 
entered  upon  a  successful  career  as  a  lawyer  when  he  received 
the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  in  18 15,  through  Mr. 
Nathaniel  Holly,  his  former  school-master.  He  at  once  asso- 
ciated himself  with  the  small  New  Church  circle  in  New 
York,  and  became  its  recognized  leader,  organizing  the  first 
regular  society  in  18 16,  and  receiving  ordination  into  the 
Ministry,  from  Rev.  M.  M.  Carll,  in  1818.  He  now  remained 
as  the  pastor  of  the  First  Society  of  New  York  until  1838, 
when  he  resigned  this  office.  Together  with  Rev.  R.  De 
Charms,  he  took  a  leading  part  in  the  formation  of  the  Central 
Convention,  of  which  he  was  the  first  president.  In  1841  he 
organized  and  became  the  pastor  of  the  Second  Society  of  New 
York,  continuing  as  such  until  his  death.     A  gentle,  earnest. 


502  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

unassuming  man,  clear-headed,  conscientious,  and  patient,  es- 
sentially an  affectionate  character,  yet  guided  by  an  indomita- 
ble firmness  of  resolution.  An  extensive  account  of  his  life, 
by  Mr.  De  Charms,  is  published  in  N,  II:  651-717. 

December  i. — Rev.  N.  C.  Burnham  succeeds  Mr.  Doughty 
as  minister  to  the  New  York  Second  Society,  now  conducting 
worship  in  the  chapel  of  the  New  York  University. — C.  C.  R. 
1845:  36. 

Cincinnati,  May  22-27. —  Twelfth  Western  Conve7itio7t.  An 
unimportant  meeting. —  W.  Conv.  R.  1844. 

Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia,  June  12-16. — Foiu^th  Ajmual 
Meeting  of  the  Central  Convention.  Five  ministers  and  twenty 
members  are  present.  The  report  of  the  Committee  to  confer 
with  the  other  Conventions  is  adopted.  It  is  resolved  that 
"  this  convention  sees  no  just  ground  for  disavowing  any  of 
the  reasons  and  principles  on  which  it  has  hitherto  acted."  A 
Committee  is  appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the  subject 
of  a  new  translation  of  the  Word.  The  establishment  of  a  com- 
plete New  Church  seminary  is  declared  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant uses  to  which  the  Convention  could  devote  its  best  and 
most  enduring  energies.  (This  resolution  expresses  the  con- 
ception which,  many  years  later,  led  to  the  establishment  of 
the  Schools  of  the  Academy  of  the  New  Church).  The  meet- 
ing declares  that  the  Central  Convention  is  in  all  respects  co- 
ordinate, and  in  no  respects  subordinate,  to  any  general  body 
of  the  New  Church,  and  that  no  persons  can  at  one  and  the 
same  time  be  members  of  two  co-ordinate  bodies  or  conven- 
tions. Mr.  De  Charms,  having  resigned  as  editor  of  The  New- 
churchman,  Mr.  Doughty  is  appointed  editor  of  that  journal, 
while  Mr.  DeCharms  still  remains  as  editor  of  The  New- 
churc/nnan  Extra. — C.  C  R.  1844. 

Australia.  Adelaide,  July  7.— The  first  New  Church 
meeting  for  worship  in  Australia  is  held  at  the  house  of  Mr. 
Jacob  Pitman,  on  Rundle  street.  Four  male  adults  are  pres- 
ent. The  services  are  continued  during  the  year  with  an  aver- 
age attendance  of  seven  or  eight  adults,  together  with  a  num- 
ber of  children.     A  class  for  the  reading  of  the  Writings  is  in- 


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stituted.  This  marks  the  organic  beginning  of  the  New 
Church  in  Australia.—/.  1853:  33;  M,  L,  1889:  48;  N.  C. 
Adv.  1845  ;  252. 

France.  Paris^  June  27. — Baron  de  Portal,  in  a  letter  to 
Mr.  Barrett,  describes  the  very  circumscribed  conditions  of  the 
New  Church  in  France.  In  Paris  there  are  scarcely  a  dozen 
disciples,  and  a  very  small  number  at  St.  Amand,  Toulouse, 
and  Orthez.  M.  Jaquier  has  been  appointed  pastor  to  the 
Protestant  church  at  Bayonne,  where  he  is  preaching  the  Doc- 
trines of  the  New  Church,  without  disclosing  their  origin.  M. 
Le  Boys  des  Guays'  Magazine,  La  Noicvelle  Jerusalem.,  does 
not  pay  its  expenses,  and  the  majority  of  its  subscribers  reside 
abroad. — M.  18:   130. 

Great  Britain.  Accrington, — The  violent  attacks  on  the 
New  Church  by  Mr.  Figg,  Mr.  Pike,  and  the  Methodists  gener- 
ally, and  the  replies  by  Mr.  Bayley,  are  further  described  in  /. 
1844:   1 13-120. 

Bolton^  Ocioh^r  25. — The  new  Temple  of  this  society  is  con- 
secrated by  Rev.  David  Howarth. — /.  1844  :  236,  399. 

London^  June  18. —  Thirty - 
fifth  anniLal  meeting  of  the 
Swedenborg  Society.  The 
Committee  reports  that  the  So- 
ciety has  procured  a  wareroom 
of  its  own,  in  the  publishing 
house  of  Mr.  William  New- 
bery,  6  King  street,  Holborn, 
who  is  engaged  as  the  agent 
of  the  Society.  The  meetings 
of  the  Committee,  and  the  an- 
nual meetings,  are  now  held  in 
this  room. — R.  S.  S.  1844,  /. 
1844:  ^i. 

August  II. — The  new  Tem- 
ple of  the  "  United  Society"  at 
Argyle   Square  is   consecrated  Argyie  square  church. 

and  opened  for  worship   by   Rev.    D.    Howarth.     Rev.   T.  C. 


504  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

Shaw  still  serves  as  the  pastor  of  the  society.     The  building 
and  the  occasion  is  described  in  /.  1844  :  337. 

August  13-19. — The  Thirty-seventh  General  Conference  is 
held  in  the  newly  erected  temple  in  Argyle  Square.  Present, 
ten  ministers  and  twenty-two  representatives ;  Rev.  Edward 
Madeley,  president.  The  time  of  the  Conference  is  occupied 
chiefly  in  passing  upon  a  complete  set  of  "  New  Rules"  for  the 
body  itself,  for  the  members  of  the  Conference,  for  the  general 
officers,  for  committees,  trustees,  etc.  The  former  rules  are 
rescinded  and  the  new  ones  adopted,  as  prepared  by  a  special 
committee  after  a  period  of  four  years.  The  ordination  of 
David  Thomas  Dyke,  of  Salisbury,  is  authorized.  The  so- 
cieties at  Haslingden,  Longton,  Ipswich,  and  Preston,  are  re- 
ceived into  the  Conference.  The  new  temple  at  Preston,  the 
gift  of  Hugh  Becconsall,  Esq.,  is  received  in  Conference  trust. 
A  donation  of  ;^3O0  is  received  from  Joseph  Clover,  Esq. 

The  Conference  expresses  its  complete  concurrence  in  the 
views  on  the  subject  of  the  trine  in  the  Ministry,  as  expressed  in 
a  report  presented  at  this  session  by  a  committee  of  the  Con- 
ference. The  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester,  of  Boston,  in  a  com- 
munication from  the  General  Convention  in  1842,  had 
asked  for  the  opinion  of  the  Conference  on  this  subject,  and 
also  on  the  subjects  of  "  the  order  of  the  Church  as  consisting 
of  a  trine  in  just  order,"  and  on  "  the  relation  of  an  orderly 
ministry  and  an  orderly  church  to  each  other." 

The  Conference,  through  Rev.  J.  H.  Smithson,  replied  in 
very  general  terms  to  the  questions  as  to  the  trine,  but  ex- 
pressed itself  as  follows  on  the  relation  of  the  ministry  to  the 
church:  "  If  the  relation  mentioned  is  intended  to  lead  us  to 
consider  whether  there  be  .  .  ^a  conjugial  relation  between  a 
pastor  and  his  church,'  we  would  beg  to  say,  most  distinctly^  7nost 
unequivocally^  and  most  decidedly^  that  in  our  opinion  no  such 
relation  has  any  existence  ;  in  other  words,  that  there  is  not 
any  conjugial  relation  whatever  between  a  pastor  and  his 
flock,  or  church,  .  .  no  more  than  there  is  between  any  one 
member  of  the  church  and  all  the  rest." — Co7if.  R.  1844,  p. 
58  ;  /.  1844  :  2^1^' 


i844'  505 

Norwich,  August  18. — Mr.  D.  T.  Dyke,  of  Salisbury,  is  or- 
dained by  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder. — /.  1844:  340;   O.  VI:  393. 

Preston,  March  7. — Consecration  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
Temple  in  Preston.  A  picture  of  this  building  is  published 
in  /.  1844  :   149. 

N0TAB1.K  ART1C1.KS. 
The  Intellectual  Repository,  1844. 

"  Letters  from  America,"  by  Adam  Haworth,  presenting  vivid  pictures  of 
the  condition  of  the  New  Church  in  various  centers,  and  explaining  the 
causes  of  difference,  which  have  resulted  in  the  formation  of  the  separate 
conventions  in  this  country. — pp.  113,  275,  293,  333. 

Some  of  Swedenborg's  early  poems,  translated  into  English  by  Mr.  S. 
Stockwell,  pp.  147,  195. 

"  Remarks  on  Mesmerism,"  by  J.  S.,  describing  and  warning  against  the 
spiritistic  teachings  and  practices  of  a  New  Church  minister  and  his  society, 
pp.  389,  424,  465,     This  marks  the  beginning  of  the  long  controversy  in  the 
New  Church  pro  and  con  Spiritism. 
The  New  Chnrch  Advocate,  1844. 

The  controversy  as  to  Total  Abstinence  continued,  pp.  9,  40. 
The  Newchurchman ,  1844. 

"  Homoeopathy,"  by  W.  E.  P.;  this  is  the  first  systematic  effort  to  explain 
the  principles  of  Homoeopathy  in  the  light  of  the  New  Church. — pp.  509- 

564. 

"Biography  of  Rev.  Charles  J.  Doughty,"  by  R.  De  Charms,  pp.  651-717. 
The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  vol.  18. 

Editorial  reply  to  Mr.  A.  Haworth's  strictures  on  the  principles  and 
claims  of  the  General  Convention,  p.  38. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Ayigelic  Wisdom  concerning  the  Divifie  Pr'ovidence. 
London,  S.  S.;  and  Boston,  Clapp.     274  pp. 

Fourth  English  and  third  x\inerican  edition. — A.  L. 
The  Animal  Kijigdom.    Vol.  II.     London.     W.  Newbery. 
658  pp. 

First  English  edition,  now  completed;  translated  by 
Dr.  J.  J.  G.  Wilkinson;    reviewed,    /.    1844:    395. — A. 
L. 
^ Arca7ia   Coelestia.     Vol.  VIII.     Boston.     Clapp.     438  pp. 

First  American  edition. — A.  L. 
Diarium  Spirituale.      Part  i.  Vol.  I.    (Nos.  149-1538,  pp. 
1-449);  also,  Part  3,  Vol.  I.  (Nos.  4545-5659,  PP-  1-407), 
and,    Part  3,   Vol.    II.    (Nos.   5660-6096,  pp.     1-241). 
Stuttgart. 


5o6  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

First  Latin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel. — A.  L. 
Doctrine   stir  le  SeigJieur    (Doctrine   of   the   Lord).     St. 
Amand.    136  pp. 

Second  French  edition,  translated  by  M.  Le  Boys  des 
Guays. — A.  L 
Doctrine  de  la  Nouvelle  Jerusalem  sur  la  Foi  (Doctrine  of 
Faith).     St.  Amand.     47  pp. 

First  French  edition,  translated  by  M.  Le  Boys  des 
Guays. — A.  L. 
Heaven  and  Hell.     Boston.     Carter. 

Fourth  American  edition. — N.  Y.  L. 
Intercourse  between  the  Soul  and  the  Body.    London.     S.  S. 

Tenth  English  edition.— i?.  5.  5.  1844:  5. 
Itinerarium  [Em.  Swedenborgii^ .     Sectio  Secunda.     Stutt- 
gart.    42  pp. 

First   Latin   edition,    translated  into  Latin   from   the 
Swedish  original  M.  S.,  by  Dr.  Achatius  Kahl,  of  Lund, 
and  edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel. — D.  II:    1283;  reviewed  /. 
1844:  384-— A.  L. 
[Anonymous] :  Letters  to  a  Son  from  a  Protestant  Mother,  on 
the  Errors  of  the  Rojnish  Faith.     London.     Newbery. 
192  pp. 
Reviewed  /.  1844:  233. 
My  Little   Guide.     A  first  book  for  Sabbath   Schools  aiid 
Families.     London.     Newbery.     20  pp. 
Copy  of  Rev.  F.  Sewall. 
Barrett,  Rev.  B.  P.:  A  few  co??iments  upon  a  pamphlet  by  Mr. 

John  Douglas.     New  York.     14  pp. — A.  L. 
Bayley,  Rev.  Jonathan:  A 71  Affectionate  Address  to  the  Metho- 
dists.    Accrington.     Advertised  in  /.  1844.     May. 
Correspondence  with  the  Rev.  J.    G.    Pike,   concerning  the 
Fresh  Slips  of  Slander,  published  along  with  the  previous 
Mass,  by  the  Methodists  of  Accrington.     Accrington. 
Mentioned  in  M.  L.   1895:  33. 
The  Report  of  a  Discussion  on  the  Doctrine  of  Atonement, 
betzveen  the  Rev.  J.  Bayley  and  Mr.  Figg,  a    Wesleyan 
Pi^eacher.     Accrington. 

Advertised  in  /.  1844.     May. 
Third  Appeal,  to  all  Denomi^iations ,  i7i  reply  to  the    Thii'd 
Letter  of  Rev.   W.  J.  Skidmoi^e,  to  the  Sivedenborgians . 
Manchester.     Ken  worthy.     /.  1844:  240. 


Beurling,  C.  H.:    Om  den  Nya  Christna  Forsamlhigen  och  dess 

Hmimelska  Lara  (On  the  New  Christian  Church,  and 

its  Heavenly  Doctrine).     Stockholm.     L.  Hjerta.     131 

pp.— A.  L. 
Howarth,  Rev.  David:  A   Disciissioii  ivith  Mr.   Figg,   of  Ac- 

crington,  o?i  the  Doctrine  of  Justification  by  Faith  Alone. 

Manchester.     Atkinson.     40  pp. — A.  L. 
Le  Cras,  A.  J.:   On  the  Philosophy  of  a  Divi^ie  Revelation,   by 

means  of  Inspired    Writijigs,   and  of  ' '  God  Manifest  in 

the  Flesh,''  in  the  Person  of  our  Lord  and  Savionr,  fesns 

Christ.     London.     Newbery.      132  pp. 

A    dangerous    and    deceptive    work,    full    of    latent 

Tulkisra,  virtually  denying  the  reality  of  the  Incarnation. 

It  has  been  critically  reviewed  in  /.  1845:   149. — A.  L. 
Mason,    Rev.  William:  A71  Address  to  the  Readers  of  Pike's 

Pamphlet,   eyititled    ' '  Sivedenborgianism    depicted    in    its 

true  colours."     Melbourne.     Derbyshire. 

An  answer  to  a  second  edition  of   Pike's  pamphlet; 

reviewed  A^.  C.  Adv.  1844:   no;  M.  L.  1895:  33. 
[Periodical]:  Neiv    Church   Magazine  for   Childi^eii.     Vol.   II. 

1844-1845.     Boston. — B.  L. 
The  Christian  Standard.     No.  i.      Manchester  (?). 

A   New   Church   literary    venture,    mentioned    in    /. 

1844:    159. 
The    Intellectual    Repository.      Vol.    5.     n.    s.       London. 

Hodson.     480  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Juvenile  Magazine.     Manchester.     Mentioned   in  /. 

1844:    159- 
La  Nouvelle  Jerusalem.     Vol.  7.     St.  Amand.      376  pp.— 

A.  L. 

Magazin  fiir  die  Wahre  Christliche  Religion.  Vol.  II.  (or 
Vol.  IV.  of  the  Magazin  fur  die  Neue  Kirche,  which 
was  commenced  in    1824).     Stuttgart.     384  pp. — A.  L. 

The  New  Church  Advocate.  Vol.  II.,  pp.  1-192.  Jan.- 
Dec.     1844.     Norwich. — A.  L. 

The  New  Church  Gazette.     No.  i.     Boston.     April  i. 
Mentioned  in  R.  S.  S.     1844:  8. 

The  Neivchurchman.  Vol.  II.,  completed  (pp.  387-811). 
Philadelphia.     Central  Convention. 

The  journal  was  suspended  after  this  year. — A.  L. 


5o8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 

The NewchujrlwiaU'Extra.     No.  II.     Philadelphia.     Cen- 
tral Convention.     53  pp. 

The  issue  contains  only  "  An  Historical  Sketch  of  the 
New  Jerusalem  in  the  United  States.  By  a  Layman." 
(Not  much  of  a  history.)  A  copy  is  owned  by  John 
Pitcairn,  Esq. 
The  Newchurchman- Extra.  No.  III.  Philadelphia.  Cen- 
tral Convention.     32  pp. 

The  issue  contains  "Strictures  on  Mr.  Wilkin's  Let- 
ters in  advocacy  of  the  Eastern  Convention  and  its  meas- 
ures and  principles." — K.  L. 
The  New  Jerusalem  Magazme.     Vol.  18.     Boston.     Clapp. 

500  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Rethia  for   1844,  completing  Vol.   I.  (pp.    121-404.) 
Hamilton,  O. 

The  journal  was  suspended  with  the  close  of  this  year. 
—A.  L. 
[Reports]:   Centi-al  Cojiventioii.     Journal  No.  VI.     Fourth  an- 
nual meeting.     Philadelphia.     48  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Confere?ice.     Minutes  for  1844.     London.    Hodson. 

80  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Co7iventio7i.     Journal   for   1844,  published  in  M. 

17:  401. 
Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  35.     London.     35  pp. — 

A.  L. 
Western    Convention.     Journal  of    12th    annual   meeting. 
Cincinnati.     40  pp. — A.  L. 
Rich,  Elihu  :  A  Series  of  Co7iversation  Caj^ds,  adapted  as  Exer- 
cises for  the  Family  Circle  a7id  Sunday-school  Classes. — 
London.     Newbery. 

Reviewed,  A^.  C.  Adv.      1844:   266. 
Tafel,  Dr.  Im.:   Swedenborg  und  Seine  Gegiier.     Parts  3  and  4. 

Stuttgart,     242  pp. — A.  L. 
AA^ingfield,    G.   A.:    Spiritual   Thoughts.     A   volume  of  poe^jis. 
London.     Newbery.     83  pp. 
Reviewed,  /.  1844:  235. 

CONTEMPORARV    EvENTS. 

Africa.  Abd-el-Kader  is  defeated  by  the  French.  The  sultau  of  Morocco 
sues  for  peace. 

America.    James   K.    Polk  is  elected    president  of  the   United   States. 

Morse's  Electric  Telegraph  line  between  Baltimore  and  Washington  is  in- 


1844— iS45'  509 

augurated.  The  Moravians  in  Pennsylvania  begin  to  abandon  their  old 
system  of  exclusiveness  and  communism.  Joseph  Smith  is  shot  by  a  mob, 
while  in  jail  in  Illinois.     Brigham  Young  is  appointed  his  successor. 

China.     China  concludes  treaties  with  the  United  States  and  France. 

Denmark.     Death  of  Thorwaldsen,  the  sculptor. 

Egypt.     The  "  Codex  Sinaiticus  "  is  discovered  by  Tischendorf. 

Germany.  The  exhibition  of  the  •'  holy  coat  "  of  Treves  attracts  an  enor- 
mous number  of  pilgrims,  and  calls  forth  vigorous  protests  from  the  more 
enlightened  Catholics.  Johannes  Ronge,  a  priest  in  Silesia,  originates  the 
"  German  Catholic  Church,"  independent  of  Rome.  The  Latin  Mass,  cleri- 
cal celibacy,  and  auricular  confession  are  abolished  by  this  denomination, 
which  increases  rapidly  for  a  few  years. 

Great  Britain.  The  Bank  of  England  is  remodeled  by  Peel's  Bank  Charter 
Act.  The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  is  organized  at  Ivondon  by  a 
few  young  men.  It  increases  with  marvellous  rapidity;  associations  are 
soon  established  in  all  the  principal  cities  of  Protestant  Europe  and  America. 

Sweden.  Death  of  Charles  XIV.  John  (Marshal  Bernadotte).  He  is  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son,  Oscar  I. 

West  Indies.  The  eastern  portion  of  the  Island  of  Hayti  is  formed  into 
the  republic  of  Santo  Domingo. 

jQ  I  ^  America.  Illmois^  Canton^  February. — The  mem- 

^^  bers  of  the  New  Church  in  this  place  organize  them- 
selves into  a  communistic  community  or  "phalanx"  according- 
to  the  principles  of  Fourier,  which  at  this  time  are  much  dis- 
cussed, and,  by  many,  favored.  The  members  live  together  in 
a  large  house  on  the  farm  of  Mr.  John  F.  Randolph,  each 
family  having  distinct  apartments,  and  being  divided  into 
"groups"  and  "series,"  according  to  their  several  uses  on  the 
farm.  (The  experiment  was  given  up  in  the  fall,  when  Mr. 
Randolph  died,  and  the  members  returned  to  their  former 
homes  and  occupations,  but  the  distrust  created  in  the  com- 
munity at  large  by  the  communistic  notions  as  well  as  failure 
of  the  experimentalists,  continued  long  to  operate  unfavorable 
against  the  New  Church  in  Canton. — Mess.  vol.  46:  81,  95.) 

October  3-5. — Sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Illinois  Associa- 
tion. A  resolution  is  passed,  applying  for  membership  in  the 
General  Convention. — M.  19:   194,  436  ;  Mess.  vol.  46  :  95. 

Chicago. — There  are  now  eight  members  of  the  Church  in 
this  rapidly  growing  city. — M.  t8  :  431. 

Kentucky^  Louisville. — k.  society  is  organized  at  the  house 
of  Mr.  Nathaniel  Hardy. — Mess.  vol.  38  ;   14. 


5IO  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Maine.,  Bangor^  August. — Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett  lectures  here 
to  very  large  audiences.  Not  long  afterwards,  Dr.  Enoch 
Pond,  professor  of  Theology  at  the  Presbyterian  Seminary, 
delivers  a  series  of  lectures  on  "  Swedenborgianism,"  in 
which  he  attacks  the  New  Church  with  great  cunning  and 
malignity.  (The  lectures  were  subsequently  published  in  book 
form,  and  created  an  intense  excitement  within  and  without 
the  New  Church.) — M.  19  :  74,  439  ;  N.  C.  R.  1848  :  240. 

Bath^  September  i. — Zina  Hyde,  Peleg  W.  Chandler,  Sam. 
F.  Dike,  Oliver  Gerrish,  Otis  Clapp,  and  other  prominent 
members  of  the  Church  in  New  England,  organize  the 
[American]  "Swedenborg  Association  for  the  Dissemination 
of  a  True  Philosophy."  The  immediate  object  of  this  Asso- 
ciation is  to  co-operate  with  the  newly-formed  "Swedenborg 
Association"  of  London,  in  procuring  funds  for  the  publication 
of  Swedenborg's  Scientific  and  Philosophical  works. — M.  19: 
76;  /.  1845:  417. 

Maryland^  Baltimore^  January  24. — A  Third  society  or  as- 
sociation is  formed  by  those  members  of  the  Church  who  are 
most  strenuously  opposed  to  the  General  Convention ;  both 
the  "First"  and  the  "Second"  society  now  report  to  the  Gen- 
eral Convention,  but  the  Third  reports  to  the  Central  Con- 
vention alone,  and  conducts  worship,  under  Rev.  Richard 
De  Charms,  in  a  hall  on  South  Street,  near  Baltimore  Street. 
All  the  members  of  the  two  other  societies  attend  these  ser- 
vices.— C  C.  R.   1845:  43;  M.  18:  424. 

Massachusetts.,  Boston^  June  11. — The  new  House  of  Worship 
of  the  Boston  society,  on  Bowdoin  Street,  is  dedicated  in  the 
presence  of  the  General  Convention.  The  temple,  erected  at  a 
cost  of  $60,000,  has  a  seating  capacity  for  one  thousand  per- 
sons.—  Conzj.  R.  1845:  395;  M.  18:  418. 

June  11-15. —  T/ie  Tzventy- seventh  General  Convention  is 
held  in  the  new  House  of  Worship  of  the  Boston  Society,  in 
Bowdoin  street.  Present,  ten  ministers  and  forty-five  dele- 
gates, with  between  five  to  six  hundred  visitors.  Mr.  J.  Y. 
Scammon  is  received  as  representative  of  the  Illinois  Associa- 
tion.    The  ordination  of  Rev.  James  Seddon,  of  Frankford, 


i845>  511 

Pa.,  into  the  third  grade  of  the  ministry,  is  granted.  A  reso- 
lution is  adopted  recognizing  the  usefulness  of  the  "  Sweden- 
borg  Association,"  of  London,  and  recommending  the  institu- 
tion of  auxiliary  Associations  in  the  United  States.  One 
hundred  dollars  are  appropriated  for  aid  of  missionary  labor  in 
the  West.  The  Convention,  in  reply  to  a  communication  from 
the  New  Church  Bible  Society  in  England,  expresses  as  its 
opinion  that  "  the  time  has  not  yet  arrived  for  undertaking  a 
new  or  revising  the  old  translation  of  the  Word." — Co7iv,  R. 
1845;  M.  18:  392. 

The  Convention,  in  its  address  to  the  General  Conference  of 
Great  Britain,  written  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett,  emphatically  re- 
pudiates the  imputation  "  that  our  Convention,  or  any  consid- 
erable portion  of  it,  entertains,  or  has  ever  entertained,  the 
idea  that  the  pastoral  relation  is  a  conjugial  relation." — M. 
19:  446. 

June  15. — Rev.  James  Seddon,  of  Frankford,  is  ordained 
into  the  third  degree  of  the  Ministry  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Worcester. — Conv.  R.  1845  :  407. 

Bridgewater^  September  7. — 
A   union    is    effected     between  I 

the     two    societies    in    Bridge-  ' 

water.    The  united  society  now 
numbers   forty-seven  members,  / 

all   under    the  pastoral   care  of  ^   -^^ 

Rev.  E.    R   Rodman.— Af.   19:  . 

426.  j 

September  11. — Twenty-fifth 
meeting  of  the  Massachusetts 
Association.  The  Committee  of 
Ministers  is   requested   to   take 

into  consideration   the    case   of  1 

Samuel  H.Worcester,  of  Bridge-  ; 

water,  who  had  "  undertaken  to  I 

exercise    the    functions    of  the 

priestly  office,"  without    being  ^^^'-  J^™^"  ^^^^^°"- 

licensed  or  recognized  by   any   general   body  of  the   Church. 


^12  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

(Mr.  S.  H.  Worcester  claimed  to  have  received  ordination  from 
Swedenborg  himself,  in  the  spiritual  world.) — M.  19  :  ^^. 

New  York  City,  June  4-8. — Fifth  Animal  Meeting  of  the 
Central  Cojivention.  Three  Ministers  and  twenty-seven  mem- 
bers are  present.  A  Committee  on  Education  is  appointed. 
The  societies  in  Lancaster,  Pa.,  and  Abingdon,  Va.,  are  de- 
clared societies  i)i  the  Central  Convention.  The  ordination  of 
Rev.  W.  H.  Benade  is  approved,  contrary  to  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  Ecclesiastical  Committee.  —  C  C.  R.  1845. 

September  27. — Professor  George  Bush,  the  eminent  Ori- 
entalist and  Biblical  Expositor,  comes  out  openly  in  favor  of 
the  New  Church,  in  a  public  lecture  on  "  The  Future  Life,  ac- 
cording to  the  disclosures  of  Swedenborg."  He  had  for  some 
time  been  teaching  a  doctrine  concerning  the  resurrection, 
somewhat  similar  to  that  of  the  New  Church,  and  this  simi- 
larity had  been  called  to  his  notice.  This  led  to  his  examin- 
ing and  openly  embracing  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. — M.  19  : 
75.     See  also /.  1845:  26,  114;  M.  18:   132. 

December  7. — The  Rev.  Thomas  Wilks,  a  prominent  Bap- 
tist minister,  in  a  lecture  before  the  First  New  Church  society 
of  New  York,  describes  his  reasons  for  leaving  the  Old  and 
coming  openly  into  the  New  Church.  The  lectures  of  Rev. 
B.  F.  Barrett  had  been  the  first  means  of  his  conversion. — His 
address  is  published  m  M.  19  :  317. 

Ohio.  Rev.  David  Powell,  supported  by  the  Western  New 
Church  Missionary  Society,  is  now  regularly  visiting  the  New 
Church  circles  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Wheeling,  Va.,  and  Steu- 
benville,  Middleport  and   Chillicothe,  O.  —  C  C  R.  1845:  45. 

Cincinnati,  May  21-25. —  Thirteenth  Western  Convention, 
Rev.  James  Park  Stuart,  a  prominent  Presbyterian  Minister, 
addresses  the  meeting,  and  describes  his  reasons  for  uniting 
with  the  New  Church. —  W.  C  Rep.  1845. 

Pennsylvania,  Lancaster,  March  17. — Rev.  William  H. 
Benade,  formerly  a  Moravian  minister,  at  the  recommendation 
of  the  Baltimore  society,  is  licensed,  by  Rev.  R.  De  Charms, 
to  preach  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church.  Mr.  Benade's 
attention  was  called  to  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  while  preach- 


REV.  C.   I.  DOUGHTY. 


ing  to  the  Moravians  in  Lancaster,  in  1843.  After  a  careful 
examination  he  received  these  doctrines  completely,  and  was 
encouraged  in  his  course  by  his  father,  the  leading  Moravian 
bishop  at  Bethlehem,  Pa.  He  now  began  to  preach  the  Doc- 
trines to  his  Moravian  congregation  in  Philadelphia,  and  with 
general  acceptance,  but  as  soon  as  he  referred  to  Swedenborg  as 
the  instrumental  source  of  the  new  teachings  the  congregation 
took  offense,  locked  the  church  against  him,  asked  for  the  keys 
of  the  parsonage,  and  turned  him  adrift.  While  pursuing  his 
studies  for  the  ministry  of  the  New  Church,  he  resided  in  lyan- 
caster,  conducting  the  worship  for  the  society  there,  but  was 
called,  in  June,  1845,  to  serve  as  minister  to  the  Philadelphia 
First  Society.— A^.  II:  797  ;   C  C.  R.  1845  :  35,  48. 

Philadelphia^  August  4. — Organisation  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Association^  by  ministers  and  delegates  from  the  Frankford  So- 
ciety, the  Delaware  County  Society,  and  the  Philadelphia 
Second  Society.  Rev.  James  Seddon  is  elected  president ;  Rev. 
Isaac  C.  Worrell,  vice  president ;  William  Roberts,  secretary, 
and  David  Snyder,  treasurer.  The  societies  composing  this 
association  are  all  connected  with  the  General  Convention.  A 
second  meeting  is  held  on  October  9,  and  henceforth  semi- 
annually, until  1852. — R.  Pa.  A.  1845  ;  J/.  19  :   -ifi,  433. 

Pittsburgh^  May. — The  society  opens  public  worship,  under 
the  leadership  of  Mr.  Caleb  Isbister.  Rev.  David  Powell  de- 
livers public  lectures,  and  baptizes  a  number  of  new  receivers. 
The  society  is  increasing  numerically. — C  C.  R.  1845  :  37. 

Virginia^  Portsmouth. — A  number  of  receivers  in  this  place 
meet  every  week  at  the  house  of  Professor  A.  G.  Pendleton,  to 
read  the  Writings  of  the  New  Church. — M,  18  :  248. 

Austria.  Warnsdorf  in  Bohemia^  May. — Dr.  Mach,  a  pro- 
fessed New  Churchman,  and  leader  of  a  circle  of  receivers  in 
this  town,  is  arrested  by  the  Austrian  authorities  and  im- 
prisoned in  chains,  on  the  charge  of  being  a  disturber  in  the 
matters  of  religion.  Other  members  of  his  circle  are  vari- 
ously persecuted. — M.  18  :  444. 

Great  Britain.  Bath^  August  12-16. — The  Thirty-eighth 
General  Conference.     Present,  twelve  ministers  and    twenty- 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NE  W  CHURCH. 


two  representatives,  Rev.  David  Howarth,  president.  The 
ordination  of  Robert  Abbott,  of  Ipswich,  is  granted.  An  ap- 
peal is  made  to  the  Church  at  large  to  increase  the  income  of 
the  Conference.— Cd?;^/:  R.  1845  ;  /.  1845,  p.  351. 

Bolton,  November  8.— Mr.  Richard  Edleston  is  ordained  by 
Rev.  David  Howarth.—/.  1846  :  475  ;   O.  vi :  393. 

Bristol,  October  19.— A  small  New  Church  chapel  is  dedi- 
Gated  by  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder.— .V.  C.  Adv.  1845  :  365. 

London,  April  ij.— Organisation  of  the  '' Swedenborg  As- 
sociation,'' instituted  for  the  publication  of  Swedenborg's 
Scientific  and  Philosophical  works,  and  for  the  study,  develop^ 
mentand  dissemination  of  Science,  upon  the  principles  taught 
in  these  v^^orks.  A  constitution  is  adopted,  and  Dr.  J.  J.  G. 
Wilkinson  is  elected  secretary /r^  tern. — /.  1845  :  195. 

IMay  6. — First  an- 
nual ineeting  of  the 
Swedenborg  Asso- 
ciation. Rev.  Au- 
gustus Clissold  is 
elected  president.  K 
council  is  elected, 
consisting  of  Messrs. 
H.Bateman,  Brooks- 
bank,  H.  Butler, 
Finch,  G.  Pritchard, 
Dr.  J.  Spurgin,  Rev. 
T.  C.  Shaw,  C.  E. 
Strutt,  A.  N.  Wor- 
num,J.  J.  G.  Wil- 
kinson and  W.  M. 
Wilkinson.  Mr. 
Clissold  presents  to 
the  Association  the 
entire    editions     of 

Henii'  Bateman.  his     traUSlatioUS      of 

the  Principia  and  the  Economy   of  the  Animal  Kingdom. — /. 
1845:   234:  N.  C.  Adv.  1845:   267,  283. 


1 8 45'  5^5 

April  29.— Mr.  Henry  Bateman,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Philpot,  and 
others,  institute  a  society,  entitled  the  "Emanuel  College,"  for 
the  education  of  "young  members  of  the  New  Church  in 
various  branches  of  literature  and  sciences,  and  especially  in  the 
Doctrines  and  life  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  and  to  prepare  such 
as  are  suitable  for  the  ministry."  The  beginning  of  a  fund  for 
this  purpose  is  subscribed.  (This  is  the  origin  of  the  "  New 
Church  College"  at  Islington,  London.)—/,  i860:   13. 

April  18.— Organization  of  the  "New  Church  Bible  Society," 
for  the  purpose  of  securing  and  publishing  a  New  Church 
translation  of  the  Word.  Mr.  Henry  Bateman  is  the  leading 
spirit  of  this  movement.  A  fund  of  more  than  six  hundred 
dollars  is  at  once  collected  for  the  uses  of  this  society,  which 
is  instituted  in  commemoration  of  the  centenary  of  the  open- 
ing of  Swedenborg's  spiritual  sight.—/.  1845:  159,  230;  N. 
C.  Adv.  1845  :   246,  283. 

June  17. —  Thirty-sixth  aitmial  in ee ting  of  the  Sivedenborg 
Society.     Nothing  of  special  importance  is  reported. — R.  S.  S. 

1845. 
July  i._The  "  Philo-Theological  Society  "  changes  its  name 

to  the   "New  Church  Analogical   Society,"   to  prosecute  the 

study  of  correspondences.     The  reports  of  the  society,  signed 

by  Elihu  Rich,  secretary,  are  published  in  N.    C.  Adv.  1845: 

289-349-  ^       ^ 

Manchester,  September   18.— Death  of  Rev.  John  Pownall, 

an  ordained  minister  of  the  New  Church,  for  some  time  active 

as  an  evangelist  in  connection  with  the  Manchester  Missionary 

Institution. — O.  L.  H.  p.  102. 

Middleton,  January  21.— Death  of  Mr.  Richard  Boardman. 
He  received  the  Doctrines  in  1785,  was  one  of  the  earliest  as- 
sociates of  Rev.  John  Clowes,  and  for  very  many  years  the 
leader  of  the  New  Church  in  Middleton.— /  1845  :   199. 

Norwich,  May  13.— Rev.  Thomas  Goyder  resigns  the  pas- 
torate of  the  Norwich  Society,  to  take  charge  of  the  society  at 
Chalford.— iV.  C.  Adv.  1845:  285. 


^l6  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


NOTABIvE   ArTICIvES. 

The  Intellectual  Repository ,  1845. 

A  lively  controversy  on  the  "goodness  "  and  "  Christianity,"  or  the  op- 
posite, of  the  Unitarians. — pp.  10,  64,  70,  103. 

"On  the  existence  of  ferocious  animals,  prior  to  the  fall  of  man." — pp. 

71.  95. 

A  second  Tulkite  controversy  breaks  out  at  this  time: 

1.  "The  double  consciousness  of  the  Father  and  the  Son  during  the 
Lord's  abode  in  the  world,"  defended  against  the  denial  of  this  Doctrine  by 
Tulk  and  LeCras. — p.  291. 

2.  "  What  was  it  that  suffered  in  the  Lord  when  He  was  tempted?" — p. 
338. 

3.  C.  A.  Tulk's  Reply  to  the  above  and  Remarks  by  the  Editor. — pp.  382, 

384. 

4.  A  second  letter  by  Mr.  Tulk,  full  of  arrogance  and  abuse,  followed  by 
a  very  dignified  editorial  reply. — pp.  418,  421. 

5.  "  Are  there  two  opposite  classes  of  passages  in  the  Writings  of  Sweden- 
borg?"  by  Rev.  Wm.  Mason,  versus  Tulk. — p.  441. 

The  New  Church  Advocate,  1845. 

A  series  of  articles,  by  Tulk,  on  the  Infirm  and  the  Glorified  Humanity 
of  the  Lord,  and  kindred  subjects. — pp.  212,  241,  308,  343. 

"  Clerical  Popes,"  by  E.  R.,  a  fine  exposure  of  the  clerico-phobia  rampant 
in  the  New  Church  in  England. — p.  273. 

The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  vol.  19. 

On  the  dangers  of  open  intercourse  with  the  spiritual  world,  by  B.  F. 
Barrett. — pp.  13,  50,  89. 


Publications. 

Swedenborg  :  Arcafia  Ccelestia.     Vol.  IX.     Boston.     588  pp. 
First  American  edition. — A.  L. 
Arcanes     Celestes.      Vol.     III.     (Nos.     152 1-2 134).       St. 
Amand. 

First  French  edition. — A.  L. 
Deii     Uppenbarade     Uppenbarelseboke7i    (Apocalypse    Re- 
vealed).    Vol.  III.     Stockholm.     Deleen. 
First  Swedish  edition. — R.  L. 
Diarimn  Spirittiale.     Part  I.    Vol.  II.    (Nos.  1539-3427). 
Tiibingeu.   576  pp.    Also,  Part  VI,  an  index  of  150  pp., 
bound  in  Vol.  IV.,  after  the  Dia?i2im  Mimes. 
First  Ivatin  edition. — A.  L 


1^45'  517 

Die  Wo7i7ie  der  Weisheit  betreffend  die  Eheliche  Liebe  (Con- 
jugial  Love).     Tubingen.     370  pp. 

First  German  edition  (incomplete,  including  onl}-  nos. 
1-233),  translated  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel. — A.  L. 
Dicta  Probantia  Veteris  et  Novi  Testi?nenti  (Corroborating 
Passages  from  the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  collected 
and  briefly  explained).     Tiibingen.     94  pp. 
First  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 
Du  Cheval  Blanc  (The  White  Horse).  St.  Amand.    37  pp. 
Published  in  1843. 

Fourth  French  edition;  translated  by  M.  Le  Boys  des 
Guays. — A.  L. 
The  Economy  of  the  Armnal  Kingdom^  considered  a7iato7ni- 
cally,  physically,  and  philosophically.     Vol.  I.     London. 
Newbery.     574  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Rev.  Augustus 
Clissold,  and  edited  by  Dr.  Wilkinson;  reviewed,  /. 
1845  :  467. — A.  L. 
Expositio7i  So77imaire  dti  Se7is  hiterne  des  Livres  Propheti- 
ques  et  des  Psau77ies  (Summary  Exposition  of  the  Prophets 
and  Psalms).     St.  Amand.      187  pp. 

First  French  edition,  translated  by  M.  Le  Boys  des 
Guays. — A.  L. 
HimTulische  Geheim7iisse  (Arcana  Coelestia).  Vol.  I.   (Nos. 

1-823).     Tiibingen.     535  pp. 
First  German  edition,    translated  by  Dr.   Im.  Tafel,  and 
published   by  him  in  small   parts,   from    1 837-1 845. — 
A.  L. 
[Anonymous]:    A    Few   Re7narks   on  the   Holy  Shipper.     New 
York.     24  pp. 

Published  by  a  member  of  the   * '  New  Era ' '    move- 
ment.    A  copy  is  owned  by  Rev.  Frank  Sewall. 
Barrett,  Rev.   B.    P.:    The   Corner  stone  of  the  New  Jerusalem. 
London.     Hodson.       57    pp. — M.    19:  78;  N.    C.   Adv. 
1845:  32. 
Open  Inte7ronrse  with  the  Spiritual    World :  its  Dangers^ 
a7id  the  Cautio7is  which  they  naturally  suggest.      Boston. 
Mentioned,  N.  C.  R.  1852:  335. 
Barth,  Fr.:  Hvarfore  antager  duicke  Swedenborg's  Wittiiesbbrd  f 
(Why  do  you    not  accept    Swedenborg's   testimony)? 
Jonkoping.     Sweden.     79  pp. 


5l8  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Translated  from  the  German  by  J.  Fernstrom,  to 
counteract  the  New  Church  propaganda  of  C.  H.  Beur- 
ling.— A.  L. 

Beurling,  C.  H.:  Uriderrattelse  o-nt  den  Nya  Christna  F'drsam- 
lingen  (Information  respecting  the  New  Christian 
Church).     Stockholm.     Deleen.      ii  pp. — R.  L. 

Bush,  Prof.  George:  A7iastasis ;  or  the  Doctrine  of  the  Resur- 
rectio7i  of  the  Body,  Rationally  ajid  Scriptiirally  Consid- 
ered.    New  York  and  London.     396  pp. 

Reviewed,  /.  1845:  26,  114;  M.  18:   133. — A.  L. 
The  Resurrectio7i  of  Christ ;  in  a?iswer  to  the  question  whether 
He  arose  i7i  a  spiritual  ajid  celestial  or  77iaterial  and  earthly 
body.     New  York.     J.  S.  Redfield.     92  pp. — A.  ly. 
The  Soul ;  or  an  hiquiry  i7ito  Sc7'iptn7'-al  Psychology .     New 
York.     Redfield.      141  pp, 
Reviewed,  M.  19:  38. — B.  L. 

Clegg,  John:  Truth  Vi7idicated,  a7id  error  opposed ;  or  the  Doc- 
tri7ie  of  the  Divine  Tri7iity  stated  a7id  defe7ided,  171  Refu- 
tatio7i  of  the  Doctri7ie  as  7nai7itained  by  the  Swede7ibor- 
gia7is.     Accrington.     39  pp. 

Reviewed,  /.  1845:  3S9;  A^.  C.  Adv.  1845:  372.  The 
author  at  one  time  was  a  scholar  in  the  Accrington  New 
Church  Sunda}^  School. 

Clissold,  Rev.  Augustus :  A  Review  of  the  Principles  of  Apoc- 
alyptical l7ite}pretatio7i.  3  vols.  London.  Newbery. 
An  important  exegetical  work,  confirming  Sweden- 
borg's  explanation  of  the  Apocalypse  by  innumerable 
extracts  from  the  Church  Fathers  and  other  authorities. 
Reviewed,  /.  1846:  35. — A.  L. 

DeCharms,  Rev.  Richard:  The  Me77iorist,  or  Catechetic  Lesso7is 
to  aid  the  nie77ibers  of  the  New  fej'usaleni  i7i  stndyi7ig  the 
Woj'd  of  God.  No.  i.  Baltimore.  Central  Convention. 
24  pp.— A.  L. 

Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas  :  The  Vest  Without  Sea7n.  A  sermon. 
London.     Newbery.      16  pp. — A.  L. 

Hobart,  Nathaniel  :  Life  of  E)7ia7i2cel  Swede7iborg.  Boston. 
Carter. 

Second  edition,  enlarged;  reviewed  in  M.  18:  208; 
19:  239;  A^.  C.  Adv.  1845:    15. 

Keene,  Rev.  James  :  Pri77iary  Christian  Doct7-i7ies.     Four  dis- 


1^45-  519 

courses.     London.     Hodson.     51   pp.      Reviewed  in  /. 
1846:  312.— A.  L. 
Mason,  Rev.  ^Villiam  :   The  Indestructibility  and  no7i-niateriality 
of  the  Body  of  the  Lord,  zuhe^i  taken  down  from  the  cross, 
the  true  Doctrine   of  Swede7iborg.     London.     Newbery. 
64  pp. — A.  L. 
Job  Abbott.     Pliiladelphia.     Central  Convention.     250  pp. 
A.  L. 
Ogden,  L.  W.:  Reaso7is  for  joining  the  Neiv  Jernsaleni  Ouirch. 

New  York. — Harv.  L. 
Parsons,    Prof.    Theophilus :    Essays,     Boston.     Clapp.     228 
pp. 

Reviewed,  M.  18:  275. 
[Periodical]  : 

La  Nonvelle  Jerusalem.  Vol.  8.    (1845-1847.)  St.  Amand. 

—A.  L. 
The  Intellectual  Repository,  1845.     London.     Hodson.   480 

pp.— A.  L. 
The   Little    Truth- 7'eller.     A    New   Clmrch  Magazine  for 
Children.     No.  i.   Nov.  ist,  1845.    A  small  monthly,  of 
24  pages,  edited   by   Rev.  W.    H.    Benade  and    T.    S. 
Arthur.     Philadelphia.     Central  Convention. — A.  L. 
The  Mii^ror  of  Truth.     A  semi-monthly  of   8  pages,  pub- 
lished on  the  plan  of    The  Reti^ia,  of  which  it  was  the 
successor.     Vol.  I.     January-December,   1845.      192  pp. 
Edited  by  Mr.  Adam  Haworth,  and  published  by  Mr. 
Adams  Peabody,  of  Cincinnati;  M.  n.  s.  ix:  215  — A.  L. 
The  New  Church  Advocate,   Jan. -Dec,    1845,   completing 

Vol.  II.     London,  Newbery.     380  pp — A.  L. 
The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine.     Vol.  19.      Boston.   Clapp. 
516  pp.— A.  L. 
[Reports.]     Central  Co7ivention.  Journal  No.  VII.    Fifth  annual 
meeting.     Philadelphia.     64  pp. — A.  L. 
Ge7ieral  Co7ifere7ice .     Minutes  for  1845.   London.    Hodson. 

88  pp.— A.  L. 
Genei^al  Conventioii.     Journal   for   1845,   published  in  M. 

18:  393- 
Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  36.     London.     20  pp. — 
A.  L. 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Western  ConventioJi .     Journal  of  the  i3tli  annual  meeting. 
Cincinnati.     30  pp. — A.  L. 
Sadler,  W.   E.:  Epistles  to   Szvedejiborgians,  on  the  Pa7'ai7iou7it 
Peculiarities  of  their  Ci'eed.     London.      42  pp. 
Reviewed,  /  1846:  67. 
Smith,     James     R.:     A    Miniature    of     the    New     ferusalem. 
[London  ?] 

Mentioned,  /.  1845:  318. 
Stuart,  Rev.  James  Park  :  Reaso7is  for  Leaving  the  Presby- 
tejdan  Ministiy  a7id  Adopti^ig  the  Principles  of  the  New 
ferusalem.  Cincinnati.  A.  Peabody.  48  pp. — A.  L. 
Tafel,  Dr.  Im.:  Sendsch'eiben  an  die  Deutsch-Katholischen 
Gemcinden  (Open  Letters  to  the  German-Catholic  Con- 
gregations).     Tiibingen.      24  pp. 

Reviewed  in  N,  C.  Adv.  1845  :    156. — A.  L. 
Supple7?ie7it  zu  Ka7iis  Biographic  U7id  zu  dc7i  Gesani77itaus~ 
gebe7i  seiner  Werke.     Stuttgardt.      62  pp. 

Dr.  Tafel  here  proves  the  deliberate  falsification  of 
dates,  made  b\"  Im.  Kant,  respecting  Swedenborg,  in  the 
T7'(X2i77ie  ei7ies  Geiste7'sehers. — R.  L. 
Wilkinson,  Dr.  J.  J.  G.:  Abriss  des  Lebe7is  imd  Wirken  E7n. 
Swedenborgs  (Sketch  of  Swedenborg' s  Life  and  Works). 
Stuttgardt.     352  pp. 

Translated  from  the  Pe7i7iy  CyclopcEdia  by  Dr.  Tafel, 
w^ho  expands  the  brief  account  into  a  large  volume  by 
the  addition  of  numerous  foot  notes,  and  a  collection  of 
documents  respecting  Swedenborg. — A.  L. 
The    Grouping   of   A7ii77ials.      A  paper    read    before   the 
Veterinary  Medical  Association.     London.      13  pp. 
Reviewed,  M.  19  :  314;  N.  C.  Adv.  1845  :  23. 
Worcester,  Samuel  H.:   A  Letter  to  the  Receivers  of  the  Heavenly 
Doctrines  of  the  Neiv  fe7'usale77i.      Boston.      Clapp.      24 
pp. 

The  author  here  explains  and  defends  his  father's  and 
his  own  connection  with  the  ' '  New^  Era ' '  movement 
and  open  intercourse  with  spirits,  etc. — A.  L. 

Contemporary   Events. 

America.     Beginning  of  Polk's  administration.     Florida  and  Texas  are 
admitted  into  the  Union.     The  "Regular  Baptists  "  in  the  North  and  South 


1845— I S  46,  521 

split  on  the  slavery  question.  The  charter  of  Nauvoo  is  revoked  by  the 
Legislature  of  lUiuois.  The  Mormons  begin  to  emigrate  further  west. 
Death  of  Andrew  Jackson. 

Germany.  Publication  of  Humboldt's  "Kosmos. "  Death  of  Schlegel, 
the  metaphysician. 

Great  Britain.  Railway  mania  and  financial  panic  in  England.  Organi- 
zation of  the  "  Evangelical  Alliance,"  at  Liverpool,  by  representatives  from 
twenty  leading  denominations;  it  is  not  a  union,  but  occasional  conference 
of  churches,  to  represent  the  internal  unity  of  Protestant  Christianity. 
John  Henry  Newman,  the  "  Tractarian  "  leader,  joins  the  Church  of  Rome; 
his  example  is  followed  by  a  number  of  extreme  "High  Church"  clergy- 
men and  leaders.  Death  of  Elizabeth  Fry,  the  Quaker  philanthropist  and 
reformer  of  prisons  and  asylums.  Sir  John  Franklin  sails  on  his  last  expe- 
dition in  search  of  the  North  West  passage.  Publication  of  Kitto's  "  Cyclo- 
paedia of  Biblical  Literature."  Death  of  Sydney  Smith,  the  clergyman, 
wit,  and  journalist.     Death  of  Thomas  Hood,  the  poet  and  humorist. 

India.  Outbreak  of  the  first  Sikh  war;  the  British  are  victorious  under 
Sir  Hugh  Go  ugh. 

South  Aniej'ica.  England  and  France  make  war  on  Rosas,  the  dictator 
of  the  Argentine  Republic. 


yQ  jA  America.     District   of  Cohimbia.       Washington^ 

'  *  April  12. — Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett  organizes  "The 
Washington  Society  of  the  New  Jerusalem,"  in  connection 
with  the  General  Convention.  The  members,  fourteen  in 
number,  meet  for  some  time  in  private  houses.  Public  lec- 
tures are  occasionally  delivered  by  Mr.  Elias  Yulee,  brother  of 
the  then  Senator  from  Florida. — Mess.  vol.  22:  176;  vol.  62  : 
386;  M.   19:  432. 

Kentucky^  Louisville^  June  14. — K  society  of  fifteen  mem- 
bers is  organized  by  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott.  Rev.  J.  P.  Stuart 
soon  afterwards  moves  to  this  city,  opens  a  school,  and  begins 
to  conduct  public  services  for  the  society. — M.  20  :  87. 

Maine ^  Gardener, — Rev.  Adonis  Howard  resigns  the  pas- 
torate of  this  society,  owing  to  ill  health. — M.  19:  424. 

Maryland.,  Baltimore.,  June  3-7. — Sixth  annual  meeting  of 
the  Central  Co7ivention. — Three  ministers  and  forty  members 
are  present.  W.  H.  Benade  is  elected  corresponding  secretary. 
The  Convention  declares  its  acknowledgment  of  the  trine  of 
"offices"  in  the  Priesthood,  the  ministers  of  the  first  office 
having  authority  to  baptize,  those  in  the  second  office   to  ad- 


52  2  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

minister  the  Holy  Supper  and  consecrate  marriages,  and  those 
in  the  third  office,  in  conjunction  with  the  other  two  offices^  to 
ordain  into  the  Ministry.  No  minister  is  to  be  inaugurated 
into  a  superior  office  without  having  previously  passed  through 
the  inferior  ones.  It  is  resolved  that  Rev.  David  Powell  be 
inducted  into  the  third  office,  and  W.  H.  Benade  and  Thomas 
Wilks  be  ordained  into  the  first  office.  (The  Convention  thus 
declined  to  comply  with  the  urgent  demands  of  the  societies  to 
which  Mr.  Benade  and  Mr.  Wilks  ministered,  that  these  gen- 
tlemen be  ifjzmediately  ordained  into  the  second  office,  but  the 
Convention  granted  that  Mr.  Benade  be  ordained  into  the 
second  degree  before  the  next  general  meeting.)  The  Wash- 
ington Society  is  recognized  as  a  society  in  the  Central  Con- 
vention. A  committee  is  appointed  to  purchase  an  original 
oil  portrait  of  Swedenborg  from  Mr.  Shoff,  a  Swedish  artist,  to 
be  held  in  trust  for  the  use  of  a  New  Church  College,  when 
one  shall  be  established  under  the  auspices  of  this  body.  Mr. 
De  Charms  is  engaged  as  the  general  minister  of  the  Central 
Convention,  at  a  salary  of  |i,ooo. —  C.  C.  R.  1846. 

June  7. — Rev.  Richard  De  Charms  ordains  Rev.  David 
Powell  into  the  third  degree,  and  Messrs.  W.  H.  Benade  and 
Thomas  Wilks  into  the  first  degree  of  the  ministry. — C.  C.  R. 
1846:  9. 

MassachiLsetts^  Boston^  January  8. — The  committee  ap- 
pointed to  consider  the  case  of  Mr.  S.  H.  Worcester  (see  p. 
511)  recommend  that  the  case  be  dismissed,  as  circumstances 
had  arisen  which  had  led  to  the  suspension  of  the  exercise  of 
the  priestly  functions  lately  claimed  by  Mr.  Worcester. — M. 
19:  268. 

Foxboroiigh^  November  19. — K  society  of  fifteen  members 
is  organized  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester.  Mr.  Warren  Bird, 
formerly  a  Baptist  minister,  is  the  leader  of  the  society. — M. 
20:   166,  453. 

New  York,  Danby,  July  12. — Rev.  Solymon  Brown  is  or- 
dained at  one  and  the  same  time  into  all  the  functions  of  the 
Ministry,  by  Rev.  Lewis  Beers,  (contrary  to  the  regulations  of 
the  General  Convention). — M.  20 :  455. 


1846,  523 

New  York  City. — Rev.  Thomas  Wilks  is  engaged  as  min- 
ister to  the  Second  New  Church  Society  of  New  York. — M. 
19 :  428. 

Ohio^  Cincmnati^  May  21-24. —  The  Fourteenth  Western 
Co7ivention. — No  business  of  general  interest  is  transacted. — 
W.  Cojiv.  i?.— 1846. 

Normal k. — Rev.  Sabin  Hough,  a  clergyman  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  openly  unites  with  the  New  Church, — M.  20:   211. 

Pennsylvania^  Philadelphia. — The  Second  Society,  now  on 
the  decline,  rents  its  temple  to  an  Old  Church  congregation, 
and  opens  worship  in  Franklin  Hall,  on  Sixth  street,  below 
Arch  street. — M.  19:  430. 

June  10-13. —  The  Tzventy-eighth  General  Convention, 
Present,  seven  ministers  and  thirty-four  delegates.  The  Illinois 
Association  is  admitted  into  the  General  Convention ;  also,  the 
new  society  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Nothing  else,  of  historical 
importance,  is  transacted. —  Conv.  R,  1846;  M.  19:  401. 

South  Carolina^  Aiken. — Rev.  Alfred  E.  Ford,  an  Episcopal 
clergyman,  openly  unites  with  the  New  Church. — M.  19:  364. 

Canada.  Berlin. — Mr.  John  Harbin  removes  from  Chin- 
quacousy  to  take  charge  of  the  circle  in  Berlin,  now  increased 
to  nine  members.  The  circle  is  visited  by  Rev.  S.  F.  Dike,  of 
Bath,  Me.— C  C  R.  1846:  54;  M.  19:  457. 

Denmark. — The  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  are  received 
by  the  Weedfeld  family,  of  Aalborg,  and  by  Baron  Dirckinck- 
Holmfeld,  a  learned  lawyer  and  writer,  of  Roskilde. — Mess. 
vol.  60:  90. 

Germany. — Professor  Gorres,  the  famous  Roman  Catholic 
Theologian,  speaks  in  most  enthusiastic  terms  of  the  greatness 
of  Swedenborg's  mind  and  character,  and  of  the  beauty  and  ra- 
tionality of  his  writings.  His  eulogies  of  Swedenborg's 
Principia^  as  compared  with  Newton's,  are  especially  interest- 
ing.— M.  20:   128. 

Tubingen,  May. — Death  of  Ludwig  Hofaker,  the  publisher, 
editor  and  translator  of  Swedenborg's  works  in  Latin  and 
German.  A  man  of  great  zeal  but  unbalanced  judgment,  he 
caused   great  harm   to  the  New  Church  in  Germany  by  his 


5^4 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Spiritistic  teachings  and  practices.  He  died  insane. — N.  C 
Adv.  1846:  204;  M,  28:  382. 

IVtsmar^  Mecklenburg. — Mr.  Duberg,  an  advocate,  intro- 
duces the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  to  a  Roman  Catholic 
society  in  Wismar.  A  number  of  persons  receive  the  Doc- 
trines.— M.  20  :  207. 

Great  Britain.  Birmingham,  August  9. —  Mr.  Robert 
Abbott,  of  Ipswich,  is  ordained  into  the  Ministry  of  the  New 
Church,    by    Rev.   Edward    Madeley. — /.   1846  :   357  ;   O.  vi  : 

393- 

Birmingham,  August  ii-i 5. —  The  Thirty-ninth  General 
Conference.  Present,  fourteen  ministers  and  twenty-one  repre- 
sentatives. Rev.  William  Mason  is  elected  president,  and  Mr. 
Henry  Butter,  secretary  (in  place  of  Mr.  J.  S.  Hodson,  who 
had  filled  this  office  ever  since  1824).  "The  Society  in  South- 
ampton is  received  into  the  Conference.  The  ordination  of 
Mr.  Richard  Edleston,  of  Bolton,  is  granted.  The  society  in 
Cross  street,  London,  which  for  many  years  had  been  disas- 
sociated from  the  Conference,  is  affectionately  invited  to  be 
represented  at  future  conferences. — Conf.  R.  1846;  /.  1846: 
355. 

Derby,  April  19. — The  society  opens  worship  in  a  new 
chapel  in  Babbington  Lane. — /.  1846:  119,  236. 

Liverpool. — Rev.  C.  W.  Leadbeater,  of  Chester,  ministers 
to  the  society  in  Rose  Place  (a  society  which  is  persistently  re- 
fused recognition  by  the  General  Conference). — N.  C.  Adv. 
1846:  361. 

London,  June  16. — Thirty-seve^ith  awiual  meeting  of  the 
Swedenborg  Society.  Nothing  of  historical  interest  is  re- 
ported.—i?.  6*.  5".  1846. 

Sweden.  Lund. — Dr.  Tafel,  in  a  letter  to  the  Nezv  ferusa- 
lem  Magazine,  mentions  the  Countess  von  Schwerin  as  a  re- 
ceiver of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines,  and  as  having  published 
New  Church  tracts  in  Swedish. — M.  20  :  379. 

West  Lndies,  Saitta  Cruz,  Bassist,  June  28. — Dr.  Elijah 
Bryan,  of  New  York,  conducts  New  Church  worship  at  the 
house  of  ^Ix.  Carl  Kjerulff,  to  a  circle  of  eleven  persons.     The 


1846.  525 

members  of  the  New  Church  in  the  Danish  West  Indies,  their 
activity  in  behalf  of  the  Doctrines,  and  the  obstacles  laid  in 
their  way  by  the  local  authorities,  are  described  \w  M.  20\ 
209  ;  25  :  499  ;  /.  1847  :  358. 


N0TABI.K   ArTICIvES. 

The  Intellectual  Repository ,  1846. 

"  Ordination  "  (an  attack  on),  with  reply  of  the  editor. — pp.  16,  58,  62. 

A  New  Version  of  the  Prophet  Nahum  (by  Dr.  Nicholson). — p.  25. 

Remarks  on  the  nature  of  the  "  Limbus.''' — p.  183. 

On  the  use  of  the  term  "Rev.",  as  applied  to  New  Church  ministers. — 
pp.  211,  237. 

The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  vol.  19. 

"A  View  of  the  Pastoral  Relation,"  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester  (very 
important).  The  writer  explains  the  reasons  which  had  led  him,  many 
years  before,  to  assume  that  the  relation  between  a  pastor  and  his  society 
was  of  a  "conjugial"  character,  and  also  the  reasons  why  he  "  now  does 
not  call  it  a  conjugial  relation." — p.  172. 

PUBI.ICATIONS. 
Swedenborg:    The  Apocalypse  Explained.     Vols.  I,  II  and  III. 
New  York.     J.  Allen. 

First  American  edition. — A.  L. 
Arca7ia  Coelestia.     Vol.  VIII.     London.     S.  S. 

Third   English    edition,    edited   and   revised   by  Mr. 
Bragge.— i?.  6".  5.  1846:  5.— A.  L. 
Arcana  Coelestia.     Vols.  X  and  XI.     Boston.     Clapp. 

First  American  edition.     M.  19:   166,  399. — A.  ly. 
Arcanes    Celestes.      Vol.    IV.       (Nos.      2135-2759.)     St. 
Amand. 

First  French  edition — A.  L. 
Contmuation  concerning  the  Last  Judgment.   London.   S.  S. 

Sixth  English  edition. — B.  I. 
Continnatio  de  Ultimo  Jiidicio.     Tiibingen.     40  pp. 
Second  Latin  edition;  edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel. 
Des  Biens  de  la   Charite  (The  Goods    of  Charity).      Ex- 
tracted  from  the    Apocalypse  Explained.     St.    Amand. 
92  pp. 

Translated  by  M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays. — A.  L 
Diariu7n    Spirituale.     Part   5.     Vol.    I.     Containing    the 


526  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Index,  from  A  to  L,  (512  pp.);  also,  Part  7,  containing 
a  lithographic  reproduction  of  passages  in  the  original 
M.  S.,  which  could  not  be  deciphered  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel. 
(28  pp.)     Tiibingen. 

First  Latin  edition. — A.  L. 

Continuous  with  Part  7,  Dr.  Tafel  published  the  fol- 
lowing treatises  and  fragments: 

De   Ultimo  Judicio    (The    "Posthumous"    work   on 

the  Last  Judgment).     123  pp. 
Quinque   Memorabilia    (Five  Memorable    Relations). 

pp.  124-133. 
Colloquia    cum    Angelis     (Conversations     with     the 

Angels),     pp.  134-136. 
Abominatio  Desolationis   (The   Abomination   of    the 

Desolation),  pp.  1 37-141. 
Invitatio   ad    Movant    Ecclesiam    (Invitation    to    the 
New  Church),  pp.  142-186. 
Doctrine  de  la  Charite  (From  the  Arcajia   Ccelestia).     St. 
Amand.     92  pp. 

Translated  b}^  M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays. — A.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  Lord.     London.     S.  S. 

Tenth  English  edition,  revised  by  Mr.  Bateman, 
with  Sandel's  ''  Eulogiu77i'^  as  an  introduction. — R.  S, 
S.  1847.— A.  L. 
The  Four  Leading  Doctidnes  (Doctrine  of  the  Lord,  Sacred. 
Scripture,  Life,  and  Faith).  A  cheap  edition.  London. 
Hodson. 

Advertised  in  /.  Sept.,  1846. 
The  Economy  of  the  Animal  Ki7igdo7n.     Vol.  II.    London. 
Newbery.     426  pp. 

Translated  by  Rev,  Aug.  Clissold,  and  edited  by  Dr. 
Wilkinson,  who  added  an  index  of  authors,  with  biblio- 
graphical notices,  and  a  magnificent   "Preface"    of  90 
pp. — Reviewed,  /.  1846  :  429. — A.  L. 
The  Last  Judg77ie7it.     London.    S.  S. 

Sixth  English  edition.— 7?.  5*.  6'.  1846. 
The  Neiv  fe7'usale77i  a7id  its  Heave7ily  Doctri7ie.    Cincinnati. 
Eighth  American  edition;  cheap  pamphlet  form. — M. 
20  :  212. 
The  New  Jerusalem  and  its  Heave7ily  Doctri7ie.     London. 
Hodson. 


1846,  527 

Fourteenth  English  edition;  cheap  form.  This,  and 
Mr.  Hodson's  cheap  edition  of  the  Four  Dodidnes,  were 
ordered  by  the  General  Conference  for  use  as  Reading- 
books  in  the  New  Church  Day  Schools  in  England. — 
Advertised  /.  1846,  Sept. 
Opuscula  Qiicsdam  Argumenti  Philosophici  (Certain  minor 
philosophical  works)  London.  Newbery.  126  pp. — 
A.  L. 

First  Latin  edition,  edited  from  the  original  manu- 
scripts by  Dr.  Wilkinson,  and  published  by  the  Sweden- 
borg  Association.  The  volume  contains  the  following 
separate  treatises: 

De  Via  ad  Cognitionem  AninicB.     6  pp. 

De  Fide  et  Bo7iis  Operibus.     8  pp. 

De  Sa7iguine  Rubro.      18  pp. 

De  Spiritu  Animali.      16  pp. 

De  Se?isatione.      10  pp. 

De  Orighie  et  Propagatione  AnimcB.     6  pp. 

De  Actione.     34  pp. 
The  Principia  ;  or,  the  First  Principles  of  Natural  Things, 
being  Neiv  Attempts  toward  a  philosophical  Explanation 
of  the  Elementa7y    World.     Vol.  I.      380  pp.     Vol.  II. 
413  pp.     London.     Newbery. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Rev.  Augustus 
Clissold,  who  contributed,  also,  an  "Introduction"  of 
87  pp.  Vol.  I.  was  issued  on  January  15th,  1845,  but 
on  the  title-page  is  dated  "  1846." 

Reviewed,  N.  C.  Q.  R  :   i;  /.  1845  :  141.— A.  L. 
The  Spiritual  Diary .   Vol.1.   London    Newbery.     456  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Smith- 
son;  reviewed  in  A^.  C.  Q.  R.  i:  58;  /.  1846:  382.— 
A.  L. 
[Anonymous]  :  An  Antidote  to  the  Attack  of  Rev.  G.  Go??ipertz 
on  the  Doctrijies  of  the  New  Church.  Bath.  England. 
4pp.— i?.  S.  S.  1846:  8. 
Der  Wahre  Gegenstand  der  Christlicheii  Gottesvei'ehrung 
(The  True  Object  of  Christian  Worship).  Elberfeld. 
Badeker.     47  pp. 

Translated  from  the  English  by  Theodor  Miillen- 
siefen. — A.  L. 


528  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Die   Apostolische  Lehre   von  der   VersoJuuing .     Tiibiiigen. 
64  pp. 

Translated  from  the  English. — A.  L. 
Objections  to  the   Claims  of  Swede7iborg  exanii^ied  and  re- 
futed.    St.  Clairsville,  O.     W.   Brown.      16  pp.— U.  L. 
The    Christian' s    Co77ipa7iion   171  his  daily  prepai^ation  for 
Heave7i.     London.     Missionary  and  Tract  Society.     An 
important   doctrinal  tract;    a   copy   is   owned   by   Rev. 
Frank  Sewall. 
Bayley,    Rev.  Jonathan  :    The  New   Church  Reader  a7id  Class 
Book.     I^ondon.     Hodson. 

A  valuable  and  interesting  contribution  to  the  educa- 
tional work  of  the  Church. 

Reviewed,  /.  1846:   189,  464. — A.  L. 
Bush,    Prof.    George :    Reply   to    Ralph    Waldo    E7nerson,   on 
Swedenborg .     A  lecture.     New  York.     Allen.     32  pp. 

A.  I.. 

A  State77ie7it  of  Reaso7is  for  e7nb7'aci7ig  the  Doctri7ies  a7id 
Disclosures  of  E7na7iuel  Swedenbo7'g .   New  York.    120  pp. 
Reviewed,  M.   90:  84. 
An  important  evangelistic  work,  often  re-pubHshed. — 

B.  L. 

The  Swede7iborg   Library.     Five    numbers.     New    York. 
John  Allen. 

A  series   of  selections   from   the    Memorabiha.     Re- 
viewed, M.  19:  201;  A^.  C.  Adv.  1846:  30. 
Clowes,  Rev.  John:  A71  Affectio7iate Address  to  the  Clergy,  with 
a  b7'ief  Sketch  of  the  life  a7id  cha7^acter  of  the  Author. 
Boston.     39  pp. 

Edited  by  B.  F.  Barrett.—.^/.  19:  399.— H.  L. 
O71  Delights.     London.     Hodson. 
Second  edition. — A.  L. 
Corselius,  George  :  Hi7its  toward  the  develop77ie7it  of  a  U7iitary 
Scie7ice,  or  Science  of  U7iiversal  A7ialogy.     Ann  Arbor. 
Mich.     22  pp. — A.  L. 
De  Charms,  Rev.  Richard:    The  Me77iorist.    No.  2.    Baltimore. 

24  pp. — A.  E. 
Field,  Rev.   Q^ovge,:  fehovah  oitr  Saviour.     A  Tract.     Boston. 

Clapp. — M.  19:  399. 
Gompertz,  Rev.  S.:   The  New  ferusalem  or  New  Clmrch  Heresy, 


1846.  529 

exposed  aiid  refuted.     Nailsworth.     England.     14  PP-  — 

A.  L. 

Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas  :  A  Defense  of  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Chmch.  Being  a  Refutation  of  the  pamphlet  of  the  Rev. 
S.  Gompertz.     London. 

Reviewed,  /.  1846:  232;  A^.  C.  Adv.  1846:   136. 

Hindmarsh,  Rev.  Robert:  The  Church  of  England  weighed 
in  the  balances  of  the  Sanctuary,  a7id  foimd  Wanting. 
London.     Hodson.     227  pp. 

One  of  Mr.  Hindmarsh's  most  powerful  works;  pub- 
lished from  the  original  MS  of  the  author;  reviewed, 
/.  1846:  229. 

Hitchcock,  Col.  E.  A.:  The  Doctrines  of  Spinoza  a7id  Sweden- 
borg  Ide7itified,  so  far  as  they  claim  a  Scientific  Ground. 
Boston.     Munroe.     200  pp. 

The  author  was  a  colonel  in  the  U.  S.  army.  His 
skilful  and  deceptive  arguments  were  thoroughly  ex- 
ploded by  Rev.  W.  B.  Hayden  in  A^.  C.  R.  1849:  465. 

Hough,  Rev.  Sabin:  A  Brief  View  of  the  Philosophy  of  Man's 
Spiritual  Nature.     A  Lecture.     Columbus,  O.    16  pp.— 

A.  L. 
Kenworthy,  Leon  :  bifidelity  Extirpated.     Manchester. 

Mentioned,  (9.  VI:  71. 
Little,  Dr.  Timothy,  M.  D.:  The  Lord' s  states  of  Humiliation, 
Sufferings,  and  Glorification,  explained.  Portland,  Me. 
28  pp. — A.  L. 
[Liturgical]  :  The  Liturgy  as  used  in  Public  worship  of  the 
Society  of  the  New  Church,  meeting  at  Babington-Lane 
Chapel,  Derby.     London.     Newbery. 

Arranged  by  Rev.  Wm.  Mason.  Reviewed  in  A^.  C. 
Q.  R.  II:  298. 
[Maxwell,  Alexander]:  Sivedenborg  versus  Berkeley ,  Kant,  and 
Coleridge,  in  a  Retrospective  Review  of  the  ''Records  of 
Family  Instruction'  a7id  ''Spiritual  Christianity."  Lon- 
don.    W.  Smith.     64  pp. 

A  powerful  refutation  of  Charles  Aug.  Tulk's  ideal- 
istic heresy.  Reviewed,  /.  1850:  119;  N.  C.  Adv.  1846: 
260. — Cin.  L. 
Mullensiefen,  P.  E.:  Ncnc Licet !  Fortschreitende  Offenbarmig 
der  Dreieinigkeitslehre  (Progressive  Revelation  of  the 
Doctrine  of  the  Trinity).     Tiibingen.   48  pp.— A.  L. 


530  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Noble,  Rev.  Samuel  :  Important  Doctrines  of  the  True  Christian 
Religion,  explained  in  a  series  of  Lectures.  London. 
Hodson.     493  pp. 

A  valuable  work,  well  known  as  "  Nobles  Lectures;" 
reviewed,  /.    1846  :  309;  N.  C.  Q.  R.     I  :  21.— A.  L. 
CEgger,  G.:  Die  Kirchen  Reformation    (Church  Reform;  being 
two  letters  to  the  New  Catholics).     Translated  from  the 
French;  mentioned  in/.  1846  :  109. 
Ott,  James  Cramer:  A  Crack  in  the  Wall,  for  you  to  take  a  peep 
in,  if  yo2i  please ;  there   aix  some  things  in  the  House. 
Albany,  N.  Y.     24  pp. 
Index  to  a  Plan  for  our  Courts.     Albany.      16  pp. 

Copies  of  these  tracts  are  preserved  in  the  Library  of 
the  Convention  Theological  School,   Cambridge,  Mass 
The}'  are  the  productions  of  an  unbalanced  mind. 
Parsons,   Prof.  Theophilus  :  Remarks  upon    "'  Swedenborgian 
ism  Reviewed,'"  by  Enoch  Pond,  D.  D.     Boston.     27  pp 
Reprinted   from   the   Neiu  fei'usalem  Magazine. — M 
20  :  132  — H.   L. 
Paton,Jos.  N.:     The    True   Priesthood  of  the   Holy  ferusalem 
defended.   Dumfirmline,  Scotland.   39  pp. — Cop}'  in  Con 
vention  Theological  School. 
[Periodical]:  Magazin  fur  die  Netie  Kirche.     Vol.  VI,  partly 
Tiibingen.     64  pp. — A.  L- 
The  Intellectual  Repository.       1846.       London.     Hodson 

480  pp. — A.  L. 
The  fuve^iile  Magazine.     Vol.   IV.     London.     Newbery 

Edited  by  Rev.  J.  Bayley. — /.  1846:   11 1,  193. 
The  New   Chiuxh  Advocate  ajid  Examiner.     A    monthly 
magazine  of  28  pp. ,  edited  by  Rev.  Thos.  Goyder,  Elihu 
Rich,  and  others.     Vol.  I.     London.  Newbery.   394  pp 
The  successor  of    The  New  Church  Advocate  of  1842- 
'45.-A.  L. 
The  Neiv  Church  Magazine  for  Childre7i.  Vol.  III.      1846. 

Boston.     192  pp. — A.  L. 
The  New  fef7isalem  Magazine.     Vol.20.     Boston.   Clapp. 
516  pp.— A.  L. 
Pond,  Dr.  Enoch,  D.   D.:  Swedenborgianism  Reviewed.     Port- 
land, Me.     Hyde.     290  pp. — A.  L. 
Rendell,  Rev.  E.  D.:  Hi7tts  about  the  Heavenly  State.     London. 
Hodson.     26  pp. — A.  L. 


1846,  531 

[Reports]:     Central     Convention.      Journal    No.     VIII.     Sixth 
annual  meeting.     Philadelphia.     94  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Confere?ice.     Minutes  for  1846.    London.   Hodson. 

80  pp. — A.  Iv. 
Ge?ieral  Co7r<jentio7i,     Journal   for    1846,  published   in  M. 

19:  401. 
Swedenborg   Society.      Report    No.   37.     London.      24  pp. 

-A.  L. 
Western  Convention.     Journal  of  the  14th  annual  meeting. 
Cincinnati.     31  pp. — A.  L. 
Tulk,     Charles     Augustus :   Spiritual    Christianity.       Part.   I. 
London.     Newbery.     380  pp. 

The  most  complete  exposition  of  Mr.  Tulk's  Idealistic 
system.     Reviewed,  A^.  C.  Adv.  1846:   159. — A.  L. 
Turner,   Mrs.  W.:    The   True  Church,  or.   Principal  Points  of 
Differe7ice    betweeri    the    Old    and    the    New    Christia?i 
Churches.     New  York.     Allen.     29  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Whittell,    Henry  :  Dissertations   on   the  Doctrines   of  the  New 
Jerusalem,     hicludijig  a    Refutation  of   W.  E.   Sadler' s 
''Letter  to  Swedenborgians.''     Loudon.     Newbery. 
Noticed,  /.  1846:  239. 
Wilkinson,  Dr.  J.  J.  G.:  Remarks  on  Sivedeyiborg' s  ''Eco7iomy 
of  the  A7ii7nal  Ki7igdom.''     London.     Newbery.    86  pp. 
Reviewed,  /.  1846:  429. — A.  L. 
Wood,  Dr.  Leonard:  Lectures  07i  Swede7iborgia7iism.  Boston.   16 

pp.— H.  L. 
Worcester,    Benjamin  :   Questions  071  the  Four  Gospels  of  the 
New  Testa7ne7it.     Boston. 

Reviewed,  M.  20  :  43. — A.  L. 
Worcester,  Rev.  Thomas  :  A    View  of  the  Pastoral  Relation. 
Boston.     Clapp.      12  pp. 

The  author  here  virtually  renounces  his  former  opin- 
ions respecting  a  "conjugial  "  relation  between  a  pastor 
and  his  society. — Cin.  L. 


Contemporary  Events. 

America.  Iowa  is  admitted  into  the  Union.  The  occupation  of  Texas 
leads  to  war  between  the  United  States  and  Mexico.  The  Mexicans  are  de- 
feated by  General  Taylor  at  Palo  Alto  and  Reseca  de  la  Palnia.  California 
and  Mexico  are  occupied  by  American  forces.     The  *•  Oregon  Treaty  "  with 


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ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


Great  Britain  settles  the  North  Western  boundary  of  the  United  States. 
The  Smithsonian  Institution  is  established  by  act  of  Congress.  Blias  Howe 
patents  his  sewing  machine, 

France.     Louis  Napoleon  escapes  from  his  prison  at  Ham. 

Germany.  First  meeting  of  the  "Evangelical  Church  Conference,"  a 
periodical  assembly  of  delegates  from  the  various  Protestant  state-churches 
of  Germany. 

The  planet  Neptune  is  discovered  by  Dr.  Galle,  of  Berlin. 

Great  Briiaifi.  Great  famine  in  Ireland.  The  Corn-laws  are  repealed 
(June  26).  Peel  resigns  the  premiership.  Lord  John  Russell  is  appointed 
premier  (July  6).     Publication  of  Grote's  "  History  of  Greece." 

India.  The  Sikhs  conclude  peace  at  Lahore,  ceding  great  territories  to 
the  East  India  Company. 

Italy.  Death  of  Pope  Gregory  XVI.  Pius  IX.  (Cardinal  Ferretti)  is 
elected  pope,  June  16;  he  inaugurates  great  reforms  in  the  Papal  States. 

Pola7id.  An  unsuccessful  rising  of  the  Poles  leads  to  the  annexation  of 
the  republic  of  Cracow  to  Austria,  thus  extinguishing  the  last  remnant  of 
Polish  independence. 

Portugal.     A  revolutionary  movement  drives  Costa-Cabral  from  power. 

Spain.  Through  the  intrigues  of  Louis  Philippe  the  3'oung  queen,  Isa- 
bella II.,  is  married  to  her  cousin,  Francis  d'Assisi,  and  her  sister,  Louisa, 
to  the  duke  of  Montpensier,  youngest  son  of  the  French  king,  as  the  pros- 
pective heir-apparent  to  the  Spanish  crown. 


jQ^>y  Africa.     Mauritius. — The  Doctrines  of  the  New 

^'  "  Church  are  introduced  in  this  island  by  Mr.  G.  H. 
Poole,  an  Englishman  and  friend  of  Charles  Augustus  Tulk. 
Mr.  Poole  remains  in  Port  Louis  about  three  years,  gaining  a 
few  converts  for  the  New  Church,  among  them  M.  L.  E. 
Michel,  who  enters  into  correspondence  with  M.  Le  Boys  des 
Guays,  and  imports  a  large  number  of  the  French  translations 
of  the  Writings. — O.  II :  104  ;  V:   179. 

Concerning  Mr.  Poole's  subsequent  activity  in  Sidney,  see 
Rev.  J.  J.  Thornton's  historical  sketch.  The  New  Church  in 
New  South  Wales^  1897  :  8. 

America.  Illinois^  Chicago.  Autumn  and  winter. — Rev. 
J.  R.  Hibbard's  lectures  cause  a  great  increase  of  interest  in  the 
Heavenly  Doctrines  in  this  growing  young  city. — J/.  21  :  275. 

Peoria.,  October  1-3. — Annual  meeting  of  the  Illinois  As- 
sociation. The  society  in  Peoria  is  admitted  into  the  Associa- 
tion. Rev.  J.  R.  Hibbard  is  elected  president,  and  J.  Y. 
Scammon,  secretary.     Mr.  James  Melrose  is  ordained  into  the 


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first  grade  of  the   Ministry   by  Mr.   Hibbard. — M.    2i:   154; 
Conv.  R.  1848:  362;  1849:  269. 

Indiana,    Fort     Wayne.       Death    of    Jonathan    Chapman 
("Johnny  Appleseed"),  the  New  Church  evangelist  and  "circu- 
lating library"  of  the    wilderness,   the   "  primitive  barefooted 
Christian,"  the  "long-haired   pilgrim   with  a   mush-pot  for  a 
hat," — probably  the  most  romantic  figure  in  New  Church  His- 
tory.    Born  in  Boston,  about  the  year  1775,  he  drifted,  while 
a  young  man,  to  Western  Pennsylvania,  where  he  received  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  (probably  from   the  Hon.  John 
Young,  of  Greensburg,  with  whom  he  kept   in  constant  com- 
munication and   who  acted  as  his  agent  in   procuring  New 
Church  books).     In  the  year  1801  he  began  to  traverse  the 
border  settlements  of  Ohio  with  loads  of  apple  seeds,  which  he 
planted  in  sheltered  spots,  leaving  the  young  orchards  to  await 
the  coming  of  future  settlers.     In  this  useful  occupation,  and 
in  the  unintermittent  work  of  distributing  New  Church  litera- 
ture, he  spent   more   than   forty  years  of  his  life,  a  solitary, 
humble,  unnoticed  sower  of  good  seed.     Clad   in  the  simplest 
raiments,  barefooted  par  preferefice,  with  an  old  coffee-sack 
for  overcoat,  and  for  a  hat  the  tin  pot  in  which  he  prepared  his 
meals,  loaded  with  bags  of  apple  seeds  and  packages  of  Sweden- 
borg's  Writings,  this  remarkable  character  was  ever   pushing 
forward   further  west  in  advance  of  the   tide   of  civilization, 
leaving    behind  him    thousands  of  flourishing    orchards    and 
grateful  settlers.     Thus  he  tramped  all  over  Ohio  and  Indiana, 
unmolested  by  the  Indians,  who  looked  upon  him  as  a  great 
"medicine  man,"  and  ever  a  welcome  guest  in  the  log  cabins 
of  the  early  settlers,  to  whom  he  was,  indeed,  a  "  guide,  phil- 
osopher and  friend."     As  such  he  proved   himself  especially 
during  the  war  of  181 2,  when  he  traveled  unceasingly,  day  and 
night,  warning  the  settlers  against  the  raids  of  the  Indian  allies 
of  Great  Britain.      He  thus  gained  a  wide  and  lasting  reputa- 
tion   as    a   picturesque,    eccentric  philanthropist,    of  whom  a 
thousand  tales,  amusing,  pathetic  and  inspiring,  are  still  being 
told.    His  greatest  delight  was  the  announcement  of  the  glories 
of  the  New  Jerusalem.     On  entering  a  log  cabin  he   would 


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throw  himself  down  on  the  floor,  open  his  precious  package  of 
books,  ask  the  people  if  they  would  have  some  "news  right 
fresh  from  Heaven,"  and  then  proceed  to  read  aloud  the  strange 
Gospel  to  the  astonished  family  around  the  hearthstone,  or  else 
expound  the  glorious  truths  with  a  glow  of  enthusiasm  such 
as  to  affect  even  those  who  looked  upon  him  as  half-witted  or 
a  heretic.  Unable  to  carry  a  whole  library  on  his  back,  he 
would  divide  each  volume  of  the  Writings  into  sheets,  and  dis- 
tribute these  in  the  various  cabins  on  his  route,  circulating 
them  in  rotation  until  each  family  had  read  a  whole  book,  the 
last  on  the  route  naturally  reading  it  backwards,  from  the  end 
to  the  beginning.  In  this  manner  he  undoubtedly  did  much 
to  prepare  the  ground  for  the  numerous  New  Church  societies 
which  at  one  time  flourished  in  Ohio,  and  several  earnest  mem- 
bers of  the  Church  are  known  to  have  received  their  first 
knowledge  of  the  Doctrines  from  Johnny  Appleseed.  He  ap- 
plied himself  especially  to  the  children,  among  whom  he  was 
a  great  favorite.  They  would  help  him  in  planting  his 
orchards,  while  he  was  telling  them  about  the  beauties  of  the 
other  world,  until  he  left  them,  enriched  by  presents  of  pen- 
nies and  New  Church  tracts ;  (some  of  the  latter  are  known  to 
have  taken  root  in  after-life).  Among  his  numerous  "eccen- 
tricities "  was  a  passionate  tenderness  for  aged  or  abused  horses, 
of  whom,  in  various  places,  he  kept  a  great  number  as  pen- 
sioners. In  1838,  feeling  his  occupation  gone  in  the  now 
well-settled  districts  of  Ohio,  he  bid  all  his  friends  a  solemn 
farewell,  and  betook  himself  westward  to  the  further  wilderness, 
where  he  wrought  his  good  works  until  1847,  when  he  died 
peacefully  and  beautifully  in  a  log  cabin  near  Fort  Wayne, 
Indiana. 

"A  homely,  humble-hearted  man, — a  spirit  sent 
To  cheer  the  world  and  plant  the  newer  gospel  as  he  went." 

For  further  particulars  see  i^th  Report  of  Manch.  Print, 
Sac;  Conv.  R,  1822:  8;  Mess,  vol.  24:  108;  36:  56;  45: 
10,  290;  55:  185;  58:  204;  61:  83,  88.  Harper's  Monthly 
Magazine^  Nov.,  1871. 

Jeffersonville,  May  26. — Rev.  Sabin  Hough  is  ordained  into 


1^41'  535 

the  first  grade  of-  the  Ministry  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Wills. — Conv.  R, 
1849  '-  250- 

July  14. — Rev.  J.  P.  Stuart  is  ordained  into  the  first  grade 
of  the  Ministry  by  Rev.  S.  H.  Wills.— /<^/<^. 

Kentucky^  Louisville. — Rev.  S.  H.  Wills  removes  from  Ab- 
ingdon, Va.,  to  take  charge  of  the  society  in  Louisville. —  W, 
Co7iv.  R.  1847  :  22. 

Maine ^  Portland. — Rev.  T.  D.  Sturtevant  takes  charge  of 
this  society,  which  now  numbers  about  fifty  members. — M. 
20  :  447. 

Massachusetts^  Bridgewater^  May  6. — Rev.  T.  P.  Rodman 
is  ordained  into  the  pastoral  grade  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester. 
— M.  20  :  451. 

West  Bridgeivater^  April  21. — A  society  of  sixteen  mem- 
bers is  formally  instituted  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester. — M, 
20  :  384. 

Michigan.,  Detroit. — The  successful  evangelistic  activity  of 
the  Rev.  George  Field  calls  forth  a  regular  crusade  of  Old 
Church  ministers  and  religious  journals  against  the  Doctrines 
of  the  New  Church.  The  secular  papers  open  their  columns 
to  the  replies  of  Mr.  Field,  and  the  Doctrines  are  by  this 
means  widely  disseminated. — M.  20  :  461. 

Marshall. — ^Judge  Abiel  Silver,  Mr.  Jabez  Fox,  an  editor, 
and  Mr.  Henry  Weller,  a  teacher,  begin  a  very  active  propa- 
ganda as  lay-lecturers  in  Marshall,  Battle  Creek,  Goshen,  and 
other  places. — M.  21  :  200. 

October  7. — A  society  is  organized  at  Marshall  by  Rev.  H. 
N.  Strong.— a?;2z^.  R.  1848  :  358. 

New  York  City^  June  9-13. — The  Twenty-ninth  General 
Convention.  Present,  six  ministers  and  twenty  delegates. 
The  societies  at  Danby  and  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  and  Foxborough 
and  Mansfield,  Mass.,  are  received  into  the  Convention.  The 
ordination  of  Rev.  J.  R.  Hibbard  and  Rev.  F.  S.  Dike,  into 
the  third  grade  of  the  Ministry,  is  authorized. — Conv.  R» 
1847  \  M.  20  \  421. 

June  13. — Rev.  John  Randolph  Hibbard  and  Rev.  Samuel 
Fuller  Dike  are  ordained  into  the  third  grade  of  the  Ministry 


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by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester,  who  on  the  same  occasion  ordains 
Mr.  T.  D.  Sturtevant  into  the  first  grade. — M.  20  :  433  ;   21  : 

84. 

June  27. — Rev.  A.  E.  Ford  is  ordained  into  the  first  grade 
of  the  Ministry  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett.  Mr.  Ford  is  the  first 
person  thus  ordained  without  having  received  the  Baptism  of 
the  New  Church. — M.  20  :  554  ;   Conv.  R.  1848  :  366. 

Ohio^  Cincinnati^  May  20-24. — The  Fifteenth  Western  Con- 
vention. A  new  Constitution  is  adopted.  The  Convention 
requests  the  Rev.  David  Powell  to  ordain  Rev.  E.  Hibbard 
and  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott  into  the  third  degree  of  the  Ministry, 
but  Mr.  Powell  declines  to  officiate  on  the  ground  of  his  own 
connection  with  the  Central  Convention.  The  meeting  then 
requests  Rev.  S.  H.  Wills  to  perform  the  ordinations,  and  also 
to  ordain  Mr.  Sabin  Hough  and  J.  P.  Stuart. —  W.  Conv  R. 
1847. 

June. — Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott  is  consecrated  an  ordaining  minis- 
ter by  Rev.  S.  H.  Wills.  Mr.  Prescott,  soon  afterwards,  resigns 
the  pastorate  of  the  Cincinnati  First  Society,  and  removes  to 
Scotland,  where  he  accepts  the  charge  of  the  society  in  Glas- 
gow. He  is  succeeded  in  Cincinnati  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett,  of 
New  York.— .^.  20  :  554  ;    \V.  Conv  R.  1884  :  20. 

Columbus^  October  26. — Death  of  Mr.  Josiah  Espy,  one  of 
the  earliest  receivers  in  the  country,  and  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  the  New  Church  in  the  West.  He  received  the  Doctrines 
at  Bedford,  Pa.,  through  Miss  Hettie  Barclay;  emigrated  to 
Columbus,  O.,  in  1826,  was  one  of  the  founders  and  most 
liberal  supporters  of  the  Western  Convention,  and  also  wrote 
and  published  several  evangelistic  tracts  and  treatises. — Mess. 
vol.  55  :  155. 

Lucas  Co.,  August  11. — Death  of  Rev.  Elisha  Hibbard, 
pastor  of  the  society  in  Lucas  county.  He  had  been  a  minister 
of  the  United  Brethren  Church,  but  received  the  Doctrines  of 
the  New  Church  in  1837,  and  was  ordained  into  the  Ministry 
in  1839. — M.  21  :  119;  Mess.  vol.  55  :  330. 

Middle  port  and  Pomeroy. — The  society  in  these  towns  is 
now  prospering  under  the  ministration  of  Rev.  David  Powell. 
—  C.  C.  R.  1847  •  21. 


1^47'  537 

St.  Clair sville^  February  9. — A  society  is  instituted  here  by 
Rev.  D.  Powell.— ?K  Coiiv.  R.   1848:  24. 

Pennsylvania^  Frankford^  June  27. — Rev.  Edwin  A.  Atlee  is 
ordained  into  the  second  grade  of  the  Ministry  by  Rev.  James 
Seddon.  He  is  now  engaged  in  general  missionary  work  in 
Pennsylvania. 

Philadelphia^  June. — Rev.  W.  H.  Benade  is  ordained  into 
the  second  degree  of  the  Ministry  by  Rev.  R.  De  Charms. 

October  19-24. — Seventh  annual  meeting  of  the  Central 
Convention. — Three  ministers  and  twenty  members  are  present. 
Rev.  Thomas  Wilks  presents  a  report  on  the  subject  of  the 
Ministry,  favoring  but  one  degree  and  one  ordination ;  the  re- 
port is  accepted  by  the  meeting,  without  waiting  for  the  pend- 
ing report  on  the  same  subject  from  the  ecclesiastical  council. 
(The  latter  report,  being  prepared  by  Mr.  De  Charms,  was 
known  to  be  in  favor  of  three  distinct  degrees.)  The  members 
in  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  resign  from  the  Central  Convention. 
The  ordination  of  Mr.  Wilks  into  the  second  degree  of  the 
Ministry  is  authorized,  and  Mr.  Wilks  is  ordained  into  that 
degree,  on  October  24,  by  Rev.  David  Powell. — C  C.  R.  1847. 

Pittsbicrg. — The  society  here  is  increasing  under  the  minis- 
trations of  Rev.  David  Powell.  The  attendance  at  the  services 
is  now  averaging  forty  persons.  The  worship  is  conducted  in 
the  '^President"  Engine  House.  A  Sunday  School,  with  twenty 
children,  has  been  established. —  C.  C  R.  1847:  20. 

France.  M.  Le  Boys  des  Guays  and  M.  Harle  begin  their 
great  work  of  compiling  all  the  Scripture  passages  translated 
by  Swedenborg  into  Latin,  in  preparation  for  a  New  Church 
translation  of  the  Word. — M.  20:  329. 

Great  Britain.  Derby,  August  10-14. — The  Fortieth  Gen- 
eral Conference.  Present,  eleven  ministers  and  twenty-one 
representatives;  also,  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott,  of  Cincinnati.  Rev. 
W.  Woodman,  president.  The  Conference  adopts  a  number  of 
alterations  in  the  "Regulations  for  admitting  persons  into  the 
Ministry."  The  sale  of  the  Intellectual  Repositoiy  is  reported 
to  have  increased  to  such  an  extent  as  actually  to  hsiWQ yielded 
a  profit  (/)     The  societies  at  Bristol  and  Oxford  are  admitted 


538  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

into  the  Conference,  but  admission  is  again  refused  to  the 
society  at  Rose  Place,  Liverpool.  The  ordination  of  Mr. 
James  Boys  is  authorized.  Rev.  Samuel  Noble  is  "earnestly 
and  affectionately  invited"  to  rejoin  the  Conference. — Conf.  R. 
1847;  /.   1847:  352. 

Failsivorth^  April  25. — A  new  chapel,  with  Sunday  School 
room,  is  opened  by  Rev.  J.  Bay  ley. — /.  1847  :  151  ;  M.  L. 
1889:   211. 

Leeds ^  February  7. — The  Society  opens  services  in  the 
Albion  Chapel.  Rev.  R.  Edleston  is  serving  as  minister. — /. 
1847  :   116;   M.  L.  1885:  56. 

London. — Dr.  Wilkinson,  in  letters  to  the  New  Jerusalem 
Magazine^  describes  the  New  Church  in  London  as  in  a  very 
languishing  condition,  for  want  of  devotion  and  means,  in  con- 
sequence of  which  both  the  Swedenborg  Society  and  the 
Swedenborg  Association  have  been  forced  to  greatly  restrict 
their  operations. — M.  20:   294;   21:  39. 

The  Swedenborg  Association,  during  this  year,  gives  a 
series  of  Conversaziones^  or  social  meetings,  for  the  reading  of 
papers,  lectures,  conversation,  and  other  social  means  of  in- 
struction in  the  Philosophy  of  Swedenborg.  The  meetings 
are  numerously  attended,  by  Newchurchmen  of  all  shades  of 
opinion,  and  serve  to  increase  the  spirit  of  unity  in  the  Church. 
—M.  20  :  295,  y^i,2>7^' 

March  2. — Organization  of  a  "Society  for  Printing  and 
Publishing  the  works  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Noble." — /.  1847  : 
154;  see  also  /.  1847.     April  (wrapper). 

April  4. — First  annual  meeting  of  the  London  New  Church 
Sunday  School  Union. — /.  1847:   153. 

June  15. — Thirty-eighth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society ;  Rev.  T.  C.  Shaw,  chairman.  The  committee  reports 
the  distribution  of  an  unusual  amount  of  gift-books  to  libraries 
in  various  quarters  of  the  globe. — 5^.  ^.  R.  1847. 

Manchester,  January  14-23. — Mr.  George  Dawson,  a  cele- 
brated lecturer,  creates  a  great  sensation  by  a  series  of  highly 
eulogistic  lectures  on  Swedenborg  and  the  New  Church. — M. 
20:  297  ;  /.  1847  :   no. 


iS47'  539 

February  i. — Death  of  Mr.  John  Ollivant,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-three  years.  He  was  one  of  the  most  intimate  friends 
of  Rev.  John  Clowes,  from  whom  he  received  the  Heavenly 
Doctrines  in  1789,  and  was,  throughout  his  life,  one  of  the 
principal  supporters  of  the  New  Church  in  Manchester. — /. 
1847  :  199. 


N0TAB1.E  Articles. 

The  Intellectual  Repository,  1847. 

Swedenborg  and  the  Catholics— a  controversy  with  a  Roman  Catholic  in 
regard  to  Swedeuborg's  charges  against  the  Catholic  Church. — pp.  97,  187. 

The  Respective  Uses  of  Infant  and  Adult  Baptism  {^vs.  New  Church  Bap- 
tism).— p.  361. 

Swedenborg  and  Jacob  Boehme,  an  interesting  analysis  of  similarities  and 
differences  in  their  respective  systems,  —pp.  328,  385. 

The  New  Church  Quarterly  Reviezv,  vol.  i. 

An  exhaustive  review  of  Swedeuborg's  "  Principia." — p.  i. 

The  Connection  between  Theology,  Psychology,  and  Physiology,  by  Rev. 
A  Clissold.— pp.  85,  186. 

Naturalism, — a  severely  critical  review  of  Swedeuborg's  work  On  the  In- 
finite.— p.  283. 

The  Nezu  Jerusalem  Magazine,  vol.  20. 

Remarks  on  (Dr.  Pond's)  "Swedenborgianism  Reviewed,"  by  Theophilus 
Parsons. — p.  57. 

Dr.  Wilkinson  on  the  "  Doctrine  of  Permissions"  in  "  Conjugial  Love." 
—p.   163 

Pascal,  on  the  Spiritual  Sense  of  the  Word,— a  very  interesting  series  of 
quotations. — p.  203. 

The  beginning  of  a  controversy  between  the  editor  and  Prof.  Bush,  on 
the  subject  of  Mesmerism  and  Spiritism. — p.  552. 


Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Adversaria.  Part  i,  vol.  i.  Containing  the  ex- 
planation of  Genesis,  i-xxix.  {^' Historia  Creationis  a 
Mose  tradita'').     Tiibingen.     437  pp- 

First  Latin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Im.  Tafel. — A.  L. 
Ajigelic  Wisdo7)i  concerjiing  the  Diimie  Love  and  Wisdom. 
Boston. 

Fourth  American  edition. — B.  L. 


540 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Apocalypse  Explained.     Vols.  IV.  and  V.     New  York,    J. 
Allen. 

First  American  edition,  completed. — A.  L 
Arcana  Ccelestia.    Vol.  1.     New  York.     J.  Allen.     504  pp. 
Reprint  of  first  American  edition,  reproduced  from  the 
English  edition  of  1837,  with  some  changes  in  the  trans- 
lation of  Scripture  passages. — A.  L. 
Arcana    Ccelestia.     Vol.   XII.     Boston.     Clapp.     584  pp. 

First  American  edition,  now  completed. — A.  L. 
Arcadia  Ccelestia.     Vols.  VI.  and  VII.     London.     S.  S. 
Third  English  edition;  Vol  VI.  revised  by  Mr.  Strutt; 
Vol.  VII.  by  Mr.  H.  Butter.— i^.  6".  6*.  1847  -  5-— A.  L. 
Arcajies  Celestes.    Vol.  V.  (Nos.  2760-3485)  and  Vol.  XI. 
(Nos   6627-7487).     St.  Amand. 
First  French  edition. — A.  E 
Diarium   Spirituale.     Part    5,    vol.    II.      Containing   the 
Index,  from  E  to  Z.     Tiibingen.     518  pp. 
First  Eatin  edition. — A.  E. 
Expositio7i  Sonimaire  de  la  Doctrine  de  la  Nonvelle  Eglise 
(Brief  Exposition).     St.  x\mand.     208  pp. 

Second  French  edition,  translated  b}^  ]\I.  Ee  Bo\^s  des 
Guays. — A.   E. 
An  Hieroglyphic  Key  to  Natural  and  Spiritual  Mysteries, 
by  way  of  representations  a7id  correspondences.     Eondon. 
Newbery.     44  pp. 

Third  EngHsh  edition,  translated  by  Dr.  J.  J.  G. 
Wilkinson,  and  published  by  the  Swedenborg  i\ssocia- 
tion. — A.  E. 
CEconomia  Reg7ii  Aninialis.  Transactio  Tei'tia.  De 
Fibra,  etc.  (Third  Section  of  the  Economy  of  the  Ani- 
mal Kingdom.  Concerning  the  Fibre,  the  Diseases  of 
the  Fibre,  etc.).     Eondon,  Newbery,  262  pp. 

First  Eatin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Wilkinson  from  the 
original  MS.,  and  published  by  the  Swedenborg  Asso- 
ciation.    Reviewed  in  /.    1847  :  ^90.     A^.  C.  Q.  R.     I: 

439,  II:   I. 
Miscellaneous     Observatiojis    connected   with     the    Physical 
Sciences.     Eondon.     Newbery.      168  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  from  the  Eatin 
original  (published  in  1722),  by  Mr.  C.  E.  Strutt,  and 
published  by  the  Swedenborg  Association. — A.  E. 


i847'  541 

Outlines  of  a  Philosophical  Argiimeni  ofi  the  In/i^iite,  and 
on  the  Final  Cause  of  Creation.  London.  Newbery. 
190  pp. 

Second  English  edition,  translated  by  Dr.  Wilkinson, 
with  a  valuable  Preface  by  the  translator.  Published 
by  the  Swedenborg  Association. 

Critically  reviewed  in  N.  C  Q.  R.\\  283.— A.  L. 
Posthumous  Tracts.     London.     Newbery.      149  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Dr.  Wilkinson, 
and  published  by  the  Swedenborg  Association.  This 
volume  is  the  English  version  of  the  Opuscula  published 
in  1846.— A.  L. 
Some  Specime7is  of  a  Work  on  the  Priiiciples  of  Chemistry, 
with  other  treatises.     London.     Newbery.     295  pp. 

First  English  edition,  translated  by  Mr.  C.  E.  Strutt, 
and  published  by  the  Swedenborg  Association. 

Reviewed  in/.  1847:  228;  M.  21:   140;  A^.   C.   Q.  R. 
I:  231. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  ferusalem  concerning  the  Sacred 
Scriptzire.     Boston.     Clapp.     84  pp. 
Seventh  American  edition. — A.  L. 
The    True   Christian    Religion.     In    two   volumes.     Lon- 
don.    S.  S. 

Seventh  English  edition,  revised  by  Mr.  Henry  Butter. 
—R.  S.  S.     1847.— B.  L. 
[Anonymous] :  A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  B.  Evans,  by  an  Inhabitant 
of  Scai'borough.     London. 
Reviewed  in  /.  1847:  349. 
The  First  Book  of  Religious  histruction  and  Nezv   Church 

Catechism.     St.  Clairsville,  O.     24  pp. — U.  L. 
Von  defn  Weseii  U7id  der  Nothwejidigkeit   der  Busse  (On 
the  nature    and  necessity  of   Repentance).     Tiibingen, 
81  pp. 

Translated  from  the  EngHsh. — A.  L. 
Arthur,    T.    S.:    The   Maiden.      A    Story.     London.     Hodson. 

1 48  pp. — /.  1847:  270. 
Beswick,  Samuel :  How  are  Worlds  made?   Being  a  7iew  system 
of  Cosmog07iical    Philosophy    [based    on    Swedenborg' s 
Principia'].     Haslingden.      148    pp. — /.    1847:    358;  A^. 
C  Q.R.  I:  441. 


^42  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Beurling,  C.  H.:  Den  Nya  Christna  Forsamlingen  och  dess 
Himmclska  Lara  (The  New  Christian  Church  and  its 
Heavenh^  Doctrine).     Stockhohn.     516  pp. — A.  I^. 

Bolles,  Charles :  A  Dictiojiary  of  Correspondences.  Boston. 
Clapp. 

Second  edition. — M.  20:  554. 

Bush,  Prof.  George  :  A  Statemeyit  of  Reasons  for  embraciyig  the 
Doctrines  and  Disclosiwes  of  Evi.  Szvedenborg.  London. 
Hodson. — /.  1847.  May. 
Mesmer  and  Swedenborg :  or,  the  Relation  of  the  develop- 
me7ii  of  Mesmerism  to  the  Doctrines  and  Disclosures  of 
Swedenborg .     New  York.     J.  Allen.     288  pp. 

Severely  reviewed  in  N.  C.  Q.  R.  l\  i6y,  M.  20:  183. 
—A.  L. 
Reply   to   Dr.     Wood's    '^Lectures   on    Swedenborgianism. 
New  York.     J.  Allen.     256  pp. 

Reviewed  in  N.  C.  Q.  R.l:  334.— A.  L. 

Bush  and  Barrett:  Davis'  ''Revelations''  Revealed;  being 
a  critical  Examinatioji  of  the  character  and  claims 
of  that  work,  in  its  relations  to  the  Teachings  of  Sivedeyi- 
borg.     New  York.     J.  Allen.     43  pp. 

Reviewed  in  TV.   C.    Q.   R.    II:   108;  M.  21  :   108;  /. 
1848  :  67.— Cin.  L. 

Eddleston,  Rev.  R.:  The  Immortal  Eo?intain,  or  the  travels  of 
two  sisters  to  the  Fou7itain  of  Beauty.  London. — /. 
1847  :  439. 

Fysh,  Rev.  Frederic  M.  A.:  A?i  Examination  of  ''Anastasis," 
the  late  work  of  Prof.  Bush,  exposifig  the  fallacy  of  the 
argumerit  therein  advanced,  a7id  proving  the  Doct7'ine  of 
the  Resurrection  of  the  Body  to  be  a  scriptural  and  rational 
doctinne.     Lon  don . 

Reviewed  in  N.  C.  Q.  R.  II  :   82. 

Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas:  Droppings  from  the  Chrystal  Fountain. 
London  Newbery.  348  pp. — Reviewed  in  /.  1847  '- 
349.— A.  L. 

Hayden,  W.  B. :  Review  of  Dr.  Pond,  on  the  Facts  and  Philos- 
ophy of  Swedenborg .     New  York.     23  pp. — A.  L. 

Hough,  Sabin :  A  Brief  View  of  the  Philosophy  of  Ma7i' s 
Spiritual  Nature.  A  lecture.  Columbus,  O.  15  pp. — 
A.  L. 


i847'  543 

Remarks  on  the  "  Revelations'"  of  A.J.  Davis,  Clairvoyant. 
Columbus,  O. — M.  21  :  108. 
James,  Henry:    Tracts  for  the  New  Times.    No.   i,    Letter  to  a 
Szvedenborgian.     New  York.     J.  Alleu.      27  pp. 

A  bitter  attack  on  the  organized  New  Church  by  a 
professed  friend  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines.  Reviewed 
in  M.  20:  419;  /.  1847  :  426. — A.  L. 
Kahl,  Rev.  Achatius,  D.  Th.  :  Nya  Kyrkan  och  dess  Inflytande 
pa  Theologiens  Studium  i  Sverige  (The  New  Church 
and  its  Influence  upon  the  study  of  Theology  in 
Sweden).     Parts  I.  and  II.     Lund.     Berling.    169  pp. 

A  most  important  historical  work,  containing  a  great 
fund  of  original  documents  respecting  Swedenborg,  with 
fine  biographies  of  leading  New  Churchmen  in  Sweden. 
-A.  L. 
[Liturgical]:     The   Morning   and    Evening   Services,    zvith    the 
Glorifications,     Thanksgivi7igs    and  particular   Sei^vices. 
London.     General  Conference.      106  pp. — B.  M. 
Mason,   Rev.  William :    The  Notti7igham   Controversy  betzveen 
Roma?i  Catholics  aiid  Protestants.     London.     Newbery. 
16  pp.—/.  1847,  Aug. 
Ott,  James  C:  Morning  Star  for  the  Nezv  ferusalem,  containiyig 
essentials  of  all  the  Scriptures  or  Word.     Baltimore.     93 
pp. — Copy  in  Convention  Theological  School. 
[Periodical]:  Magazin  fur  die  Neue  Kirche.     Vol.  VI.,  parts  8 
and  9.     Boston.     Clapp.     376  pp. — A.  L. 
The    Nezv    Church     Magasijie    for    Child7'en.      Vol.    V. 

Tiibingen.     81  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Intellectual  Repository  for   1847.     London.     Hodson. 

480  pp. — A.  L. 
The  Little  Truth  Teller.  A  New  Church  magazine  for 
children.  Vols.  I.  and  II.  Philadelphia.  Central  Con- 
vention. 
The  Nezv  Clnwch  Quartejdy  Review  or  Philosophical  Exam- 
iner. Vol.  I.  Published  at  64  Hatton  Garden,  London. 
446  pp. 

A  valuable  magazine,  published  by  Mr.  H.   Bateman. 
Reviewed  in/.  1846:  440;   1847:  75. — A.  L. 
The   New    Church    Visitor.     No.     i.     New    York.     John 
Allen,     60  pp. 


544  '  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Edited  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett,  and  intended  as  a  serial. 
The  editor  here  attacks  the  Baptism  of  the  New  Church. 
— M.  71.  s.   IX.:  523. — Cop3^  in  Convention  Theological 
School. 
The  Neiv  Jerusalem  Mag  aziyie.     Vol.21.     Boston.   Clapp. 
524  pp.— A.  L. 
[Reports]:   General    Conference.     Minutes    for    1847.     London. 
Hodson.      100  pp. — A.  ly. 
General  ConveJition.     Journal  for  1847.     Published  in  M. 

20:  421. 
Swedeyiborg   Association.     First    report    of    the    Council. 

London.      15  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Swede7iborg    Society.     Report   No.    38.     London.     24  pp. 

—A.  L. 
Western    Conve7itio7i.     Journal   of   15th   annual   meeting. 
Cincinnati.     40  pp. — A.  L. 
Spurgin,    John,    M.    ID.:  A   Narrative  of  Pe7'so7ial  Experie7icey 
conce7'7ii7ig   the  p7'i7iciples   advocated  by  the  Swedenborg 
Association.     London.     Newbery.     29  pp. — S.  S.  L. 
Tafel,    Dr.  Im.:  Docu77ie7its  concer7ii7ig  the   Life  a7id  Character 
of  E77ia7Uiel  Swedenborg.     New  York.  J.  Allen.   232  pp. 
A  reprint  of  Rev.  J.   H.  Smithson's  translation  from 
the  German,  with  additions  by  Prof.  G.  Bush,  the  Amer- 
ican editor. — A.  L. 
Werner,    H.:   Guardia7i    Spirits.     A    Case    of    Visio7i    i7ito  the 
Spiritual  World.    With  Pa7'allels  fro77i  E77ia7iuel  Swede7i- 
bo7g.     New  York.     J.Allen.     215  pp. 

Translated  from  the  German  by  A.  E.  Ford. — A.  L. 
Wilkinson,  Dr.  J.  J.  G.:  A  Popular  Sketch  of  Swede7ibo7g' s 
Philosophical  Wo7'ks.  London,  Newbery,  and  New 
York,  Allen.  32  pp. — A.  L. 
T7'acts  for  the  New  Ti77ies.  No,  II.  Scie7ice  for  All.  A 
lecture.  London,  Newbery,  and  New  York,  Allen. 
30  pp.— A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  Americans  defeat  the  Mexicans  at  Buena  Vista,  Vera 
Cruz,  MoHno  del  Rey,  Chapultepec,  and  other  places.  Mexico  is  bombarded 
and  taken  by  General  Scott  (Sept.  14). 

France.  Guizot  succeeds  Soult  as  prime-minister.  Abd-el-Kader  sur- 
renders to  the  Duke  of  Aumale. 


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184I—1848.  545 

Germany.  Frederick  William  IV.  of  Prussia  convokes  a  parliament  at 
Berlin  (the  United  lyaudtag).  Death  of  Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,  the  com- 
poser. 

Great  Britain.  The  "  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland  "  is  formed 
by  the  Union  of  the  "Relief"  and  the  "  United  Secession  Church."  The 
pope  establishes  a  Roman  Catholic  hierarchy  in  England.  The  British 
capture  the  Boque  Forts  at  Canton.  The  terrible  famine  in  Ireland  results 
in  a  vast  increase  of  emigration.  Death  of  Thomas  Chalmers,  the  leader  of 
the  Free  Church  of  Scotland.  Death  of  Daniel  O'Connell,  the  Irish  leader. 
Death  of  Sir  John  Franklin,  the  arctic  explorer.  Jenny  Lind  sings  in 
England. 

Italy.  The  liberal  reforms  of  Pius  IX.  in  the  Papal  States  excite  the 
armed  opposition  of  Austria,  Revolutionary  movements  break  out  in  the 
kingdom  of  the  Two  Sicilies. 

Switzerland.  The  Federal  Diet  decrees  the  expulsion  of  the  Jesuits.  The 
Catholic  Cantons  (the  Souderbund)  rise  in  arms,  but  are  defeated  at  Frei- 
burg.    The  Sonderbund  is  dissolved. 


-yQ^Q  America.     Illinois^  Peoria^  Kngnst.  20. — Thomas 

^  H.  Perry  is  ordained  into  the   Ministry   by   Rev.  J. 

R.  Hibbard. — M.  22  :  269. 

Massachusetts^  Boston^  June  14-19. —  The  Thirtieth  General 
Convention.  Present,  twelve  ministers  and  forty  delegates. 
The  Maine  Association  is  received  into  connection  with  the 
Convention,  having  been  organized  according  to  the  rules  of 
the  general  body.  The  Ohio  Association  (formerly  known  as 
the  "  Western  Convention  "),  is  received  "  agreeably  to  their 
request,  it  being  understood  that  they  shall  have  no  vote  in  the 
Convention  in  the  regulation  of  its  Ministry,  or  in  the  form  of 
its  ecclesiastical  government."  [The  Ohio  Association,  now 
under  the  dominant  influence  of  Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett,  having 
applied  for  admission  on  the  condition  that  it  "  be  left  in  per- 
fect freedom  to  adopt  such  rules  and  regulations  in  regard  to 
its  Ministry,  and  such  a  form  of  ecclesiastical  government  as 
may  seem  consistent  with  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church, 
and  best  adapted  to  our  wants"].  The  Convention  resolves  to 
omit  the  name  of  Rev.  L.  C.  Belding  from  the  list  of  its  min- 
isters, on  the  ground  of  "  rumors  against  his  moral  character," 
but  nevertheless  a  committee  is  appjinted  to  inquire  into  his 
case. —  Conv.R.  1848;  M.  21  :  317. 


546  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Michigan^  Detroit,  January  30. — A  society  of  twelve  persons 
is  organized  by  Rev.  G.  Field. — Field,  p.  185. 

February  4-6. — Sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan  and 
Northern  Indiana  Association.  There  is  much  discussion  on 
the  subject  of  lay-preaching,  and  two  distinctly  differing  views 
are  presented. — Field,  p.  187  ;  M.  22  :  266. 

Niles,  July  31. — Henry  Weller  is  ordained  into  the  Ministry 
by  Rev.  J.  R.  Hibbard. — M.  22  :  269. 

New  York  City,  May  i. — Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett  resigns  the 
pastorate  of  the  New  York  Society,  in  order  to  take  charge  of 
the  Cincinnati  Society.  The  Society  engages  the  services  of 
Prof.  George  Bush. — M.  21  :  349,  366. 

August  20. — Rev.  Lewis  Beers,  at  the  request  of  the  First 
Society  of  New  York,  ordains  Prof.  George  Bush  to  perform 
"all  the  functions  of  the  three  several  grades  "  of  the  Ministry. 
Mr.  Bush,  being  opposed  to  the  regulations  of  the  General 
Convention  in  respect  to  the  Ministry,  does  not  seek  recogni- 
tion from  that  body. — M.  22  :  260  ;  N.  C.  R.  1849  •  335- 

October  12-18. — EigJith  annual  meeting  of  the  Central 
Co7ivention.  Present,  two  ministers  and  sixteen  members.  The 
body,  by  this  time,  has  lost  most  of  its  original  characteristics  ; 
the  meeting  is  occupied  chiefly  with  amending  the  constitu- 
tion.—C  C  R.  1848. 

Ohio,  Cincinnati,  May  17-20. — Sixteenth  {and  last)  meeti?ig 
of  the  Western  Convention.  A  Board  of  Trustees  having  been 
appointed  to  take  charge  of  all  the  funds  and  effects,  the  Con- 
vention adopts  the  name  "  the  Ohio  Association  of  the  New 
Church."  The  Association  resolves  to  apply  for  admission 
into  the  General  Convention.  —  W.  Conv.  R.  1848. 

May. — Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett  takes  pastoral  charge  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati Fiist  Society. — M.  21  :  366. 

Columbiana. — Rev.  David  Powell  visits  a  circle  of  twenty- 
one  German  receivers  of  the  New  Church,  who  meet  regularly 
for  worship. — C  C.  R.  1848  :  14. 

Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia.,  April  24.. — Seventh  meethig  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Association.  There  is  much  discussion  on 
the  subject  of  New  Church  Baptism. — M.  21  :  312,  521. 


1848.  547 

France. — Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott  visits  the  New  Church  circles 
at  Paris  and  St.  Amand.  There  are  about  fifty  receivers  in 
Paris,  some  of  whom  meet  together  for  worship  at  the  house 
of  M.  Hartel.  M.  CEgger  is  the  leader  of  a  small  circle  at 
Versailles.  The  receivers  at  St.  Amand — about  twenty-five  in 
number — meet  for  worship  at  the  house  of  M.  Le  Boys  des 
Guays.  The  latter,  whose  personality  and  work  are  interest- 
ingly described,  builds  great  hopes  on  the  recent  institution 
of  a  Republican  government  in  France,  but  has  declined  a 
nomination  to  the  National  Assembly,  in  order  to  devote  him- 
self, uninterruptedly,  to  the  work  of  the  New  Church. — /. 
1849  '-  34  ;   ^'  21  :  278,  445 ;  22  :  29. 

Germany.  Cannstadt^  near  Stuttgard^  October  i. — The 
First  Geneial  Conference  of  the  New  Church  in  Germany. 
One  hundred  receivers  are  present,  from  various  parts  of  the 
country ;  the  meeting  is  held  in  consequence  of  the  religious 
liberty  granted  by  the  National  Congress  in  Frankfort.  Prof. 
Immanuel  Tafel  is  elected  President  of  the  meeting.  The  pro- 
ceedings are  mostly  of  an  intellectual  character.  A  second 
meeting  is  appointed  for  October  2,  1849. — ^-  1848  :  441. 

Great  Britain.  Birmingham^  March  9. — Death  of  Mr. 
James  Meredith,  aged  ninety-six  years,  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  New  Church  in  Birmingham,  and  leader  of  the  Society  in 
the  beginning  of  the  century. — /.  1848  :  238;  R.  P.  316. 

Brightlingsea^  April  11. — Death  of  Moses  Fletcher,  Esq.,  the 
founder  of  the  New  Church   in   Brightlingsea. — /.  1848  :  279. 

Glasgozv^  July  2. — The  New  Church  temple,  on  Cathedral 
street,  is  dedicated  and  opened  for  public  worship.  The  build- 
ing and  the  occasion  are  described  in  /.  1848  :  313. 

Leeds  ^  August  8-12. —  The  Forty -first  Gejieral  Conference. 
Present,  fourteen  ministers  and  twenty-four  representatives, 
Rev.  J.  Bayley,  president.  The  Society  at  Chatham  is  received 
into  connection  with  the  Conference.  Much  pleasure  is  ex- 
pressed at  the  decision  of  Rev.  Samuel  Noble  to  rejoin  the 
Conference.  Nothing  of  special  importance  is  transacted. — 
Conf  R.  1848  ;  /.  1848  :  354. 

London^  May. — Rev.   Thomas  Chalklen   is  engaged   as  as- 


548 


ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 


sistant  minister  to  Rev.  Samuel  Noble,  who  has  become  almost 
totally  blind. — /.  1873  •  240. 

June  20. — Thirty-ninth  annual  meeting  of  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  The  committee  reports  a  great  reduction  in  the 
Society's  expenditures,  *'  the  times  being  unfavorable  for  active 
work."  The  assistance  formerly  given  to  Prof  Tafel  and  M. 
Le  Boysdes  Guays  has  been  withdrawn. — R.  S.  S.  1848. 

Malton,  Yorkshire^  May  10. — A  small  society  is  organized 
under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  Joseph  Pitman. — /.  1849  •  75- 

Paisley^  June  4. — A  new  place  of  worship  is  opened  by  Rev. 
Wm.  Bruce. — /.  1848  :  315. 


Hiram  Powers. 


1848,  549 

Salford^  May  25. — Mr.  James  Boys,  of  Stand  lyane,  is  or- 
dained into  the  Ministry  by  Rev.  David  Howarth. — Conf  R. 
1848  :  21. 

Italy. — Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott  visits  Florence  and  Rome.  In 
the  former  place  he  meets  Hiram  Powers,  the  celebrated  Ameri- 
can sculptor,  an  earnest  receiver  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines. 
At  Rome,  Mr.  Prescott  conducts  services  in  the  studio  of  Mr. 
J.  B.  Strutt— /.  1849:  38. 

Sweden.  Skara^  March  28. — Death  of  Carl  Johan  Schon- 
herr,  a  wealthy,  intelligent,  and  zealous  supporter  of  Rev. 
Johan  Tybeck. — Kahl^  part  4,  p.  29. 


N0TAB1.E  Artici.es. 

The  Intellectual  Repository,  1848. 

"Confirmation  of  Swedenborg's  '  Principia.'  " — p.   18. 

"  The  Trine  in  the  Church,"  by  Rev.  W.  Mason,  with  a  critical  analysis 
of  "  Coronis  "  17. — pp.  49,  56. 

Emerson  on  Swedenborg. — p.  341, 

The  New  Chtirch  Quarterly  Review,  vol,  2. 

"Swedenborg's  Philosophy." — p.  i. 

"  The  Professed  Revelations  of  A.  J.  Davis." — p.  36. 

"The  Iviturgy,"  an  historical  and  comparative  study  of  various  Liturgies 
in  the  Old  and  in  the  New  Church. — p.  298. 

The  New  Church  Repository,  vol.  i. 

"  The  Druidism  of  Ancient  Britain;  its  doctrines,  rites,  and  correspond- 
ences, compared  with  those  of  the  Ancient  Church,"  by  Rev.  Thos.  Wilks. 
—pp.  67,  130,  195,  322,  386. 

"  The  Doctrine  of  Forms,"  by  W.  H.  B.— pp.  451,  515. 

"  Fourierism  and  the  New  Church,"  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett. — pp.  529,  596. 

New  Church  Baptism,  discussed  by  Rev,  A.  E.  Ford,  and  others. — pp.  544, 
674,  742. 

"  The  Influences  of  Platonism  and  Gnosticism  upon  the  Early  Christian 
Church,  in  moulding  the  Doctrine  of  the  Trinity,"  by  B.  W.  H. — p.  579. 

The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  vol.  21. 

"  Swedenborg's  Principles  of  Chemistry,"  a  valuable  review. — p.  140. 

"  Ecclesiastical  and  Civil  Government,"  a  series  of  articles  by  Caleb 
Reed,  running  through  vols.  21  and  22,  controverting  the  views  of  Rev. 
Thos.  Wilks  and  Prof.  Bush,  and  defending  the  Trine  in  the  Ministry. 


550  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

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Fourth   Americau  edition,   reprinted  from   edition   of 
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Adversaria.     Part  [,  Vol.  II.    Containing  the  explanation 
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First  lyatin  edition,  edited  by  Dr.  Im.   Tafel. — A.  L. 
Aixana  Ccelestia.     Vol.  II.     I^ondon.     S.  S.     486  pp. 

Third   English  edition,   revised  by  Mr.    Henry  Bate- 
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Arcanes    Celestes.     Vol.    XII.       (Nos.    7488-8386.)       St. 
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Third  American  edition. — A.  ly. 
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First  American  edition,  reprinted  from  the  English 
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First  English  edition.     Dedicated  to  the  Archbishop 
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The  Doctri?ie  of  Charity.     Boston.     Clapp. 

Second  American  edition. — B.  1^. 
The  Doctrine  of  the   New  ferjisaleni  concer7iing  the  Lord. 
Manchester. 

Eleventh  English  editioh.— /.  1848  :  318. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  ferusalem  co7icerning  the  Sacred 
Scripture.     Manchester.     96  pp. 
Eighth  English  edition. — R.  L. 
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i7i   defe7ice  of  certai7i    Charges   preferred  agaiiist  A.   C. 
Westlake  by  L.  R.  Atwater,  in  behalf  of  the  M.  E.  Church 
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Rema}'ks  on  Noble's  ''Appeal  in  behalf  of  the  Doctrines  of 
Swedenborg.''     London.     T.Richardson.     84  pp. 

A  Roman  Catholic  attack  on  the   New  Church,  ema- 
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The  Two  Nezv  Scholars,  a7id  other  Stories.     By  the  author 
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Bay  ley,  Rev.  J.:  Pr^imer,  or  First  Book  fo}  Readi7ig  a7id  Spell- 
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Beurling,  C.  H.:  Exeinpel  pd  Ordets  A7idliga  Me7ii7ig  (Illus- 
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Bush,  Prof.  George  :  Reply  to  Dr.  Wood's  ''Lectures  on  Sweden- 
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The   Swedenborg   Library.     New    York.     J.    Allen.      256 
pp.— A.  L. 

Cabell,  N.  F.:  Reply  to  Rev.  Dr.  Pond s  ' ' Swede7iborgia7iisni  Re- 
viewed.''    New  York.     J.  Allen.      195  pp. — A.  L. 

De  Charms,  Rev.  Richard:  A  Report  on  the  Tri7ie,  to  the  Ce?i- 
tral  Co7ive7ition,  a7id  other  Docume7its  for  New  Church 
History :  embraci7ig  a7i  Historical  Sketch  of  the  Rise, 
Progress,  a7id  Prese7it  State  of  the  Tri7ie  in  the  New 
Church  Ministry  i7i  E7igla7id  arid  America.  Baltimore. 
Published  by  the  Central  Convention.  712  pp. 
An  historical,  theological,  and  controversial  work  of  the 
utmost  interest  and  value.  It  was  published  in  parts,  as 
The  Newchu7'chma7i — Extra,  Nos.  IV-XVI.  Reviewed 
mN.  C.  R.  1851  :  21,  59,  125,  154. — A.  L. 

Ehrenborg,  Lady  Fredrika :  S7}id  Betj-aktelser  for  Barn  (Re- 
flections and  explanations  of  the  Scriptures,  for  chil- 
dren).    Jonkoping,  Sweden.      167  pp. — A.  L. 

Field,  Rev.  George  :  Cor}'esp07ide7ice  betwee7i  a  Methodist  Mi7i- 
ister  a7id  a  Mi7iister  of  the  New  Church,  respecti7ig 
S7vede7ibo7g  a7id  the  Doct7'i7ies  of  the  New  ferusale7n. 
Boston.     Clapp.     35  pp. — A.  L- 

Fraiche,  Le  Capitaine  :  Nouvelle  ferusalem.  Discours  Preli77i- 
i7iaire  pour  servir  a  la  Lecture  des  Ouvi^ages  d' E771- 
7na7iuel  Swede7iborg  (An  introductory  discourse  to  the 
reading  of  the  works  of  Swedenborg).  Paris.  60  pp. — 
A.  L. 

Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas  :  Spiritual  Reflectio7is  for  every  Day  i7t 
the  Mo7ith.  Four  small  volumes.  London.  W.  New- 
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Fourier.     New  York.     W.  Raddle.     454  pp. 

An  attempt  to  introduce  Fourierism  into  the  New 
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Hodson,  J.  S.:  A  Catalogue  of  New  Church  Books,  supposed  to 
C07itai7i  the  titles  of  all  the  works  that  are  7iow  07i  sale, 
with  so77ie  account  of  the  various  authors.  Loudon. 
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Hough,  Rev.  Sabin  :    The  Necessity  and  Right   Use  of  Amuse- 
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Jones,  Silas  :   Eras  of  the  New  feriisalem  Church.     Being  a  few 
Remarks  on  the  present  State  of  the  Church,  and  showing 
the  Necessity  of  Open   Intercourse    with  Angels,  for  its 
future  Advancement.    New  York.    Reviewed  in  N.  C.  R. 
1850  :  428. 
Le  Boys  des  Quays,  J.  E.:  Letters  to  a  Man  of  the   World,  dis- 
posed to  believe.     New  York.    J.  Allen.     259  pp.     A  new 
edition,  translated  from  the  French  by  Mr.  John  Mur- 
dock;  edited,  revised,  and  corrected  by  Prof.  Bush.  Re- 
viewed in  /,  1848  :  389;  ^-  C.  Q.  R.  in  :   137. 
Madeley,   Rev.    Edward,  Sr.:     The  Scie?ice  of  Correspondences 

Elucidated.     London.     Hodson.      184  pp.— A.  L. 
Noble,  Rev.  Samuel:  Important  Doctrines  of  the  True  Christian 
Religion.     New  York.     Allen.     485  pp.— A.  L. 
The  Divine   Law   of  the  Ten  Commandments    Explairied, 
London.     Simpkins.     446  pp.— A.  L. 
Odhner,  Rev.  P.  H.:    Om   den  Aiidliga  F'ddan    (On   Spiritual 

Nurture).     Mariestad.     Sweden.     28  pp.— R.  L. 
OEgger,  G.  :  Nos  Idees  sur  la  Nature  de  V Eire  Divin  (Our  Ideas 
on  the   Nature   of  the  Divine  Being).     A  controversy 
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The  Little  Truth  Teller.     Vol.  III.     Philadelphia.— A.  L. 
The    Medium.     A    Religious   Periodical.     A   small   semi- 
monthy  journal,  edited  by  Rev.  H.  N.  Strong,  and  pub- 
lished  by   J.    B.    Boyle,  at   Jackson,   Mich.     The  first 
number  was  issued  on  December  25,  1848.     After  three 
numbers  had  appeared  the  journal    was  transferred  to 
Mr.  Jabez  Fox,  who  published  it,  for  a  year,  at  Marshall, 
Mich.— y^/.  n.  s.  IX  :  527.— A.  L. 
The  New  Church  Magazine  for  Children.   Vol.  VI.   Boston. 

Clapp.     376  pp. — A.  L. 
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under  De  Charms. 
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voted to  the  Exposition  of  the  Philosophy  and  Theology 
taught  in  the  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg .  Vol.  I. 
New  York.     Allen.     770  pp. 

An  able,  but  highly  controversial  journal,  edited  by 
Prof.    George    Bush.      Reviewed    M.  n.  s.   IX  :  524. — 
A.  L. 
The   New   ferusalein   Magaziyie.      Vol.    XXII.      Boston. 

Clapp.     524  pp. — A.  L. 
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published  by  a  circle  of  New  Churchmen  at  Cape  Town, 
South   Africa,  and   consisting  mostly  of  selections  from 
the  Intellectual  Repository.     Only  six  numbers  were  pub- 
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98  pp.— A.  L. 
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"Wetterbergh,  Carl  Anton  :  Swedenborgs  Tradgardsfolk  (Swe- 
denborg's    Gardener- folks).     Stockholm. 

An  attractive  sketch  of  Swedenborg   and  his  home; 
based  on  actual  traditions. — D.  II  :  726. 

Wilks,  Rev.  Thomas:  Ecclesiastical  ayid  Civil  Government.  A 
Report  to  the  Central  Convention  on  the  question  of  a 
Trine  i7i  the  Ministry.  Philadelphia.  Central  Conven- 
tion.    Reviewed  \x\M.  21  :  418;  N.  C.  R.  1848  :  128. 


Contemporary  Events. 

America.  The  "Rochester  Rappings  "  create  an  intense  excitement  in 
America,  and  mark  the  beginning  of  "Modern  SpirituaHsm."  The  Mor- 
mons emigrate  to  the  Great  Salt  Lake  in  Utah.  The  first  American  branch 
of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  is  organized  in  Cincinnati.  Peace 
is  concluded  between  the  United  States  and  Mexico.  California  and  New 
Mexico  are  ceded  to  the  United  States.  Wisconsin  is  admitted  into  the 
Union.  Oregon  is  organized  as  a  territory.  Zachary  Taylor  is  elected 
President,  and  Millard  Fillmore  Vice  President.  Death  of  ex-President 
John  Quincy  Adams. 

Austria-Hungary .  Revolutions  break  out  in  Vienna,  Bohemia,  Hun- 
gary and  in  the  Italian  provinces.  An  independent  Hungarian  cabinet 
is  established  under  the  leadership  of  Louis  Kossuth.  Vienna  is  besieged 
and  taken  by  the  Imperial  army  under  Jellachich,  who  also  defeats  an  Hun- 
garian army  approaching  Vienna  (October).  The  Hungarians  raise  anew 
army  and  proclaim  Kossuth  dictator.  A  new  Austrian  ministry  is  formed 
under  Prince  Schwarzenberg.  Emperor  F'erdinand  abdicates  in  favor  of  his 
nephew,  Francis  Joseph. 

Denmark.  Frederick  VII.  succeeds  his  father.  Christian  VIII.  Outbreak 
of  the  first  Schleswig-Hol stein  war. 

Egypt.     Death  of  Mehemet  Ali. 

France.  The  royal  prohibition  of  popular  reform-banquets  in  Paris  leads 
to  the  outbreak  of  the  third  French  Revolution.  The  Parisians  rise  in  arms 
(February  23).  TheTuilleriesare  attacked,  Louis  Philippe  is  forced  to  abdi- 
cate and  flee  from  Paris.  A  provisional  government  is  formed,  and  the 
(Second)  Republic  is  proclaimed  (February  27).  A  Constituent  Assembly 
convenes.  Extreme  Republicans  renew  the  disturbances  and  barricade- 
fighting  in  Paris,  but  are  suppressed  by  General  Cavaignac,  who  is  appointed 
temporary  dictator  (June  :>6).  A  Republican  Constitution  is  adopted.  Prince 
Louis  Napoleon  is  elected  President  of  the  Republic  (December  10). 

Germany.  Revolutions  break  out  in  Baden,  Bavaria  and  Berlin.  A  great 
National  Assembly  convenes  at  Frankfort  to  take  measures  for  the  unifica- 
tion of  Germany  (May  18).  The  Assembly  establishes  a  provisional  central 
government,  with  Arch-duke  John,  of  Austria,  as  Vicar-General  of  the 
Empire  (June  29).  The  King  of  Prussia  regains  power  in  Berlin;  he  dissolves 
the  Prussian  Constituent  Assembly  and  promulgates  a  new  Constitution  (De- 


556  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

cember  5).  Death  of  Bretschneider,  the  leader  of  the  German  rationalists, 
and  of  Johan  von  Gorres,  the  eminent  Roman  Catholic  theologian  and  his- 
torian. 

Great  Britain.  Income-tax  riots  and  a  great  Chartist  demonstration  takes 
place  in  London.  The  beginning  of  Macaulay's  "  History  of  England"  is 
published.     Publication  of  Layard's  "  Nineveh  and  its  Remains." 

Italy.  The  people  of  Milan  and  Venice  expel  the  Austrian  troops.  Venice 
proclaims  itself  a  republic.  Pope  Pius  IX.  promulgates  a  representative 
Constitution  for  the  Papal  States  (March  14).  Charles  Albert,  King  of  Sar- 
dinia (and  Savoy),  places  himself  at  the  head  of  the  Italian  patriots  in  the 
war  of  liberation  against  Austrian  despotism,  but  is  defeated  at  Custozza 
(July  25).  The  Austrians  re-enter  Milan.  The  Papal  army  surrenders  to 
the  Austrians.  A  republican  revolution  breaks  out  in  Rome.  The  Pope  es- 
capes to  Gaeta,  where  he  falls  completely  under  the  influence  of  the  Jesuits 
and  abandons  all  his  former  liberal  principles. 

Persia.     Nasr-ed-Din  Shah  ascends  the  throne  of  Persia. 

South  Africa.  The  British  governor  of  Cape  Colony  attacks  the  Boers 
in  the  Orange  River  Sovereignty.  A  number  of  the  Boers  trek  beyond  the 
Vaal  river,  and  lay  the  foundation  of  the  Transvaal  Republic. 

Sweden.     Death  of  Baron  Berzelius,  the  eminent  chemist. 

l8zlO  America.     Illinois.,  Chicago^  February  25. — The 

'^  Chicago  Society  is  formally  consecrated  as  a  re- 
ligious organization  ;  there  are  now  twenty-one  adult  mem- 
bers.— M.  22  :  269. 

Michigan,  Detroit,  July  15. — Rev.  George  Field  resigns  the 
pastorate  of  the  Detroit  Society,  and  is  succeeded  by  Rev. 
Jabez  Fox. — Field,  p.  208. 

Niles,  February  2-4. — Seventh  ajimial  meeting  of  the  Mich- 
igan Association.  The  meeting  is  greatly  disturbed  by  a  con- 
flict concerning  the  ministry.  The  majority  is  opposed  to 
the  Trine,  and  Rev.  George  Field  ex- 
periences some  persecution. — Field,  p. 
193  ;  J^  22  :  225  ;  N.  C.  R.  1849:  145. 

New  York  State,  Danby,  September 
4- — Death  of  Rev.  Lewis  Beers,  aged 
eighty-one  years.  Born  at  Stratford, 
Conn.,  1768,  he  entered  the  medical  pro- 
fession, settled  at  Danby,  N.  Y.,  1797, 
and  spent  his  long  life  in  serving  the 
neighboring  districts  as  physician,  magis- 
Rev.  Lewis  Beers.         tratc,  and  teachcr  of  spiritual  truth.     Dr. 


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Beers  became  acquainted  with  the  Doctrines  of  the  New 
Church  in  1812,  through  the  reading  of  The  Halcyon  Lumi- 
nary, announced  himself  openly  as  a  receiver  of  these 
Doctrines  18 14,  was  ordained  18 16,  and  before  long  succeeded 
in  establishing  New  Church  societies  and  circles  at  Danby, 
Spencer,  Ithaca,  and  other  places.  A  steady,  practical,  cheer- 
ful and  uncontroversial  man,  he  was  much  respected  in  the 
Church.— iV:  C.  R.  1849  :  484 ;  A/.  22  :  40^- 

New  York  City,  November  15. — Formal  organization  of 
The  American  Swedenborg  Printing  and  Publishing  Society, 
Mr.  James  Chesterman,  president ;  John  L.  Jewett  and  R.  C. 
Moffat,  secretaries.  The  purpose  of  the  Society  is  the  publica- 
tion of  cheap  and  uniform  editions  of  the  Writings.— J/.  23  : 
308  ;  N.  C.  R.  1849  :  585. 

Ohio,  Urba7ia,  November  15,  16.— A  meeting  is  held  to  de- 
vise ways  and  means  for  establishing  a  New  Church  institution 
of  learning,  at  or  near  Urbana.  A  Board  of  Trustees  and  an 
Executive  Council  are  elected,  a  general  plan  for  a  "  New 
Church  University  "  is  adopted,  and  subscriptions  and  dona- 
tions to  the  fund  are  solicited.  Col.  J.  James  and  Rev.  J.  P. 
Stuart  are  the  leaders  in  this  movement,  which  results  in  the 
establishment  of  the  "  Urbana  University."— i^.  23  :  68  ;  N. 
C.  R.  1850  :  42. 

Pemisylvania,  Philadelphia,  June  6-10.— Ninth  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Central  Convention.  Present,  three  ministers  and 
thirty-two  members.  The  Constitution  is  variously  amended. 
The  body  is  now  in  a  moribund  condition,  and  is  occupied 
with  heated  discussions  on  unimportant  subjects.  It  is  re- 
solved that  the  next  annual  meeting  be  held  at  Baltimore,  on 
June  19,  1850,  but  no  meeting  is  held  until  1852,  when  the 
Central  Convention  is  formally  dissolved. — C.  C  R.  1850. 

June  13-17. —  The  Thirty-first  General  Convention.  Present, 
ten  ministers  and  twenty-one  delegates.  The  meeting  is  char- 
acterized by  radical  constitutional  changes,  and  a  reversal  ot 
the  former  policy  of  the  body.  Rev.  W.  H.  Benade  and  Rev. 
Richard  De  Charms  are  invited  to  take  seats  in  the  Conven- 
tion.    Rev.  B.  F.  Barrett  presents  an  entirely  new  constitution 


558  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

for  the  Conveation,  as  proposed  by  the  Ohio  Association,  but 
no  action  is  taken  on  this  measure.  The  ordination  of  Mr. 
Abiel  Silver  and  Mr.  Jabez  Fox  is  approved.  The  Journal  of 
the  Convention  is  ordered  to  be  published  separate  from  the 
New  Jerusalem  Magazine.  The  committee  on  the  case  of 
Rev.  L.  C.  Belding  reports  "  that  they  are  not  satisfied  that  the 
rumors  currently  reported  against  his  moral  character  are  true." 
Nevertheless,  the  case  is  recommitted,  but  no  report  is  re- 
turned, and  Mr,  Belding  remains  permanently  suspended.  It 
is  resolved  "  that  that  which  has  been  regarded  as  the  first 
grade  in  the  ministry  be  hereafter  abolished.^  and  that  for  the 
present  there  be  two  grades  only  ;  that  those  of  the  first  grade 
(formerly  the  second),  be  called  Pastors  and  Missionaries,  and 
those  of  the  second  (formerly  the  third),  be  called  Ordaining 
ministers."  It  is  further  resolved  "  that  this  Convention  does 
not  regard  itself,  and  does  not  wish  to  be  regarded,  as  respon- 
sible for  the  views  contained  in  the  address  prepared  by  a  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  Convention,  and  published  in  the  New 
Jerusalem  Magazine  for  September,  1840."  (In  this  address, 
which  is  signed  by  the  President  of  the  General  Convention, 
the  claim  is  put  forth  that  "  the  precepts  of  this  [spiritual] 
Father  and  Mother  are  to  be  applied  to  its  life  by  the  general 
church  of  the  country,  that  is,  the  general  church  is  to  decide 
how  these  precepts  are  to  be  understood,  and  what  they  re- 
quire all  the  parts  of  the  church  to  shun  or  to  do,"  and  that 
"when  anyone  assumes  to  pass  judgment  upon  the  deliberate 
and  united  doings  of  the  whole,  he  assumes  to  have  more  of 
the  church  in  him,  or  to  be  wiser  than  the  whole,"  etc.  \]\I. 
14  :  25,  26.]  It  was  this  assumption  of  spiritual  authority 
which  caused  the  division  of  the  church  in  1840.)  It  is  also 
resolved  that  "  no  society  shall  be  entitled  to  be  represented  in 
Convention  by  more  than  seven  delegates,"  and  that  "though 
this  Convention  recommends  re-baptism,  it  wishes  to  leave  the 
Ministers  and  Societies  of  the  New  Church  free  in  regard  to 
the  subject." — Conv.  R.  1849  ;  J/.  22  :  229. 

June  17. — Messrs.  Abiel  Silver  and  Jabez  Fox  are  ordainec 
as  missionaries  by  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester. — M,  22  :  241. 


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Germany.  Cannstadt,  April  5  and  September  30. — Assem- 
blies of  the  New  Church  in  Germany  and  Switzerland  are  held 
here,  under  the  presidency  of  Prof.  Immanuel  Tafel. — /.  1849  : 
277;  1850:  115. 

Great  Britain.  Accringtoii^  June  24. — A  new  temple  is 
consecrated  for  public  worship. — /.  1849  :  239,  315. 

Bolton. — Rev.  Thomas  Mackereth  begins  his  ministry  at 
Bolton.— M  L.  1897  :  46. 

Edinburgh^  September  9. — A  new  place  of  worship  is  opened 
at  South  Bridge,  near  the  University. — /.  1849  •  39^- 

Londo7i^  January  13. — Death  of  Mr.  John  Grayson,  for  fifty 
years  one  of  the  most  active  and  liberal  supporters  of  the  New 
Church  in  London. — /.  1849  •  ^^Q- 

January  16. — Death  of  Charles  Augustus  Tulk,  Esq.  Born 
1786,  and  son  of  John  Augustus  Tulk,  he  took  a  leading  part 
in  the  formation  and  development  of  the  Swedenborg  Society, 
but  was  opposed  to  the  external  organization  of  the  New 
Church  distinct  from  the  Old.  Becoming  infected  with  the 
Idealism  of  Berkeley,  Coleridge  and  other  Gnostics,  he  at- 
tempted to  interpret  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  from  an 
idealistic  point  of  view,  and  in  time  produced  a  curious  system 
of  Theology  in  which  every  fundamental  doctrine  of  the  New 
Church  is  essentially  denied.  Denying  the  reality  of  all 
material  or  outward  objects,  he  denied  also  the  reality  of  the 
Incarnation  of  the  Lord,  maintaining  that  it  was  not  Jehovah 
Himself  who  assumed  the  Human,  but  that  Jesus  Christ  was 
only  an  apparition,  the  representative  outbirth  of  the  idea  of 
God  as  held  collectively  by  the  men  of  that  age.  In  his  efforts 
to  introduce  this  doctrine  into  the  New  Church,  Mr.  Tulk 
published  several  tracts  and  volumes,  and  employed  the  pages 
of  the  New  Jerusalem  Magazine  (London,  18 20-1 8 2 9),  and 
the  New  Church  Advocate  (London,  1 842-1 846).  The  heresy 
was  vigorously  combated  by  Rev.  Messrs.  Clowes,  Noble, 
Mason  and  others,  in  the  Intellectual  Repository^  but  none  the 
less  gained  a  number  of  adherents  who,  long  after  Mr.  Tulk's 
death,  continued  to  propagate  his  teachings.  For  accounts  of 
Mr.  Tulk's  life  and  religious  system,  see  Mrs.  Hume-Rothery's 


560  ANNALS  OF  THE  ^EW  CHURCH. 

Sketch  of  Charles  Augustus  Tulk  (Boston,  1850),  and  the 
biography  by  Richard  McCully  in  A^.  C,  M.  1890:  102.  For 
an  outline  of  the  history  of  Tulkism,  see  our  articles  in  L. 
1889:  160;   1890:  ']i,  89. 

June  19. — Fortieth  annual  meeting  oj  the  Swedenborg 
Society.  The  Committee  reports  the  receipt  of  several  small 
legacies.  The  exercise  of  great  economy  is  still  found  neces- 
sary, in  consequence  of  which  but  little  activity  in  publishing 
and  advertising  has  been  possible. — R.  S.  S.  1849. 

August  14-18. —  The  Forty-second  General  Conference  is 
held  in  the  temple  of  the  Society  in  Cross  street.  Present, 
seventeen  ministers  and  twenty-three  representatives ;  Rev. 
William  Bruce,  president.  The  Society  at  Ashton-under-Lyne 
is  received  into  the  Conference.  A  committee  is  appointed  to 
inquire  whether  the  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott,  having  been  ordained 
in  America,  can  be  recognized  as  a  minister  of  the  Conference. 
•A  great  and  enthusiastic  social  meeting  is  held  at  the  Old 
London  Coffee  House,  where  the  first  New  Church  meeting 
was  held  in  1783. — Conf  R,  1849;  ^-  1849:  354. 

August  22. — Death  of  Mr.  Alexander  Maxwell,  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Cross  Street  Society,  and  author  of 
numerous  articles  and  pamphlets  directed  against  Mr.  Tulk's 
heresy. — /.  1850:  118. 

Norwich^  October  14. — Death  of  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder, 
aged  sixty-three  years.  Mr.  Goyder  received  the  Doctrines  of 
the  New  Church  in  London,  1805,  and  at  once  associated  him- 
self with  the  Society  of  Rev.  Joseph  Proud,  at  York  Street, 
and  afterwards  at  Lisle  Street.  When  the  society  at  St. 
George's  Field  was  organized,  in  18 14,  Mr.  Goyder  became  its 
leader  and  minister,  receiving  ordination  in  18 17.  Chiefly 
through  his  exertions  the  Society  erected  a  new  temple  at 
Waterloo  Road,  18 18,  where  he  opened  the  "New  Jerusalem 
Free  School,"  1822,  and  remained  as  pastor  until  1833,  when 
the  Society  disbanded.  He  now  accepted  the  charge  of  the 
Society  at  Norwich,  was  made  an  ordaining  minister,  1838, 
and  was  at  his  death  the  senior  minister  of  the  New  Church 
in  Great  Britain.     Mr.  Goyder  was  better   known  as  a  writer 


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than  as  a  preacher.  He  printed  his  own  numerous  works 
(mostly  of  a  devotional  character),  and  was  the  editor  and 
publisher  of  a  series  of  more  or  less  short-lived  journalistic 
ventures:  The  Dawn  of  Light  {1^2  ^\  The  New  Jeriisale^n 
Magazine  (1826-1829),  The  Messenger  of  Intelligence  (1829)) 
and  The  New  Church  Advocate  (184 2- 1846).  Mr.  Goyder  was 
a  persevering,  indefatigable,  and  self-sacrificing  laborer  for  the 
New  Church,  somewhat  deficient  in  judgment  and  theological 
clearness,  but  affectionate,  simple-hearted  and  extensively  use- 
ful.— /.  1849:  474. 

St.  Heliers^  Jersey^  April  12. — The  newly  erected  New 
Church  temple  on  this  island  is  consecrated  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Goyder. — /.  1849  :  236. 

Wheelock^  Cheshire^  August  ri. — Death  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Dawes,  one  of  the  earliest  receivers  of  the  New  Church  in 
England,  the  founder  of  the  Church  in  Derby. — /.  i860  :  192. 

West  Indies.  Bassin,  Santa  Criiz^  March. — A  New  Church 
Society  of  twenty-four  members  is  organized  by  Dr.  E.  Bryan, 
who  is  actively  engaged  in  evangelistic  work  in  the  Danish 
West  Indies,  Martinique,  and  other  islands. — A^.  C.  R.  1850  : 
39)  434  ;  ^.  23  :  144,  381  ;  25  :  499. 

N0TABI.E   ArTICIvES. 

The  Intellectual  Repository,  1849. 

"  Ou  the  Illustration  peculiar  to  the  Clergy,"  by  Rev.  W.  Mason. — p.  81. 

The  Charge  of  Patripassianism  against  the  New  Church  refuted. — p.  471. 

"  Swedenborg's  Discovery  of  the  Law  of  Magnetic  Intensity,  confirmed 
by  Humboldt,"  by  Sam,  Beswick  — p.  220. 

"Was  the  Assumption  of  the  Human  by  Jehovah  in  consequence  of  the 
Fall,  merely?"  by  Rev.  W.  Mason. — p.  252. 

*'  The  proper  Designation  of  the  New  Church." — p.  401. 

"The  Dependence  of  Language  upon  Correspondences,"  a  series  of  arti- 
cles, running  through  the  volumes  for  1849  and  1850. 

The  New  Church  Quarterly  Review,  vol.  3. 

"Scripture  and  Reason,  against  Tradition,"  a  reply  to  a  Roman  Catholic 
attack  on  the  New  Church. — p.  105. 

"The  Designation  of  the  New  Church." — p.  293. 

The  New  Church  Repository,  vol  2. 

"  Lutherian  Gems,"  a  series  of  striking  extracts  from  the  writings  of 
IvUther,  exhibiting  his  doctrines  of  Faith-alone  in  its  nakedness. — pp.  98, 
140,  173. 


562  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Swedenborg's  statements  respecting  Aristotle,  confirmed. — p.  127. 

" The  Quality  of  those  who  should  instruct  in  the  New  Jerusalem,"  an 
important  discussion  respecting  the  nature  and  source  of  priestly  illustra- 
tion.— pp.  272,  362. 

"  The  Jewish  Tabernacle  in  its  Spiritual  Import,"  a  series  of  scholarly 
articles  by  Prof.  Bush,  running  through  vols.  2  and  3. 

Spinoza  and  Swedenborg  contrasted. — p.  466. 

The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine^  vol.  22. 

"  That  the  Lord  rose  again  with  His  Whole  Body." — p.  204. 

The  signification  of  the  Hebrew,  Greek,  and  Latin  writing  on  the  Cross, 
by  Rev.  Thos.  Wilks.— p.  373. 


Publications. 

Swedenborg:     Canons   of  the   New    Church.     Boston.      Clapp. 
44  pp. 

First  American  edition,  translated  by  Prof.   G.  Bush. 
—A.  L. 
Cotnnientaries  on  some  of  the  Books  of  the  Old   Testament. 
lyondon.     E.  Rich.     64  pp. 

A    translation,    by    Elihu  Rich,   of   a  portion  of  the 
Adversaria.     The   publication    was  never  continued. — 
A.  L. 
Conjugial  I^ove.     Boston.     Clapp.     437  pp. 

Fourth  American  edition,  from  the  stereotyped  plates. 
—A.  L. 
On  Heaven  and  Hell.     Boston.     Clapp. 

Fifth  American  edition,  stereotyped. — B.  L. 
Regnum  Animate.     Part  VI.     Sedio  I.     De  Periosteo  et  de 
Mammis.     Sectio  II.     De    Orga?tis    Generationis    (The 
Animal    Kingdom.       Concerning    the    Periosteum,    the 
Female   Breasts,  and  concerning  the   Organs  of  Gener- 
ation). Tiibingen.  Section!,  26  pp.;  section  II.,  252  pp. 
First  Latin  edition,  edited  from  the  original    MS.  by 
Dr.  Immanuel  Tafel. — A.  L. 
Reg7ium  Animale.     Part  VII.     De  Anima   (The  Animal 
Kingdom.     Concerning  the  Soul).     Tiibingen.   274  pp. 
First  Latin   edition,  edited  from  the  original   MS.  by 
Dr.  Immanuel  Tafel. — A.  L. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  Life  for  the  New  ferusalem.     Manchester. 
Twelfth  English  edition;  mentioned  in  B.  I. 


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The  Dodrme  of  the  Nezv  Jerusalem  co7icerning  Faith.    Bos- 
ton.    Clapp.     35  pp.— A.  Iv. 
Third  American  edition. — A.  ly. 
The   Doctrine   of  the    New   Jerusalem    concerning   Faith, 
London.     S.  S. 

Eighth  Enghsh  edition. — S.  S.  L. 
The  New  Je7^usalem  arid  its  Heavenly  Doctri?ies.     Boston. 
Clapp. 

Ninth  American  edition. — B.  E. 
The  Spiritual  Diary.     Vol.  III.     New  York.   E.  C.  Bush. 
300  pp. 

First   American  edition,   translated    by    Dr.     George 
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The   True  Christian  Religion.     Boston.     Clapp.      576  pp. 
Fifth  American  edition,  stereotyped. — A.  E. 
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[Anonymous]:  An  Introduction  to  the  Study  of  Scripture  A?ialo- 
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The  author  may   have  been   Mr.    EHhu    Rich.     Re- 
viewed in  /.  1849  :  394. 
Ball,  George  H.:    The  Ministry.     Philadelphia. 

A   controversial   pamphlet.     Reviewed   in   N.   C.  R. 
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from  St.    Mary's  College,  Oscott,  on  Noble's   ''Appeal  in 
behalf  of  the  Doctrines  of  Szvederiborg ."  London.     New- 
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Clowes,  Rev.  John  :  Autobiography.   London.   Hodson.  Second 

edition,  with  portrait  of  the  author. — A.  L. 
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death  of  Rev.  Thomas  Goyder.     London.     Hodson.    16 
pp.— A.  L. 


564  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Edleston,  Rev.  E.:  Marriage :  its   Uses,  Duties,  and  Blessings, 

Leeds.     150  pp. — A.  L. 
Hayden,  VJ .  B.:    On  the  Character  and  Work  of  Christ.   Boston. 

Clapp.     83  pp. — A.  L. 
Hough,  Rev.  Sabin:    The  Judgrneyit  Day.     Columbus,  O.     214 

pp.— A.  L. 
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Part  II.     Lund.     Berling.     92  pp. — A.  L. 
Kidder,    Dr.   Walter,    M.   D.:    A   General  Deduction  from  the 

Psychological  System  of  Medicine,  with  an  especial  Illus- 

t7'atio7i  upon  Typhus  a7id  Typhoid.     Lowell,  Mass. 

A  scientific  treatise,  based  on  New  Church  principles. 

Reviewed  in  N.  C.  R.  1849  :  433. 
[Liturgical] :  Miniaticre  Editiori  of  the   Mornijig  and  Eveni^ig 

Services,  and  of  the  Hymns  of  the  New  Church.    London. 

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The  Book  of  Family  Worship  for  the  New  Church,  contai?t- 

ing  Pi'ayers,  Illustrations  of  Scripture,  and  Psalms  a7id 

Hymns  for  every  Morning  and  Evening,  throughout  the 

year.     By  an  old  member  of  the  New  ferusalem  Church. 

London.     Newbery.     Reviewed  in /.  1849:  191. 
The  Child' s  Book  of  Worship,  for  Sabbath   Schools,  Com- 
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Me.     Sanborn.      18  pp.     A  copy  is  owned  by  Rev.  A. 

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Mullensiefen,  P.  E.  :  Revelation  Progressive  touchant  la  Nature 

de  la  tres  Sai^ite  Trinite.     Paris.     44  pp. 

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The  Little  Truth  Teller.    Vol.  IV.    Philadelphia.     288  pp. 

—A.  L. 
The  Medium.     Vol.  I.     Marshall,  Mich. — A.  L. 
The   New    CJnirch    Magazine  for    Children.      Vol.    VII. 

Boston.     Clapp.     380  pp. — A.  L. 
The  New  Chufch   Quarteidy  Review.    Vol.   III.     London. 

E.  Rich.     312  pp. 


i849'  565 

The  Review  ceased  with  this  volume,  but  was,  nomi- 
nally, merged  into  the  New  Church  Repository  of  New 

York. 
The  New  Church  Repository.     Vol.  II.     New  York.    L.  C. 

Bush.     586  pp.— A.  L. 
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Clapp.      508  pp.— A.  L. 
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Warum  Jiimmst  Du  das  Zeugniss  Rouges  nicht  a7i  f  (An 
open  reply  to  the  question:  Why  do  you  not  receive  the 
testimony  of  Ronge?).     Schweinfurt.     22  pp. 
A  reply  to  an  attack  on  the  New  Church.— A.  L- 
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Swedenborg  Society.     Report  No.  40.     London.      16  pp.— 

A.  L. 

Rich,  Elihu  :  A  Biographical  Sketch  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg, 

with  an  account  of  his  works.  London.   E.  Rich.     192  pp. 

An   interesting   volume,    with  a   valuable   sketch    of 

Swedenborg' s  scientific  works.     Reviewed  in  /.    1849  : 

392;  N.  C.  R.  1849  :  581.— A.  L. 

Turner,  Mrs.  W.  :  Principal  Points  of  Differ erices  between  the 
Old  and  New  Christian  Churches.  London.  Hodson. 
45  PP-     Reviewed  in  /.  1850  :  29. 

'Weller,  Henry  :  Marriage  on  Earth  and  Marriage  in  Heaven. 
Grand  Rapids.     L.  D.  Putnam.     56  pp.— A.  L. 

Wilkinson,  Dr.  J.  J.  Garth:  Emajiuel  Swede?iborg  :  A  Bi- 
ography.    London  and  Boston.   370  pp. 

A  fascinating,  but  somewhat  flippant  and  not  very  ac- 
curate biography.     Reviewed  in  N.  C.   R.  1850  :  92. 
A.  L. 

Contemporary  Evknts. 

Africa.     Livingstone  discovers  Lake  Ngami. 

America.     Organization  of  the  American  and   Foreign  Christian  Union, 
for  the  propagation  of  the  Protestant  doctrines  in  Italy  and  other  CathoHc 


566  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

countries.  Beginning  of  Zachary  Taylor's  administration.  The  discovery 
of  gold  near  Sacramento  creates  great  excitement;  the  rush  for  California 
by  gold-hunters  assumes  vast  proportions.  Father  Mathew  undertakes 
a  Temperance  crusade  in  the  United  States.  Cholera  ravages  the  countr}-. 
Death  of  ex-President  Polk,  and  Edgar  Allen  Poe,  the  poet. 

Austria-Hungary .  Hungary  declares  itself  an  independent  Republic 
with  Kossuth  as  governor.  A  Russian  army  enters  Hungary  in  aid  of 
Austria,  and  the  Republicans  are  defeated  after  a  desperate  resistance. 
Kossuth  resigns  and  escapes  to  Turkey.  General  Gorgey  surrenders  to  the 
Russians  (August  13).  Hungary  is  completely  subdued  by  the  Imperial 
troops,  and  the  Hungarian  patriots  are  punished  by  bloody  tribunals. 

Denmark.  The  second  Schleswig-Holstein  war  breaks  out  between 
Prussia  and  Denmark;  it  is  terminated  by  an  armistice. 

France.  Organization  of  the  "Union  des  Bglises  Evangeliques  de 
France"  by  the  Congregationalists,  or  Independent  Calvinists  of  France. 
The  "  Constituent  Assembly  "  is  dissolved,  and  the  "  Legislative  Assembly'* 
meets.  The  Red  Republicans  attempt  a  revolutionary  uprising  in  Paris. 
Louis  Napoleon  appoints  a  Bonapartist  ministry.  His  military  expedition 
in  aid  of  the  pope  creates  great  indignation  among  the  French  liberals. 

Germany.  Republican  insurrections  in  Dresden,  Hesse-Cassel,  and  Baden 
are  severely  suppressed.  Reactionary  measures  are  adopted  in  most  of  the 
German  States. 

Great  Britain.  Cholera  rages  in  England.  Publication  of  the  "  Rig- 
veda,"  edited  by  Max  Miiller. 

Holland.     William  III.  succeeds  his  father,  William  II, 

India.  The  British,  under  Sir  Hugh  Gough,  are  victorious  over  the  Sikhs 
and  annex  the  Punjaub. 

Italy.  Charles  Albert  of  Sardinia  is  defeated  by  the  Austrians  at  No  vara 
(March  23);  he  abdicates  in  favor  of  his  son,  Victor  Emanuel,  who  con- 
cludes an  armistice  with  Austria.  The  patriots  in  Rome  proclaim  the  Roman 
Republic  (February).  A  French  army,  sent  by  Louis  Napoleon,  captures 
Rome  and  restores  the  papal  dominion  (June  3).  The  pope  takes  a  direful 
vengeance  on  the  Roman  patriots,  five  hundred  of  whom  are  executed.  The 
Inquisition  is  re  established  in  full  force  at  Rome  and  in  Tuscany.  Sardinia 
concludes  peace  with  Austria  by  the  treaty  of  Milan.  Venice  surrenders  to 
the  Austrians  (August).  Death  of  Cardinal  Mezzofanti,  the  remarkable 
polyglot. 


jg  rQ  America,     The  census  of  the  United  States  re- 

^  ports  the   New   Church  as  having  a   membership  of 

fourteen  hundred  and  fifty  persons,  with  fifty-four  societies  and 
thirty-two  ordained  ministers,  showing  an  increase,  during  the 
past  decade,  of  six  hundred  members,  twenty-eight  societies^ 
and  twelve  ministers. — M.  n.  s.  VI :  440. 

California^  Sacramento^  June   i. — Death   of  Rev.   Thomas 


1 8 so.  567 

D.  Sturtevant,  the  first  New  Church  minister  on   the  Pacific 
Coast.— J/:  23  :  336  ;  N.  C.  R.  1850  :  339. 

San  Francisco^  February  14. — The  first  New  Church  ser- 
vices on  the  Pacific  Coast  are  held  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Robert 
Iv.  Smith ;  services  are  subsequently  conducted  by  Mr.  Smith, 
and,  occasionally,  by  Rev.  T.  D.  Sturtevant,  Rev.  J.  Mclntyre, 
and  Senator  Allen,  of  Pontiac,  Mich. — M.  23  :  259. 

District  of  Columbia^  Washington^  February  10. — Mr.  Rufus 
Dawes,  the  minister  of  the  Washington  Society,  is  ordained 
into  the  first  degree  of  the  priesthood  by  Rev.  Richard  De 
Charms. — A^.  C.  R.   1850:  242. 

Illinois^  Chicago. — Rev.  J.  R.  Hibbard  is  now  permanently 
settled  as  pastor  of  the  Chicago  Society,  which  is  rapidly  in- 
creasing. A  free  New  Church  Library  has  been  established. — 
M.  23  :  254. 

Ottawa^  September  17. — A  society  is  organized  here  by 
Rev.  J.  R.  Hibbard.— J^  24  :  278. 

Maine^  Bangor^  August  16. — The  Maine  Association  meets 
at  Bangor,  where  a  number  of  receivers  have  formed  a  tem- 
porary organization  with  Mr.  T.  O.  Paine  as  leader.  The  As- 
sociation grants  a  preacher's  license  to  S.  H.  Worcester  and  W. 
B.  Hayden  ;  the  latter  is  engaged  as  minister  to  the  Portland 
Society. — M.  23  :  480. 

Maryland^  Baltimore^  February  3. — Rev.  Richard  De 
Charms  resigns  the  pastorate  of  the  Baltimore  Society. — N.  C. 
R.  1850:  243. 

Massachusetts^  Boston^  May. — 
Rev.  Thomas  Worcester,  owing 
to  severe  ill  health,  leaves  for  a 
year's  absence  in  Europe.  In  the 
meantime  the  services  are  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  T.  B.  Hay  ward.— 
M.  23  :  243. 

Missouri^  St.  Lonis^  October  27. 
— Rev.  George  Field,  formerly  of 
Detroit,  accepts  the  pastorate  of  the 
St.  Louis  Society. — Field^  p.    213. 

New     York    State.     Canastota. 

'  '  Rev.  Thomas  Worcester,  1850. 


568  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

September  19. — Mr.  Alexander  Wilder  is  ordained  a  mission- 
ary by  Rev.  Silas  Jones. — N.  C.  R.  1850:  530. 

Brooklyn. — iV  number  of  the  members  of  the  New  York 
Society,  residing  in  Brooklyn,  engage  a  room  and  open  ser- 
vices in  this  city.  Prof.  Bush  preaches  occasionally  to  them. 
— M.  23  :  247. 

New  York  City^  June  12-15. — The  Thirty-second  General 
Convention.  Present,  fourteen  ministers  and  forty-two  dele- 
gates. Rev.  M.  M.  Carll  is  elected  president.  The  Convention 
expresses  its  preference  for  its  present  constitution  to  the  sub- 
stitutes offered  last  year.  The  Ohio  Association  is  recognized 
as  "fully  entitled  to  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  an  Asso- 
ciation in  connection  with  the  General  Convention  "  (having 
expressed  its  acquiescence  in  the  present  order).  Rev.  Thomas 
Worcester  is  requested  to  act  as  messenger  to  the  General  Con- 
ference of  Great  Britain. — Conv.  R.  1850.  N.  C.  R.  1850  : 
334      See  also  M.  23  :  321,  and  The  Medium^  1850  ;  238,  252. 

June  12. — Organization  of  "The  American  New  Church 
Tract  and  Missionary  Society,"  with  Prof.  George  Bush  as 
president;  T.  S.  Miller,  treasurer,  and  W.  B.  Hayden,  secre- 
tary.    The  constitution  is  published  in  TV.   C,  R.  1850:  378. 

June  13. — First  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Printing 
and  Publishing  Society.  The  Constitution  of  the  Society  is 
published  in  N,  C.  R.  1850 :  374 ;  M.  23  :  308. 

June  23. — Mr.  Silas  Jones,  minister  to  the  Danby  and  Ithaca 
Society,  is  ordained  into  the  ministry  by  Rev.  Solyman  Brown. 
Mr.  Jones  had  previously  applied  to  the  ordaining  ministers  of 
the  General  Convention,  but  had  been  refused  ordination. — 
N.  C  R.  1850:338. 

November  4. — The  New  York  Society  opens  services  in  a 
temple  on  Eighth  street,  near  Broadway. — Af.  24  :  270. 

December  8. — Dr.  Elijah  Bryan,  the  missionary  to  the 
Danish  West  Indies,  is  ordained  into  the  ministry  by  Rev. 
Solyman  Brown. — A^.  C.  R.  1850:  576. 

Oregon. — The  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  are  first  intro- 
duced in  this  territory  by  Dr.  John  Jackson  and  Mr.  Isaac 
Ball. — Mess.  1853  :  349. 


i8so.  569 

Pennsylvania^  Allentown^  October  14. — Death  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Smith,  one  of  the  very  earliest  and  most  prominent 
members  of  the  New  Church  in  Philadelphia.  His  son-in-law, 
Mr.  Henry  Schweizer,  is  the  founder  of  the  New  Church  in 
Allentown.— iV.  C  R.  1850  :  532. 

Darby. — Rev.  A.  E.  Ford  resigns  the  pastorate  of  this 
society,  owing  to  ill  health.  He  is  succeeded  by  Rev.  Edwin 
A.  Atlee. — M.  23  :  249. 

Philadelphia. — Services  are  conducted  by  Rev.  Isaac  Worrell 
in  the  temple  of  the  Second  Society,  but  the  majority  of  the 
former  members  have  united  with  the  First  Society,  which  is 
prospering  under  the  ministrations  of  Rev.  W.  H.  Benade. — 
M.  23  :  249. 

Germany.  Mecklenburg. — The  New  Church  Society  in 
Wismar  is  dissolved   by  order  of  the  Government. — M.  29 

355- 

Great  Britain.  Accrington,  August  13-17. —  The  Forty- 
third  General  Conference.  Present,  twelve  ministers  and 
thirty-six  representatives ;  Rev.  Richard  Storry,  president.  Rev. 
Thomas  Worcester,  of  Boston,  is  received  as  messenger  from 
the  General  Convention  in  America.  The  Conference,  in  re- 
spect to  the  status  of  Rev.  T.  O.  Prescott,  finds  "that  there 
are  legal  difficulties  in  the  way  of  admission  of  a  minister  so 
circumstanced,  except  as  a  representative."  Rules  are  adopted 
for  the  regulation  of  the  ''Pension-fund  for  incapacitated  min- 
isters." A  resolution  is  passed  in  commemoration  of  the  long 
services  of  Rev.   Thomas  Goyder. —  Conf.   R.    1850;  /.  1850: 

London^  June  18. — Forty-first  annual  meeting  of  the  Swe- 
denborg  Society.  A  resolution  is  adopted  providing  for  the 
election  of  the  Society's  treasurer  at  the  annual  meeting,  in- 
stead of,  as  heretofore,  by  the  Committee.  Mr.  Thomas  Wat- 
son is  elected  treasurer.  Nothing  of  unusual  interest  is  re- 
ported.—-/?. 6^.  5.  1850. 

Neivcastle. — Rev.  John  Cull  takes  pastoral  charge  of  this 
society,  remaining  here  until  1853. — M.  L.  1895  :  157. 


570  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

Nottingham^  October  6. — A  new  place  of  worship  is  opened 
by  Rev.  W.  Mason. — /.  1850  :  438. 

Italy.  Florence^  November. — Rev.  Thomas  Worcester^ 
while  visiting  Florence,  baptizes  Mr.  Hiram  Powers,  the 
sculptor. — Mess.  vol.  25  :  67. 


NoTABi^E  Articles. 

The  Intellectual  Repository ,  1850. 

"  Swedenborg's  '  Principia  '  wonderfully  confirmed  by  the  Herschels, 
Rosse,  Humboldt  and  others,"  a  series  of  articles  by  Samuel  Beswick,  run- 
ning through  the  entire  volume. 

On  the  New  Church  Ministry  and  its  support,  a  controversy,  portraying 
the  conditions  prevailing  in  the  New  Church. — pp.  93,  137,  175. 

The  New  Cliurch  Repository,  vol.  3. 

The  Ministry,  a  controversy  between  Prof.  Bush,  Caleb  Reed,  T.  O.  Pres- 
cottand  others.— pp.  216,  221,  358,  397,  407,  485,  553. 

"The  Aflfinity  of  Homoeopathy  with  the  Doctrines  of  the  New  Church,"  a 
discussion  between  Rev.  R.  De  Charms,  Dr.  W.  H.  Holcombe  and  W.  E. 
Payne.— pp.  501,  540,  545. 

The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  vol.  23. 

"Swedenborg's  Writings  and  New  Church  Collateral  Works,"  a  warning 
against  depending  too  much  on  the  latter. — p.  9. 

"  The  Ministry  and  the  '  New  Church  Repository;'  "  in  controversy  with 
Prof.  Bush.— pp.  164,  321,  325,  374,  424,  458. 

A  defense  of  the  distinctive  organization  of  the  New  Church  vs.  the 
"New  York  Tribune." — p.  214. 

The  Medium,  1850. 

The  "Rochester  Rappings,"  Modern  Spiritualism,  and  the  work  of 
Thomas  Lake  Harris,  described, — pp.  7,  265,  345. 

Publications. 

Swedenborg:  Arcanes  CSlestes      Vol.  VI.      (Nos.   3486-4055.) 
St.  Amand. 

First  French  edition. — A.  I^. 
Contimiation  sur  le  Jug eme7it  Dernier.    St.  Amand.   96  pp. 
Third  French  edition;   translated  by  M.  I^e   Boys  des 
Guays. — A.  L. 
Der    Verkehr  Zwischen  Seele   imd  Leib    (Intercourse   be- 
tween the  Soul  and  the  Body).     Tiibingen. 
Fifth  German  edition. — B.  I. 


1 8 so.  571 

De    Weerld  der   Geester  (The   World   of  Spirits).     Zuid- 
Bejerlaud.     Holland.      156  pp. 

Extracted  from  Heaven  and  Hell.     The  translator  and 
the  date  of  publication  are  unknown. — A.  L. 
Du    Ciel    et  de   L' E7ifer    (On    Heaven    and    Hell).     St. 
Amand. 

Fourth  French  edition. — B.  I. 
D II  Jug eme7it Dernier  (The  Last  Judgment).     St.  Amand. 
180  pp. 

Third  French  edition;  translated  by  M.  Le  Boys  des 
Guays. — A.  L. 
Himmlische    Gehehnnisse    (Arcana    Coelestia).     Vol.    II. 
(Nos.  824-1382.)     Tiibingeu.     487  pp. 

First  German  edition;  translated  by  Dr.  Tafel. — A  L. 
Couronnement  ou  Appendice  {^Coronis,   ori\ppendix  to  the 
7?'?^^  Christian  Religion^.     St.  Amand.      160  pp. 

First   French  edition;  translated  by  M.  Le  Boys  des 
Guays. — A.   ly. 
Neuf  Questions  (Nine    Questions   on    the  Trinity).     St. 
Amand.      16  pp. — A.  L. 

First  French  edition;  translated  by  M.    Le  Boys  des 
Guays. — A.  L. 
O71  Heave7i  a7id  Hell.     London.     Hodson. 

Eleventh    English    edition.     Mr.     Noble's  edition   of 
1839,  revised,  and   furnished  with  a  new  preface  by  the 
translator. — R.  L. 
O71  Heave7i  a7id  Hell.     London.     S.  S.      344  pp. 

Twelfth  English  edition,  being  Mr.  Hancock's  edition 
of  1841,  revised.  The  untrustworthy  character  of  this 
edition  is  exhibited  in  /.  1850  :  422. — A.  L. 
O71  the  Doctri7ie  of  Baptis77i  mid  Rege7ieratio7i.  Extracts 
from  the  Writings.  London.  Newbery.  105  pp. — 
R.  L. 
On  the  Earths  i7i  the  Universe.      Boston.     Clapp. 

Fourth  American  edition. — B.  I. 
The  A7ii77ial  Ki7igdo7n.     In    one    volume.     757    pp.     St. 
Clairsville,  O. 

First  American  edition,  published  by  J.  H.  Williams. 
Reviewed  in  A^.  C.  R.  1852  :  233. — A.  L. 
The  Doctri7ie  of  Charity.     Boston.     Clapp. 
Third  American  edition. — B.  L. 


572  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH, 

The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Lord. 
Boston.     Clapp. 

Seventh  American  edition. — B.  L. 
The  Doctrine  of  the  New  Jerusalem  concerning  the  Sacred 
Scripture.     Boston.     Clapp. 

Eighth  American  edition. — B.  Iv. 
The  Doctrine  oj  Life,     Boston.     Clapp. 

Eighth  American  edition. — B.  L. 
The  Spiritual  Diary.     Vol.  I.     New  York.     L.  C.    Bush. 
379  pp. 

First   American    edition,    translated    by    Rev.    J.    H. 
Smithson. — A.  L. 
The  True  Ou-istian  Religion.     London.     S.  S. 
Eighth  English  editon.— i^.  6*.  ^.  1850. 
[Anonymous] :  Das  Friedenslicht  im   heitern  Morgenblau  (The 
Light    of    Peace    in    the    bright    Dawn).     Vienna.     C. 
Gerold.      187  pp. — A.  L. 
Swedenborg   and  the    New    Church     Vindicated.     Bassin. 
Santa  Cruz.    27  pp.      Mentioned  in  N.  C.  R.  1850  :  576. 
The   Childre7i' s   Home   Book.     Boston.     Clapp.     64  pp. — 

A.  E. 
Unsei-e  Bekenntnisschrifteii  eiiie  Hauptquelle  imserer  Uebel 
(Our  Symbolical  Books,  a  chief  source  of  our    [ecclesi- 
astical] evils,  addressed  to  the  Clergy  and  the  Laity,  by 
a  Protestant).     Tubingen.     78  pp. — A.  L. 
Bruce,  Rev.  William  :  Marriage  :  its  Origin,  Uses,  and  Duties. 
London.    G.  Slater.    31  pp.     Reviewed  in  /.  1850  :  232. 
Buckland,    Thomas  :     The   Handbook   of   Mesmerism,  for  the 
Guidance  and  Instructioyi  of  all  persons   who   desire  to 
practice  Mesmerism  for  the  Cure  of  Diseases.     London. 
66  p. 

The   author   was   a    member   of  the    Argyle   Square 
Society,  and  a  professional   Mesmerist.     The  pamphlet 
is  favorably  noticed  in  /.  1851  :  40. 
Bush,  Prof.  George  :   Heaven.     A  Serfnon.     With  a  biographi- 
cal sketch  of  the  author.     London.     Hodson. — Cin.  L. 
Letters  to  a  Tri^iitarian.     Boston.    Clapp.    138  pp. — A.  L. 
Clissold,    Rev.    Augustus  :     The  Connection  between    Theology, 
Psychology,  a7id  Physiology.     London.     Hodson. 

Republished  from  the  Neiv  Church  Quarterly  Review. 
Advertised  in  /.  1850.   June. 


i^50'  573 

Clowes,  Rev.  John  :  Dialogues. 

Philadelphia.     Published  by  the  ' '  New  Church  Print- 
ing Fund."     71  pp. — A.  L. 
On  the  Two  Worlds,  lyondon.     Hodson.     43  pp. — Cin.  L. 
Sermo7is  on  the  Journey  of  the  Israelites.  London.   Hodson. 

354  pp.— A.  Iv. 
De  Charms,  Rev.  Richard  :  A  Discourse  on  the  true  Nature  of 

Freedom  and  Slavery.     Philadelphia.     63  pp. 

The   author    takes    strong   ground    against    African 

slavery. — A.  L. 
Duberg,    Christian  :    Aus   u?id    Uber    Swedenborg .     Schwerin. 

Mecklenburg.     296  pp. — R.  L. 
Edleston,  Rev.  R.:    The  Immortal  Fountain.   Boston.   Clapp. — 

A.  L. 
Goyder,  Rev.  Thomas  :  Miscellaneous  Sermons  of  the  late  Rev. 

Thos.    Goyder  ;  with  a  Sketch  of  his  Life  a7id  Labours  ; 

edited  by  his  b7vther,  the  Rev.  D.  G.  Goyder.     London. 

Simpkin.     Reviewed  in /.  1851  :   113. 
Spiritual  Reflections  for  every  Day  in  the  Year.     Vol.  II. 

London.     449  pp.     Reviewed  in  I.  1851  :  32. 
Hobart,    Nathaniel :    Life  of  Ema?iuel  Szvedenborg .     Boston. 

Clapp.   280  pp.    Edited  by  Benjamin  Worcester. — A.  L. 
Hough,  Rev.  Sabin  :  Remarks  on  the  ''  Revelatiofis'^  of  Andrew 

Jackso7i  Davis,  Clai7'voya7it.   Columbus,  O.  36  pp. — A.  L. 
Hume-Rotheray,  Mrs.  Mary  C:  A  Brief  Sketch  of  the  Life, 

Chai-acter  a7id  Religious    Opinio7is   of  the    late   Charles 

Augustus  Tulk.     Boston.     Clapp.     26  pp. — A.  L. 
Le  Boys  des  Quays,  J.  F.   E.:  Letters  to  a  Man  of  the  Wo7dd. 

Boston.     Clapp. 

Third  edition.— A.  L. 
[Liturgical]:  IIy7nns  for  the  Use  of  the  Nezu  Chiurh.    St.  Clairs- 

ville,  O.     450  pp. 

"American  stereotyped  edition"  of  the  Hymn  book 

of  the  General  Conference  in  Great  Britain.     Published 

by  J.  H.  Williams.— A.  L. 
Lundqvist,  P.  N.:  Swede7ibo7g  och  Bibebi   Jem7ifdra7ide  Fram- 

stdlhii7ig  i   Ldra7i   07n    Tree7iighete7i,    Fdrsoni7igen,    och 

Rdttfardigg'drelse7i  af  Tvn  (Swedenborg  and  the  Bible. 

A  comparison  of  their  teachings  concerning  the  Trinity, 


574  ANNALS  OF  THE  NEW  CHURCH. 

the  Atonement,  and  the  Justification  by  Faith).     Soder- 

hamn,  Sweden.     J.  Hamberg.     98  pp. 
An  attack  on  the  New  Church. — A.  L. 
[Periodical]:    The  Intellectual  Repository,  1850.     London.     480 

pp.— A.  Iv. 
The  Little  Truth  Teller.    Vol.  V.      Philadelphia.      288  pp. 

—A.  L. 
The   Medium.     Vol.    II.     Marshall,     Mich.     Jabez    Fox. 

384  pp.— A.  L. 
The    New    Church   Magazine  for   Children.     Vol.    VIII. 

Boston.     Clapp.     380  pp. — A.  L. 
The  New  Chui'ch  Repository.   Vol.  III.   New  York.   576  pp. 
The  New  Jerusalem  Magazi7ie,  1850.     Vol.    23.      Boston. 

Clapp.     512  pp. — A.   L. 
Wochenschrift  f'iir  die  Erneueriuig  der  Kirche  (A  weekly- 
journal  for  the  renewing  of  the  Church).     Tiibingen. 

Published    and  edited  by   Dr.    Immanuel  Tafel,    1850- 

1859.— A.  Iv. 
Rendell,  Rev.  E.  D.:    The  Antediluvian  History  and  Narrative 

of  the  Flood,  critically  exami^ied  and  explai7ied.     London. 

Hodson.     463  pp. 

A  valuable  work;  reviewed  in  /.  1851  :  149;  A^.  C.  R. 

1851  :  234. 
The   Deity   of  Jesus    Christ   asserted.     London.     Hodson. 

118  pp.     Reviewed  in  /.  185 1  :  70. 
[Reports]  :   Central  Co7ivention.     Report  No.  XI.      Philadelphia. 

40  pp. — A.  L. 
General  Confe7'ence.     Minutes  for  1850.     London.     76  pp. 

—A.  L. 
Gene7'al  Co7ive7ition .     Journal  for  1850.     Published  in  M. 

23  :  229. — A.  L. 
Swede?iborg  Society.     Report  No.  41.     London.      16  pp. — 

A.  L. 
Whittell,  Henry  :    The  Tra7isfiguration  of  the  Lord.  A  Sermon. 

London.     Hodson.      16  pp. — Cin.  L. 
The  Two  G7'eat  Wo7iders.     K  Sermon.     London.    Hodson. 

15  pp. — Cin.  L. 
The  author  was  minister  to  the  New  Church  in  Chal- 

ford,  England. 
"Wilson,  Thomas  :  A   Course    of  Theological  Lectiires  :  With  a 


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^^50^  575 

biographical   sketch    of    the    author.     Manchester.     L. 

Kenworthy.   210  pp.   Revised  and  edited  by  S.  Beswick. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1851  :  348. 
Wood,  Philip  :  Pure  Christianity  Restored.    London.     Simpkin. 

Reviewed  in  /.  1851  :  30. 
Woodman,  Rev.  Woodville  :  Baptism  :  its  true  N attire ,  Object^ 

Necessity,  and  Uses.     London.     Hodson.     Reviewed   in 

/.    1851  :  27.— A.  L. 
Mormonism  versus  the  New  Church.     A  Letter  to  Mr.   IV. 

Gibson.     Halshaw  Moor  — B.  M. 
Worcester,  Rev.   Henry  A.  :  Sermons  o?i  the  Lord's  Prayer. 

Philadelphia.     192  pp. — A.  L. 

Contemporary  Events. 


America.  Death  of  Zachary  Taylor,  President  of  the  United  States;  he 
is  succeeded  by  Millard  Fillmore.  By  the  adoption  of  Henry  Clay's  '*  Com- 
promise Measures  "  California  is  admitted  into  the  Union  as  a  "  free  "  (non- 
slavery)  state;  New  Mexico  and  Utah  are  organized  as  territories  and  the 
boundaries  of  Texas  are  defined.  Congress  passes  the  "  Fugitive  Slave 
Bill,"  imposing  heavy  punishments  on  any  person  harboring  a  runaway 
slave;  the  measure  creates  great  indignation  in  the  North.  Publication  of 
"Representative  Men,"  by  R.  W.  Emerson. 

China.  Tien-te  becomes  emperor  of  China,  Outbreak  of  the  great  Tai- 
ping  rebellion  under  the  leadership  of  Tien  Wang.  The  movement  aims  at 
the  overthrow  of  the  corrupt  Manchu  dynasty,  and  the  establishment  of  an 
era  of  peace  and  virtue,  based,  to  some  extent,  on  Christian  principles. 

Demnark.  Prussia  concludes  peace  with  Denmark,  abandoning  the 
cause  of  Schleswig-Holstein.  The  duchies,  after  some  resistance,  are  sub- 
dued by  the  Danes.     Death  of  CEhlenschlager,  the  poet. 

France.  The  reactionary  government  of  Louis  Napoleon  restricts  the 
suffrage  and  the  liberty  of  the  press.     Death  of  Balzac,  the  novelist. 

Germany.  The  German  States  are  divided  into  two  parties,  those  in 
favor  of  the  hegemony  of  Austria,  and  those  in  favor  of  Prussia,  Austria, 
with  her  allies,  opens  a  Federal  Diet  at  Frankfort,  in  opposition  to  Prussia, 
but  finally  yields  to  all  the  demands  of  the  latter,  at  the  Conference  at 
Olmiitz.     Death  of  Neander,  the  great  Church  historian. 

Great  Britain.  The  Pope  establishes  a  Catholic  hierarchy  in  England, 
dividing  the  country  into  twelve  bishoprics,  with  Cardinal  Wiseman  as 
Archbishop  of  Westminster.  About  two  hundred  Anglican  clergymen  pass 
over  to  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  within  two  years.  Romanizing  tenden- 
cies are  spreading  fast  within  the  Established  Church;  auricular  confession 
is  introduced  into  many  parishes.  Alfred  Tennyson  is  made  poet-laureate. 
Publication  of  "David  Copperfield "  by  Dickens,  and  "  Pendennis  "  by 
Thackeray.  Death  of  Sir  Robert  Peel,  the  statesman,  and  of  Wordsworth, 
the  poet. 

End  of  Vol.  I. 


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LIST  OF  ABBREVIATIONS 

OCCURRING  IX  THIS   ISSUE. 

D. — Documents  Concenihig  Sivedeiiborg ,  by  R.  L.  Tafel. 

/.  —  Th^  Intellectual  Reposito7'y,  London,  i8i2-i88r. 

L. — New  Church  Life,  Philadelphia. 

M. — The  Neiv  Jerusalem  Magazine ^  Boston ,  1 8  2  7- 1 8  7  2 . 

M.  71.  s. —  The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  New  Series,  Boston.  r -^^ 

Mess. — New  Jerusalem  Messe?iger,  or  Nezc  CMirch  Messe^iger. 

S.  D. — Swedenborg's  Spiritual  Diary. 

Tottie. — Prof.  H.  Tottie's  Biography  of  Jesper  Swedberg.   Upsala, 
1886. 

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preserved  of  the  works  mentioned  in  these  pages  : 

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B.  M. — British  Museum,  London. 

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LIST  OF  ABBREVIATIONS 

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Ad. — The  AdversaiHa^  by  Swedenborg. 

C.  J. — Co7itinnatio7i  dn  the  Last  Judgment ^  by  Swedenborg. 

C.  L. — Conjugial  Love,  by  Swedenborg^ 

D. — Documents  Concerning  Swedenborg ,  by  R.  ly.  Tafel. 

/.  —  The  Intellectnal  Repository,  London,  1812-1881. 

L. — New  Chu7xh  Life,  Philadelphia. 

M. — The  Neiv  Jernsalem  Magazine,  Boston ,  1S27-1872. 

M.  n.  s.  —  The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  New  Series,  Boston. 

A^.   /.  C.   R. — The  New  Jerusalei/i   Church  Repository,   Phila- 
delphia, 18 17. 

O. — Monthly  Observer,  London,  1857-1865. 

kS.  D. — The  Spiritual  Diajy,  by  Swedenborg. 

T.  C.  R. — The  True  Christian  Religion,  by  Swedenborg. 

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A.  R. — The  Apocatypse  Revealed,  by  Swedenborg. 

C.  /. — Continuation  on  the  Last  Jtidgvient,  by  Swedenborg. 

C.  L. — Conjugial  Love,  by  Swedenborg.' 

D. — Docume7its  Concerning  Sivedenboig ,  by  R.  L.  Tafel. 

/. — The  Intellectual  Repository ,  London,  i8 12-188 1. 

L. — New  Chnixh  Life,  Philadelphia. 

L.  J. — On  the  Last  Judg7nent,  by  Swedenborg. 

M. — The  Neiv  Jer7isalem.  Magazine,  Boston,  1 827-1872. 

M.  71.  s.  —  The  New  Jerusale77i  Magazine,  New  Series,  Boston. 

Mess. — New  Church  Messe7iger,  New  York. 

N. — TJie  New  Cluuxh7na7i ,  Philadelphia,  1841-1844. 

N.  C.  Review. — Neiu  Church  Review,  Boston. 

O. — Monthly  Observer,  London,  1857- 1865. 

6".  D. —  The  Spiritual  Dia7y,  by  Sw^edenborg. 

S2i7ideli7i. — Stvedenbo7gianisinc7is  Historia,  by  Robert  Sundelin, 
Upsala,  1886. 

T.  C.  R. —  The  Triie  Christian  Religio7i,  by  Swedenborg. 
W.  N.  C. —  Words  for  the  Neiv  Church,  Philadelphia. 

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B.  M. — British  Museum,  London, 
R.  L. — Ro3^al  Library,  Stockholm. 

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contains  the  essential  features  of  all  the  other  portraits 
and  at  the  same  time  reconciles  their  apparent  discrep- 
ancies." [See  Tafel's  Documents,  Vol.11.,  1197.] 

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A. —  The  Aurora,  London,  1799-1801. 
D. — Documents  Cojiceriiing  Swedeiiborg^  by  R.  L.  Tafel. 
G.  H. — Goj'der's  Concise  History  cf  the  New  Chjii^h. 
I. — The  Intellectual  Repository ,  London ,  1 8 1 2- 1 8 8 1 . 
Kahl. — Nya  Kyrkan  och  dess  hiflytande. 
L. — New  CJmrch  Life,  Philadelphia. 
M. — The  New  Jerusalem  Magazi7ie,  Boston,  182  7- 1872. 
M.  K, — Mag azi7ie  of  Knowledge,  London,  1791. 
M.  n.  s.  —  The  New  Jerusalem  Magazi?ie,  New  Series,  Boston. 
Mess.— New  Church  Messenger,  New  York. 
N. — The  New  Churchma7i,  Philadelphia,  1841-1844. 
N.  C.  A  — New  Church  Advocate,  London,  1849. 
A^.  C.  M. — New  Church  Magazirie,  London. 
N.  J.  M. — New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  London,  1790. 
O. — Monthly  Observer,  London,  1857-1865. 

R.    P. — Rise  and  Progress  of  the  N.  /.    Church,  by  R.  Hind- 
marsh. 

R.  S.  S. — Annual  Reports  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 
Sundelin. — Swedenborgianisme7is  Historia,  by  Robert  Sundelin, 

Upsala,  1886. 
T.  C.  R. — The  Trite  Christian  Religion,  by  Swedenborg. 
T.  M. — Im.  TafeFs  Magazine  der  Neuen  Kirche. 
W.  N.  C — Wo7'dsfor  the  New  Church,  Philadelphia. 

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B.  L. — Library  of  the  Mass.  N.  Ch.  Union,  Boston. 

C.  L. — Royal  Library,  Copenhagen. 
R.  L. — Royal  Library,  Stockholm. 

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16  pages  has  been  prepared  especially  with  a  view  to  a  comparison  of 
passages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


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succeeded  in  obtaining  a  thoroughly  satisfactory  photo- 
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hung  in  the  bedroom  of  his  home  in  Stockholm  and  which' 
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this  photograph.  Of  the  various  original  portraits  of 
Swedenborg  this  is  pronounced  "the  best  likeness,  as  it 
contains  the  essential  features  of  all  the  other  portraits 
and  at  the  same  time  reconciles  their  apparent  discrep- 
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To  every  member  of  the  New  Church  it  must  be  a 
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A.  —  The  Aurora,  lyondon,  1799-1801. 

A.  E.  —  The  Apocalypse  Explained,  by  Sivedenborg . 

B.  I. — Bibliographical  Iitdex,  by  Charles  Higham. 

D. — Documents  Concerning  Swedenborg ,  by  R.  ly.  Tafel. 
E. — Reprint  of  Early  Minutes  of  New  Church  Conferences, 

F.  S. — Francis  Smith' s  History  of  Peter  Street  Society. 

G.  H. — Go3'der's  Concise  History  cf  the  Neiv  Church. 
I.  —  The  In tellectual  Repository ,  London ,  1812-1881. 
Kahl. — Nya  Kyrkan  och  dess  Inflytaiide. 

L. — New  Cluirch  Fife,  Philadelphia. 

M. — The  New  ferusalem  Magazi7ie,  Boston,  182 7- 1872. 

M.  K. — Magazine  of  Knowledge,  London,  1791. 

M.  F. — Morning  Light,  London. 

M.  n.  s.  —  The  New  ferusalem  Magazine ,  7iew  series,  Boston. 

Mess. — New  Church  Messenger,  New  York. 

N.  —  The  New  Chitrclunan,  Philadelphia,  1 841-1844. 

N.  C.  A  — New  Chu7rh  Advocate,  London,  1849. 

N.  C.  M. — New  Church  Magazine,  London. 

N.  C:  R. — New  Church  Repository,  New  York. 

N.  f.  J. — New  ferusalem  fournal,  London,  1792. 

N.  f.  M. — New  ferusalem  Magazine,  London,  1790. 

R.  P. — Rise  a7id  Progress,  by  R.  Hindmarsh. 

Su7ideli7i. — Swedenborgia7iis7nc7is  Historia,  \yy  Robert  Sundelin. 

T.  M. — Im.  Tafel' s  Magazine  der  Neue7i  Kirche. 

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B.  M. — British  Museum,  London. 

C.  L. — Royal  Library,  Copenhagen. 

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revealed  by  the  Lord  in  the  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg  are  Holy 
and  Divine,  and  that  they  constitute  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord  and 
His  perpetual  Presence  in  His  Church. 

The  leading  article  in  the  first  part  is  on  the  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  number  is  occupied  in  the  illustration  of  this  subject. 

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every  New  Church  man  after  having  read  this  article. 

Every  one  of  the  thirteen  parts  contains  treatises  on  subjects  of  vital 
interest  to  members  of  the  New  Church. 

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been  put  together  in  a  summary  form,  for  the  uses  of  reading,  study,  instruc- 
tion, and  worship.  For  missionary  purposes  it  will  also  be  well  adapted,  as 
it  gives  in  a  compact  form  all  the  Doctrines  of  the  Church.  An  index  of 
16  pages  has  been  prepared  especially  with  a  view  to  a  cotnparison  of 
passages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


"The  Best  Likeness  of  Swedenborg." 


After  numerous  attempts  in  the  past,  we  have  finally 
succeeded  in  obtaining  a  thoroughly  satisfactory  photo- 
graph of  the  original  portrait  of  Swedenborg  which  once 
hung  in  the  bedroom  of  his  home  in  Stockholm  and  which 
is  now  preserved  in  the  Librar}^  of  the  Academy  of  the 
New  Church  at  Huntingdon  Valley,  Pa.  The  frontis- 
piece in  the  May  issue  of  the  Annals  is  prepared  from 
this  photograph.  Of  the  various  original  portraits  of 
Swedenborg  this  is  pronounced  "the  best  likeness,  as  it 
contains  the  essential  features  of  all  the  other  portraits 
and  at  the  same  time  reconciles  their  apparent  discrep- 
ancies." [See  Tafel's  Documents,  Vol.  II.,  1197.] 

To  every  member  of  the  New  Church  it  must  be  a 
pleasure  to  possess  a  genuine  and  at  the  same  time  artistic 
likeness  of  the  revelator,  and  we  are  now  in  a  position  to 
offer  copies  for  sale. 


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OCCURRING   IN   THIS   ISSUE. 

A.  —  The  Au7vra,  lyondon,  1799-1801. 

B.  I. — Bibliographical  Index. 

Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Convention. 

D. — Documents  Concei'ning  Swedenborg,  by  R.  L.  Tafel. 

E. — Reprint  of  Early  Minutes  of  New  Church  Conferences. 

Ex. — DeCharm's  Newchzirchman  Extra. 

G.  H. — Goyder's  Concise  History  of  the  New  Church. 

I.  —  The  hi tellectital  Repository ,  London ,  1812-1881. 

Kahl. — Nya  Kyrkan  och  dess  Biflytande. 

L. — Neiv  Church  Life,  Philadelphia. 

M. — The  New  ferusalem  Magaziyie,  Boston,  1 827-1872. 

M.  K. — Magazine  of  K7iowledge,  London,  1791. 

M.  L. — Morning  Light,  London. 

M.  n.  s. — The  New  ferusalem  Magazine,  new  series,  Boston. 

Mess. — Neiu  Church  Mcsse^iger,  New  York. 

N. — The  New  Chu7xhinan,  Philadelphia,  1841-1844. 

N.  C.  A. — New  Church  Advocate,  London,  1849. 

N.  C.  M. — New  Church  Magazine,  London. 

N.  C.  R. — A^ew  Church  Repository,  New  York. 

N.  f.  M. — New  ferusale7n  Magazi7ie,  London,  1790. 

O. — Mo7ithly  Observer,  'London,  1 857-1 863. 

P. —  The  Precursor ,  Cincinnati,  1837-1840. 

R-  P. — Rise  a7id  P7^ogress,  by  R.  Hindmarsh. 

R.  R. — Thomas  Robinson's  Recorder  and  Reme77ibra7ices . 

R.  S.  S. — Reports  of  the  Swede7iborg  Society,  London. 

S.  S. — Swedenborg  Society,  London  (published  by). 

Sundeli7i. — Sivede7ibo7gia7iis7ne7is  Historia,  by  Robert  Sundelin. 

The  following  initials  stanch  for  libraries  in  which  copies  are 
preserved  of  the  works  mentioned  in  these  pages: 

A.  L. — Library  of  the  Academy  of  the  New  Church. 

B.  L. — Library  of  the  Mass.  N.  C.  Union,  Boston. 
B.  M. — British  Museum,  London. 

Cin.  L. — Library  of  the  Cincinnati  Society. 

P.  L. — Librarie  Swedenborgienne,  at  Rue  Thouin,  Paris. 

R.  L. — Royal  Library,  Stockholm. 

S.  S.  L. — Library  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 


The  Sacred  Scripture 

OR  THE  Word  of  the  Lord. 

CONTAINING  ONLY  THOSE   BOOKS  WHICH 
HAVE  AN  INTERNAL  SENSE.    [A.  C.  10325.] 

A  new  edition  of  the  Word,  6x9)^  inches,  has  just  been  prepared  by 
our  London  Branch.  Bound  in  three  styles,  all  with  round  corners  and 
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This  Work  has  been  designed  to  promote  a  rational  knowledge  and 
acknowledgement  in  the  heart  and  in  life,  that  the  Heavenly  Doctrine 
revealed  by  the  Lord  in  the  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg  are  Holy 
and  Divine,  and  that  they  constitute  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord  and 
His  perpetual  Presence  in  His  Church. 

The  leading  article  in  the  first  part  is  on  the  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  number  is  occupied  in  the  illustration  of  this  subject. 

The  magnitude  and  the  importance  of  the  theme  will  be  more  evident  to 
every  New  Church  man  after  having  read  this  article. 

Every  one  of  the  thirteen  parts  contains  treatises  on  subjects  of  vital 
interest  to  members  of  the  New  Church. 

Complete  table  of  each  part  and  of  the  entire  work  will  be  sent  on 
application. 


A  Book  of  Doctrine. 

CONTAINING  SUMMARIES  OF  DOCTRINE 
FROM  THE    WRITINGS  OF  THE  CHURCH, 

5/^x7;^  inches.     316  pages.     Cloth,  75  cents,  (3s). 
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In  this  work  the  entire  Doctrine  and  Theology  of  the  New  Church  have 
been  put  together  in  a  summary  form,  for  the  uses  of  reading,  study,  instruc- 
tion, and  worship.  For  missionary  purposes  it  will  also  be  well  adapted,  as 
it  gives  in  a  compact  form  all  the  Doctrines  of  the  Church.  An  index  of 
16  pages  has  been  prepared  especially  with  a  view  to  a  comparison  of 
passages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


Viforks  H  %  K^'  Q  T^  O^flOer. 


A  Brief  View  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  revealed 
in  the  Theological  Writings  of 
Emanuel  Swedenborg. 

Just  published.     106  pages.     Paper,  12  Cts.,  (6d);  Cloth,  25  Cts.,  (Is( 

A  brief  yet  comprehensive  summary  of  New  Church  Doctrine,  adapted 
to  the  use  of  Evangelization  ;  concise,  simple,  written  in  a  popular  style, 
abounding  in  Scripture  proofs  and  appealing  to  enlightened  reason,  un- 
compromising in  its  attitude  to  the  falsities  and  evils  of  the  Old  Church,  and 
outspoken  in  showing  the  distinctiveness  of  the  New  Church,  in  external 
form  as  well  as  internal  quality. 


Robert  Hindmarsh.     A  Biography. 

Philadelphia,  1895.     116  pages.     Cloth,  50  Cts.,  (2s). 

An  historical  account  of  the  rise  of  the  New  Church  in  Great  Britain,  as 
well  as  a  biography  of  the  first  of  her  ordained  ministers,  of  whom  a  portrait 
is  given  as  a  frontispiece.  Three  appendixes  accompany  the  book  :  the 
introvertible  "  Reasons  for  Separating  from  the  Old  Church,"  and 
"  Principles  of  Ecclesiastical  Government,"  both  by  Robert  Hindmarsh,  and 
a  chronological  list  of  the  ministers  of  the  New  Church  in  Great  Britain, 
compiled  by  Prof.  Odhner. 


A  Brief  Account  of  the  Life  and  Work  of 
Emanuel  Swedenborg,  with  a  Sketch 
of  His  Personality. 

Philadelphia,  1893.     43  pages.   Paper,  12  Cts.,  (6d);  Cloth,  25  Cts.,  (Is). 

A  succinct  and  comprehensive  chronological  arrangement  of  the  facts 
of  Swedenborg' s  life  accompanied  by  a  new  portrait  of  this  servant  of  the 
Lord,  and  a  vivid  and  accurate  description  of  the  Seer's  home,  personal 
appearance,  habits,  etc.,  presented  in  the  form  of  an  imaginary  visit  to 
Swedenborg. 

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OCCURRIXG    IX    THIS    ISSUE. 

Conf.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Conference. 

Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Convention. 

D. — Dociunents  Concerning  Swedeiiborg ,  by  R.  L.  Tafel. 

E. — Reprint  of  Early  Minutes  of  New  Church  Conferences. 

Ex. — DeCharm's  Newchurchman  Extra. 

G.  H. — Go3^der's  Concise  History  cf  the  New  Church. 

Gosse. — Portfeuillc  d' un  ancien  Typographc. 

I.  —  The  Intellectual  Repository,  London,  i8i 2-188 1. 

Kahl. — Nya  Kyrkan  och  dcss  Inflytande. 

L. — Neiv  ChiLrch  Life,  Philadelphia. 

L.  M. — New  ferusalem  Magazine,  London,  1 826-1 828. 

l^T. — The  New  ferusalem  Magazine,   Boston ,  182  7- 1872. 

M.  L. — Morjiing  Light,  London. 

M.  71.  s.  —  The  Neiv  ferusalem  Magazine,  new  series,  Boston, 

Mess. — Neiv  Church  Messenger,  New  York. 

M.  P.  S. — Manchester  Printing  Society. 

A^.  —  The  N'eiv  Cluirchman,  Philadelphia,  1841-1844. 

A^.  C.  M. — Nciv  Church  Magazine,  London. 

A^.  C.  R. — Neiv  Church  Repository,  New  York. 

N.f.  C  R. — New  ferusalem  Church  Repository  ,V\v\2i.,  1817. 

N.  f.  Miss. — New  ferusalem  Missionaiy. 

O. — Monthly  Observer,  London,  1 857-1 863. 

P. —  The  P7^ecursor,  Cincinnati,  1837-1840. 

R.  L.  C — Reports  of  the  London  Conference. 

R.  P. — Rise  and  Progress,  by  R.  Hindmarsh. 

R.  S.  S. — Reports  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

^.  5. — Swedenborg  Society,  London  (published  by). 

The  following  initials  stand  for  libraries  in  which  copies  are 
preserved  of  the  works  mentioned  in  these  pages: 

A.  L. — Library  of  the  Academy  of  the  New  Church. 

B.  L. — Library  of  the  Mass.  N.  C.  Union,  Boston. 
B.  M. — British  Museum,  London. 

Ciu.  L. — Library  of  the  Cincinnati  Society. 

N.  Y.  L.— The  Forbes  Collection.  New  York  City. 

R.  L. — Royal  Library,  Stockholm. 

S.  S.  L.— Library  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 


The  Sacred  Scripture 

OR  THE  Word  of  the  Lord, 

CONTAINING  ONLY  THOSE  BOOKS  WHICH 
HAVE  AN  INTERNAL  SENSE,    [A.  C.  10325.] 

A  new  edition  of  the  Word,  6x9^^  inches,  has  just  been  prepared  by 
our  London  Branch.  Bound  in  three  styles,  all  with  round  corners  and 
gilt  edges. 

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Words  for  The  New  Church. 

Thirteen  parts.     25  cents,  (is),  each  part. 
Bound  in  two  vols.,  cloth,  $1.50  (63),  each  vol. 

This  Work  has  been  designed  to  promote  a  rational  knowledge  and 
acknowledgement  in  the  heart  and  in  life,  that  the  Heavenly  Doctrine 
revealed  by  the  Lord  in  the  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg  are  Holy 
and  Divine,  and  that  they  constitute  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord  and 
His  perpetual  Presence  in  His  Church.  ^.-^     t      j         j 

The  leading  article  in  the  first  part  is  on  the  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  number  is  occupied  in  the  illustration  of  this  subject. 

The  magnitude  and  the  importance  of  the  theme  will  be  more  evident  to 
every  New  Church  man  after  having  read  this  article.  _  .    •    1 

Every  one  of  the  thirteen  parts  contains  treatises  on  subjects  of  vital 
interest  to  members  of  the  New  Church.  ^ 

Complete  table  of  each  part  and  of  the  entire  work  will  be  sent  on 
application. 


A  Book  of  Doctrine, 


CONTAINING  SUMMARIES  OF  DOCTRINE 
FROM  THE    WRITINGS  OF  THE  church. 

5^/3x7^  inches.     316  pages.     Cloth,  75  cents,  (3s). 
Flexible  morocco,  round  corners  and  gilt  edges,  |2.oo,  (8s). 

In  this  work  the  entire  Doctrine  and  Theology  of  the  New  Church  have 
been  put  together  in  a  summary  form,  for  the  uses  of  reading,  study,  instruc- 
tion, and  worship.  For  missionary  purposes  it  will  also  be  well  adapted,  as 
it  gives  in  a  compact  form  all  the  Doctrines  of  the  Church.  An  index  of 
16  pages  has  been  prepared  especially  with  a  view  to  a  comparison  of 
passages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


\/{orks  b^  the  f^V.  (7  ^.  Q^^^er. 

A  Brief  View  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  revealed 
in  the  Theological  Writings  of 
Emanuel  Swedenborg. 

Just  published.     106  pages.     Paper,  12  Cts.,  i  6d);  Cloth,  25  Cts.,  (Is(. 

A  brief  3^et  comprehensive  summary  of  New  Church  Doctrine,  adapted 
to  the  use  of  Evangelization  ;  concise,  simple,  written  in  a  popular  style, 
abounding  in  Scripture  proofs  and  appealing  to  enlightened  reason,  un- 
compromising in  its  attitude  to  the  falsities  and  evils  of  the  Old  Church,  and 
outspoken  in  showing  the  distinctiveness  of  the  New  Church,  in  external 
form  as  well  as  internal  quality. 


Robert  Hindmarsh.     A  Biography. 

Philadelphia,  IS95.     U6  pages.     Cloth,  50  Cts.,  (2s). 

An  historical  account  of  the  rise  of  the  New  Church  in  Great  Britain,  as 
well  as  a  biography  of  the  first  of  her  ordained  ministers,  of  whom  a  portrait 
is  given  as  a  frontispiece.  Three  appendixes  accompany  the  book  :  the 
introvertible  "  Reasons  for  Separating  from  the  Old  Church,"  and 
"  Principles  of  Ecclesiastical  Government,"  both  by  Robert  Hindmarsh,  and 
a  chronological  list  of  the  ministers  of  the  New  Church  in  Great  Britain, 
compiled  by  Prof.  Odhner. 


A  Brief  Account  of  the  Life  and  Work  of 
Emanuel  Swedenborg,  with  a  Sketch 
of  His  Personality. 

Philadelphia,  1893.     43  pages.    Paper,  12  Cts.,  (Gd);  Cloth,  25  Cts.,  (Isj. 

A  succinct  and  comprehensive  chronological  arrangement  of  the  facts 
of  Swedenborg's  life  accompanied  by  a  new  portrait  of  this  servant  of  the 
Ivord,  and  a  vivid  and  accurate  description  of  the  Seer's  home,  personal 
appearance,  habits,  etc.,  presented  in  the  form  of  an  imaginary  visit  to 
Swedenborg. 


For  Sale  By  The 

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LONDON:  HUNTINGDON  VALLEY  : 

Burton  Road,  Brixton,  S.  W.  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa., 

W.  PosTHUMA,  Agent.  C.  Hj.  Asplundh,  Manager. 


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LIST  OF  ABBREVIATIONS 

OCCURRING    IN   THIS    ISSUE. 

Carlson — History  of  the  Swedish  Church  in  London. 

Conipton — Life  of  fohn  Clowes. 

Conf.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Conference. 

Conv   R. — Reports  of  the  General  Convention. 

D. — Docuniejits  Concerning  Swedenboj'g ,  by  R.  ly.  Tafel. 

Ex. — DeCharm's  Newchurchmun  Extra. 

G.  H. — Go3-der's  Concise  History  of  the  Neiv  Church. 

Gosse. — Portfeiiille  d'un  ajicien  Typographe. 

L  —  The  Intellectual  Repository,  London,  1812-1881. 

Kahl. — Nya  Ky7'kan  och  dess  Inflytande. 

L. — New  ClutrcJi  Life,  Philadelphia. 

M. —  The  New  fcrusalem  Magazi7ie,   Boston,  1 827-1872. 

M.  L. — Morning  Light,  London. 

M.  n.  s.  —  The  Neiv  ferusalem  Magazine,  neiv  series,  Boston. 

Mess. — New  Church  Messeiiger,  New  York. 

A^. — The  New  Ch^wchman,  Philadelphia,  1841-1844. 

A^.  C.  M. — New  Church  Magazine,  London. 

A^.  C.  R. — New  Church  Repository,  New  York. 

N.  f.  C.  R. — Neiv  ferusa Ian  Church  Repository,  Vh.\\^.,  181 7. 

O. — Monthly  Observer,  London,  1857-1863. 

P. —  The  Precursor,  Cincinnati,  1837-1840. 

R.  P. — Rise  and  Pi^ogress,  by  R.  Hindmarsh. 

R.  S.  S. — Reports  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

►S.  kS*. — Swedenborg  Society,  London  (published  by). 

The  following  initials  stand  for  libraries  in  which  copies  are 
preserved  of  the  works  mentioned  in  these  pages: 

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B.  L. — Library  of  the  Mass.  N.  C.  Union,  Boston. 
B.  M. — British  Museum,  London. 

Cin.  L. — Library  of  the  Cincinnati  Society. 

N.  K.  B. — Nykyrkliga  Bokforlaget,  in  Stockholm. 

N.  Y.  L— The  Forbes  Collection.  New  York  City. 

R.  L. — Royal  Library,  Stockholm. 

S.  S.  L. — Librar\' of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 


The  Sacred  Scripture 

OR  THE  Word  of  the  Lord. 

CONTAINING  ONLY  THOSE   BOOKS  WHICH 
HAVE  AN  INTERNAL  SENSE.    [A.  C.  10325.3 

A  new  edition  of  the  Word,  6x9^  inches,  has  just  been  prepared  by 
our  London  Branch.  Bound  in  three  styles,  all  with  round  corners  and 
gilt  edges. 

Prices  FOR  THE  Various  Bindings  are:     in  United  States.  In  Great  Britain. 

Paste  Grain,            $2.00,  postage  20  cts.  6s  6d,  postage  6d. 

Rutland  Morocco,  #3.00,  postage  25  cts.  9s  6d,  postage  8d. 

Real  Morocco,        I4.00,  postage  25  cts.  12s  6d,  postage  8d. 


Words  for  The  New  Church. 

Thirteen  parts.     25  cents,  (is),  each  part. 
Bound  in  two  vols.,  cloth,  $1.50  (6s),  each  vol. 

This  Work  has  been  designed  to  promote  a  rational  knowledge  and 
acknowledgement  in  the  heart  and  in  life,  that  the  Heavenly  Doctrine 
revealed  by  the  Lord  in  the  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg  are  Hol}^ 
and  Divine,  and  that  they  constitute  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord  and 
His  perpetual  Presence  in  His  Church. 

The  leading  article  in  the  first  part  is  on  the  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  number  is  occupied  in  the  illustration  of  this  subject. 

The  magnitude  and  the  importance  of  the  theme  will  be  more  evident  to 
every  New  Church  man  after  having  read  this  article. 

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16  pages  has  been  prepared  especially  with  a  view  to  a  comparison  of 
passages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


A  Brief  View  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines  revealed 
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Emanuel  Swedenborg,  with  a  Sketch 
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Lord,  and  a  vivid  and  accurate  description  of  the  Seer's  home,  personal 
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C.  H. — Chevrier's  Histoire  de  la  N'oiivelle  Eglise. 
Conf.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Conference. 
Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Convention. 

D. — Documents  Conccrimig  Swedeiiborg,  by  R.  L.  Tafel. 

Ex. — DeCharm's  Newchitrchman  Ext7'a. 

G.  H. — Go3'der's  Concise  History  cf  the  New  Church. 

I.  —  The  Intellectual  Repository,  London,  1812-1881. 

Kahl. — Nya  Kyrkan  och  dcss  Inflytande. 

L. — Nezu  Church  Life,  Philadelphia. 

L.  M. — New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  London,  1826-1828. 

M'.  —  The  New  Jerusalem  Magazi7ie,  Boston ,  182  7- 1872. 

M.  L. — Morning  Light,  London. 

M.  n.  s.  —  The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,  new  series,  Boston. 

y7/.  P.  S. — Manchester  Printing  Society. 

Mess.— New  Church  Messenger,  New  York. 

N. — The  New  Chu7'chman,  Philadelphia,  1S41-1844. 

yV.  C.  M. — Neiv  Church  Magazine,  London. 

O. — Monthly  Observer.     London. 

R.  P. — Rise  and  Progress,  by  R.  Hindmarsh. 

R.  S.  S. — Reports  of  the  Swedeiiborg  Society,  London. 

S.  S — Swedenborg  Society,  London  (pubUshed  by). 

T.  M. — Ira.  Tafel 's  Magazine  der  Neue7i  Ki7'che. 

IV.  N. — White's  New  Church77ia7i ,  London,  1857. 

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I.  L. — Library  of  the  New  Church  College,  Islington,  London. 

L.  R.  T. — Librarie  Swedenborgienne,  Rue  Thouiu,  Paris. 

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R.  L. — Royal  Librar}',  Stockholm. 

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and  Divine,  and  that  they  constitute  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord  and 
His  perpetual  Presence  in  His  Church. 

The  leading  article  in  the  first  part  is  on  the  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  number  is  occupied  in  the  illustration  of  this  subject. 

The  magnitude  and  the  importance  of  the  theme  will  be  more  evident  to 
every  New  Church  man  after  having  read  this  article. 

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tion, and  worship.  For  missionary  purposes  it  will  also  be  well  adapted,  as 
it  gives  in  a  compact  form  all  the  Doctrines  of  the  Church.  An  index  of 
16  pages  has  been  prepared  especially  with  a  view  to  a  comparison  of 
X^assages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


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in  contact." — New  Church  Life. 

"We  have  here  a  concise  and  definite  summary  of  the  leading  doctrines 
of  the  New  Church,  The  book  contains  four  general  chapters  which  bear  the 
respective  headings  :  'The  Lord,'  'The  Word  of  God,'  'Life,'  and  'Faith.' 
Each  of  these  subjects  is  treated  under  its  own  appropriate  sub-headings,  and 
a  supplementary  chapter  is  added  on  'The  Progress  of  the  New  Cliurch,' 
wherein  a  brief  history  is  given  of  the  New  Church  as  an  external  organization 
We  note  in  this  little  volume  some  excellent  statements  and  definitions," — 
New  Church  Review. 

"Mr,  Odhner  has  given  a  very  good  presentation  of  the  general  doctrines 
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persons  not  yet  acquainted  with  the  Doctrines.  The  book  will  be  useful  also 
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B.  I. — Bibliographical  Index,  lyondon,  1897. 

Co7if.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Conference. 

Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Convention. 

Ex. — DeCharm's  Newchurchman  Extra. 

I.  —  The  Intellectual  Repository ,  London ,  1 8 1 2- 1 88 1 . 

Kalil. — Nya  Kyrkan  och  dess  hiflytande. 

L. — Ncic  Chit7'ch  Life,  Philadelphia. 

M.  —  The  New  Jerusalem  Magazine,   Boston ,  182  7- 1872. 

I\T.  L. — Morning  Light,  London. 

M.  n.  s.  —  The  New  Jer2tsalem  Magazine ,  new  series,  Boston. 

Mess. — N'eiv  Church  Messenger,  New  York. 

A^.  —  The  New  Clutrchnian,  Philadelphia,  1841-1844. 

N,  C.  M. — lYe-w  Church  Magazine,  London. 

N.  C.  R — New  Church  Repository,  New  York,  1849-55. 

O. — MoTithly  Observer.     London. 

R.  P. — Rise  and  Progress,  by  R.  Hindmarsh. 

R.  S.  S.— Reports  of  the  Swedeiiborg  Society,  London. 

5*.  .S — Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

T.  M. — Im.  Tafel's  Magazine  der  Neuen  Kirch e. 

W.  Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  Western  Convention. 

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B.  M. — British  Museum. 

Cin.  L. — Library  of  the  Cincinnati  Society. 

L.  R.  T. — Librarie  Swedenborgienne,  Rue  Thouin,  Paris. 

R.  L. — Royal  Library,  Stockholm. 

S.  S.  L.— Library  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

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The  Sacred  Scripture 

OR  THE  Word  of  the  Lord 


CONTAINING  ONLY  THOSE   BOOKS  WHICH 
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This  Work  has  been  designed  to  promote  a  rational  knowledge  and 
acknowledgement  in  the  heart  and  in  life,  that  the  Heavenly  Doctrine 
revealed  by  the  Lord  in  the  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg  are  Holy 
and  Bivine,  and  that  they  constitute  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord  and 
His  perpetual  Presence  in  His  Church. 

The  leading  article  in  the  first  part  is  on  the  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  number  is  occupied  in  the  illustration  of  this  subject. 

The  magnitude  and  the  importance  of  the  theme  will  be  more  evident  to 
every  New  Church  man  after  having  read  this  article. 

Every  one  of  the  thirteen  parts  contains  treatises  on  subjects  of  vital 
interest  to  members  of  the  New  Church. 

Complete  table  of  each  part  and  of  the  entire  work  will  be  sent  on 
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A  Book  of  Doctrine. 

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FROM   THE     WRITINGS  OF  THE  church. 

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tion, and  worship.  For  missionary  purposes  it  will  also  be  well  adapted,  as 
it  gives  in  a  compact  form  all  the  Doctrines  of  the  Church.  An  index  of 
16  pages  has  been  prepai-ed  especially  with  a  view  to  a  comparison  of 
passages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


.  a  Briel  mew  of  me  Heavenli  Boclilnes . 

Revealed  in  the  Theological  Writings 

of  Emanuel  Swedenborg. 

By  0.  TH.  ODHNER. 

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but  over-busy  and  time-limited  men  with  whom  we  not  infrequently  come 
in  contact." — New  Church  Life. 

"We  have  here  a  concise  and  definite  summary  of  the  leading  doctrines 
of  the  New^  Church.  The  book  contains  four  general  chapters  w^hich  bear  the 
respective  headings  :  'The  Lord,'  'The  Word  of  God,'  'Life,'  and  'Faith.' 
Each  of  these  subjects  is  treated  under  its  own  appropriate  sub-headings,  and 
a  supplementary  chapter  is  added  on  'The  Progress  of  the  New  Church,' 
wherein  a  brief  history  is  given  of  thelSTew  Church  as  an  external  organization 
We  note  in  this  little  volume  some  excellent  statements  and  definitions." — 
New  Church  Review. 

"Mr.  Odhner  has  given  a  very  good  presentation  of  the  general  doctrines 
of  the  Church  in  form  remarkably  compact  and  clear.  As  a  whole,  we 
regard  'A  Brief  View  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines'  an  able  production." — 
New  Church  Messenger. 

"This  work  contains  a  very  useful  and  interesting  presentation  of  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  in  a  condensed  form.  We  know  no  other  so 
concise  a  work,  in  English,  which  we  would  prefer  to  place  in  the  hands  of 
persons  not  yet  acquainted  with  the  Doctrines.  The  book  will  be  useful  also 
to  those  who  are  not  yet  very  well  posted  in  the  Doctrines,  since  it  shows  by 
contrast  the  New  Church  Doctrines  compared  with  the  Old,  strengthening 
this  with  most  striking  passages  from  the  Letter  of  the  Word  We  hope  the 
work  will  have  a  large  circulation  and  perform  a  great  use." — Neukirchen- 
blatt.     (Translated  from  the  German.) 

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Writings  of  the  New  Church  and  Standard 
Collateral  Literature,  will  be  sent  free  on  ap- 
plication. 

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B.  I. — Bibliographical  Index,  London,  1897. 

C.  H. — Chevrier's  Histoire  de  la  Nouvelle  Eg  Use. 
Conf.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Conference. 
Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Convention. 

D. — Documents  concerni7ig  Swedenborg ,  by  R.  L.  TafeL 

Ex. — De  Charms'  Newchiwclwian  Extra. 

I.  —  Tlie  Intellectual  Repository,  \^ovi6.o\\,  1812-1881. 

Kahl. — Nya  Kyrkan  och  dess  hiflytande. 

L. — Nezu  Cluwch  Life,  Philadelphia. 

M.  —  The  N'eiv  Jerzisaleni  Magazine,  Boston ,  182 7- 1872, 

M.  L. — Mor7iing  Light,  London. 

M.  71.  s. — The  New  Jerusale7n  Magazi7ie ,  7iew  series,  Boston. 

Mess. — New  Church  Messe7iger,  New  York. 

N. — The  Neiv  Ch2trchma7i,  Philadelphia,  1841-1844. 

N'.  C.  M. — N'eit'  Church  Magazi7te,  London. 

A^.  C.  R. — New  Church  Reposito7y,  New  York,  1849-55. 

N'.  C.   W. — Ne7e/  Church  Worthies,  \>y  Jon.  Baylej', 

O. — Monthly  Obse?'ver.     London, 

P.  —  The  Precursor,  Cincinnati,  1836-40. 

R.  P. — Rise  a7id  Progress,  by  R.  Hindmarsh. 

R.  S.  S. — Reports  of  the  Swedenbo^g  Society,  London, 

5.  kS. — Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

Thor7iton. — The  New   Church  i7t  Nezu  South    Wales,  by  J,   J. 

Thornton. 
T.  M. — Im.  Tafel's  Maga2i7ie  der  Neue7i  Kirche. 
W.  Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  Western  Convention. 

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B.  M. — British  Museum, 

Cin.  L. — Library  of  the  Cincinnati  Society. 

H.  L. — Library  of  Harvard  LTniversity. 

L.  R.  T. — Librarie  Swedenborgienne,  RueThouin,  Pari.9, 

R.  L. — Ro3^al  Library,  Stockholm. 

S.  S.  L. — Library  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

U.  L. — Library  of  Urbana  University,  Urbana,  O. 


The  Sacred  Scripture 

OR  THE  Word  of  the  Lord. 

CONTAINING  ONLY  THOSE   BOOKS  WHICH 
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revealed  by  the  Lord  in  the  Writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg  are  Holy 
and  Divine,  and  that  they  constitute  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord  and 
His  perpetual  Presence  in  His  Church. 

The  leading  article  in  the  first  part  is  on  the  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  number  is  occupied  in  the  illustration  of  this  subject. 

The  magnitude  and  the  importance  of  the  theme  will  be  more  evident  to 
every  New  Church  man  after  having  read  this  article. 

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containing  SUMMARIES  OF  DODTRINE 
FROM  THE    WRITINGS  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

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tion, and  worship.  For  missionary  purposes  it  will  also  be  well  aclapted,  as 
it  gives  in  a  compact  form  all  the  Doctrines  of  the  Church.  An  index  of 
16  pages  has  been  prepared  especially  with  aview  to  a  comparison  of 
passages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


i  Brlel  View  o[  tlie  Heaveolg  Doctnoes 


Revealed  in  the  Theological  Writings 

of  Emanuel  Swedenborg. 

By  0.  TH.  ODHNER. 

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in  contact." — A^ew  Church  Life. 

"We  have  here  a  concise  and  definite  summary  of  the  leading  doctrines 
of  the  New^  Church.  The  book  contains  four  general  chapters  which  bear  the 
respective  headings  :  'The  Lord,'  'The  Word  of  God,'  'Life,' and 'Faith.' 
Each  of  these  subjects  is  treated  under  its  own  appropriate  sub-headings,  and 
a  supplementary  chapter  is  added  on  'The  Progress  of  the  New  Church,' 
wherein  a  brief  histor}'  is  given  of  the  New^  Church  as  an  external  organization 
We  note  in  this  little  volume  some  excellent  statements  and  definitions," — 
New  Church  Review. 

"Mr.  Odhner  has  given  a  verj- good  presentation  of  the  general  doctrines 
of  the  Church  in  form  remarkably  compact  and  clear.  As  a  whole,  we 
regard  'A  Brief  View  of  the  Heavenh' Doctrines'  an  able  production." — 
Neiu  CI  lurch  Messenger. 

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Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  in  a  condensed  form.  We  know  no  other  so 
concise  a  work,  in  English,  which  we  would  prefer  to  place  in  the  hands  of 
persons  not  yet  acquainted  with  the  Doctrines.  The  book  will  be  useful  also 
to  those  who  are  not  yet  very  well  posted  in  the  Doctrines,  since  it  shows  by 
contrast  the  New  Church  Doctrines  compared  with  the  Old,  strengthening 
this  with  most  striking  passages  from  the  Letter  of  the  Word  We  hope  the 
work  will  have  a  large  circulation  and  perform  a  great  use." — Neukirchen- 
blatt.     (Translated  from  the  German.) 

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Ex. — De  Charms'  A^ewchiirchman  Extra. 

I.  —  The  Intellectual  Repository ,  London,  1812-1881. 

Kahl. — iVi'rt  Kyrkan  och  dess  Inflytande. 

L. — Neic  Chnrch  Eife,  Philadelphia. 

Ea  Nouvelle  Jernsalein,  St.  Amand,  France. 

M. —  The  Nezv  Jerusalem  A fagazi7ie,   Boston,  1 827-1872. 

M,  E. — Moriiing  Light,  London. 

M.  71.  s.  —  The  Nezv  Jernsale7n  Magazi7ic,  7iew  so'ies,  Boston. 

Mess. — Nezv  Ckiurh  Messenger,  New  York. 

N. — The  New  Chnrc/mtan,  Philadelphia,  1841-1844. 

.y.  C.   IV. — New  Church  Wo7'thies,  by  Jon.  Bayley. 

O. — Mont  lily  Obsei-oer.     London. 

P. — The  Precursor,  Cincinnati,  1836-40. 

R.  S.  S, — Repoi'ts  of  the  Szvede7iborg  Society,  London. 

S.  S. — Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

T.  M. — Im.  Tafel' s  Magazi7ie  der  Neue7i  Kirche. 

W.  Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  Western  Convention. 

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B.  M.— British  Museum. 

Cin.  L. — Library  of  the  Cincinnati  Society. 

H.  L. — Library  of  Harvard  University. 

L.  R.  T. — Librarie  Swedenborgienne,  RueThouiii,  Paris. 

R.  L. — Ro3^al  Library,  Stockholm. 

S.  S.  L. — Library  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

U.  L. — Library  of  Urbana  University,  Urbana,  O. 


The  Sacred  Scripture 

OR  THE  Word  of  the  Lord. 


CONTAINING  ONLY  THOSE   BOOKS  WHICH 
HAVE  AN  INTERNAL  SENSE,    [A.  C.  10325.] 


A  new  edition  of  the  Word,  Sxg^i  inches,  has  just  been  prepared   by 

our  London  Branch.      Bound  in  three  styles,  all  with  round  corners  and 
gilt  edges. 

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Words  for  the  New  Church. 

Thirteen  parts.     25  cents,  (is),  each  part.  « 

Bound  in  two  vols.,  cloth,  $1.50  (6s),  each  vol. 

This  Work  has  been  designed  to  promote  a  rational  knowledge  and 
acknowledgement  in  the  heart  and  in  life,  that  the  Heavenly  Doctrine 
revealed  by  the  Lord  in  the  W^ritings  of  Emanuel  vSwedenborg  are  Holy 
and  Divine,  and  that  they  constitute  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord  and 
His  perpetual  Presence  in  His  Church. 

The  leading  article  in  the  first  part  is  on  the  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  number  is  occupied  in  the  illustration  of  this  subject. 

The  magnitude  and  the  importance  of  the  theme  will  be  more  evident  to 
every  New  Church  man  after  having  read  this  article. 

Every  one  of  the  thirteen  parts  contains  treatises  on  subjects  of  vital 
interest  to  members  of  the  New  Church. 

Complete  table  of  each  part  and  of  the  entire  work  will  be  sent  on 
application. 


A  Book  of  Doctrine. 

CONTAINING  SUMMARIES  OF  DOCTRINE 
FROM  THE    WRITINGS  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

5^2x7?^  inches.     316  pages.     Cloth,  75  cents,  (3s). 
Flexible  morocco,  round  corners  and  gilt  edges,  $2.00,  (8s). 

In  this  work  the  entire  Doctrine  and  Theology  of  the  New  Church  have 
been  put  together  in  a  summary  form,  for  the  uses  of  reading,  study,  instruc- 
tion, and  worship.  For  missionary  purposes  it  will  also  be  well  adapted,  as 
it  gives  in  a  compact  form  all  the  Doctrines  of  the  Church.  An  index  of 
]6  pages  has  been  prepared  especially  with  aview  to  a  comparison  of 
passages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


.  a  Bflel  ifiew  of  me  Heevepla  Doclrlnes . 

Revealed  in  the  Theological  Writings 

of  Emanuel  Swedenborg. 

By  0.  TH.  ODHNER. 

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published  for  answering  briefl}',  yet  thoroughly,  the  needs  of  the  inquiring 
but  over-busy  and  time-limited  men  with  whom  we  not  infrequently  come 
in  contact." — A^ezu  Church  Life. 

"We  have  here  a  concise  and  definite  summary  of  the  leading  doctrines 
of  the  New  Church.  The  book  contains  four  general  chapters  which  bear  the 
respective  headings  :  'The  Lord,'  'The  Word  of  God,'  'Life,' and  'Faith.' 
Each  of  these  subjects  is  treated  under  its  own  appropriate  sub-headings,  and 
a  supplementar}'  chapter  is  added  on  'The  Progress  of  the  New  Church,' 
wherein  a  brief  history  is  given  of  the  New  Church  as  an  external  organization 
We  note  in  this  little  volume  some  excellent  statements  and  definitions." — 
New  Church  Review. 

"Mr.  Odhner  has  given  a  ver}- good  presentation  of  the  general  doctrines 
of  the  Church  in  form  remarkably  compact  and  clear.  As  a  whole,  we 
regard  'A  Brief  View  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines'  an  able  production."— 
Nezo  Church  Messenger. 

"This  work  contains  a  very  useful  and  interesting  presentation  of  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  in  a  condensed  form.  We  know  no  other  so 
concise  a  work,  in  English,  which  we  would  prefer  to  place  in  the  hands  of 
persons  not  yet  acquainted  with  the  Doctrines.  The  book  will  be  useful  also 
to  those  who  are  not  j-et  very  well  posted  in  the  Doctrines,  since  it  shows  by 
contrast  the  New  Church  Doctrines  compared  with  the  Old,  strengthening 
this  with  most  striking  passages  from  the  Letter  of  the  Word  We  hope  the 
work  will  have  a  large  circulation  and  perform  a  great  use." — Ncukirchen- 
blatt.     (Translated  from  the  German.) 


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Writings  of  the  New  Church  and  Standard 
Collateral  Literature,  will  be  sent  free  on  ap- 
plication. 

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C.  H. — Chevrier's  Histoire  de  la  Nouvelle  Eglise. 

Conf.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Conference. 

Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Convention. 

Ex. — De  Charms'  Newchurchnian  Extra. 

Field. — V\^\^' s  History  of  the  New  Church  i?i  Michigan. 

I. — The  Iiitellect7ial  Repository,  London,  1812-1881. 

Kahl. — Nya  Kyrkan  och  dess  Inflytande. 

L. — New  Church  Life,  Philadelphia. 

M. — -The  New  Jerusalem  Maga2i7ie,  Boston,  182  7- 1872. 

M.  L. — Morning  Light,  London. 

M.  n.  s.  —  The  New  Jertisalem  Magazine,  new  series,  Boston, 

Mess. — New  Church  Messenger,  New  York. 

A^. — The  Newchurchman,  Philadelphia,  1841-1844. 

A^.  C.  Adv. — The  New  Church  Advocate. 

N.  C.  R.  —  The  New  Church  Repository. 

O. — Monthly  Observer.     London. 

P. — The  Precursor,  Cincinnati,  1836-40. 

R.  Pa.  A. — Report  of  Pennsylvania  Association, 

R.  S.  S. — Reports  of  the  Sivedenborg  Society,  London. 

5.  S. — Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

W.  Co7iv.  R. — Reports  of  the  Western  Convention. 

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B.  M. — ^British  Museum. 

Cin.  L,— Library  of  the  Cincinnati  Society. 

Cop.  L^^Royal  Library,  Copenhagen. 

H.  L.— Library  of  Harvard  University. 

N.  Y.  L.— Library  at  No.  3  W.  29th  st.,  New  York  City. 

R.  L. — Royal  Library,  Stockholm. 

S.  S.  L. — Library  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

U.  L. — Library  of  Urbana  University*  Urbana,  O. 


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C,  C.  R. — Reports  of  the  Central  Convention. 

C.  H. — Chevrier's  Histoire  de  la  Native  He  Eg  Use. 

Conf.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Conference. 

Conv.  R. — Reports  of  the  General  Convention. 

Field. — Field's  History  of  the  New  Chtcrch  in  Michigaii. 

I. — The  biteUectual  Repository ,  London ,  1 8 1 2- 1 88 1 . 

Kahl. — Nya  Kyrkan  och  dess  Inflytande. 

L. — Neiu  Church  Life,  Philadelphia. 

M. — The  Neiv  Jerusalem  Magazijie,  Boston,  182 7- 1872. 

M.  L. — Mor7ii7ig  Light,  London. 

M.  71.  s.  —  The  New  Jerusale77i  Magazi7te,  7iezv  se)'ies,  Boston. 

Mess. — Nezv  Clncjrh  Messe7iger,  New  York. 

N.  C.  Adv. — The  New  Chu7'ch  Advocate. 

N.  C.  R.  —  The  New  Chuirh  Reposito7y. 

N.  C.  Q.  R. — Ncil'  Chiurh  Qua7-terly  Review,  London,  1847. 

O. — Mo7ithly  Obsei'ver.     London. 

O.  L.  H. — Odhner's  Life  of  Robert  Hi7idi7iarsh. 

P. — The  Precursor,  Cincinnati,  1836-40. 

R.  Pa.  A. — Report  of  Pennsylvania  Association. 

R.  S.  S. — Reports  of  the  Sivede7iborg  Society,  London. 

S.  S. — Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

W.  Co7iv.  R. — Reports  of  the  Western  Convention. 

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B.  L. — Library  of  the  Mass.  N.  C.  Union,  Boston. 
B.  M. — British  Museum. 

Cin.  L. — Library  of  the  Cincinnati  Society. 

Cop.  L. — Royal  Library,  Copenhagen. 

H.  L. — Library  of  Harvard  University. 

N.  Y.  L.— Library  at  No.  3  W.  29th  st.,  New  York  City. 

R.  L. — Royal  Library,  Stockholm. 

S.  S.  L. — Library  of  the  Swedenborg  Society,  London. 

U.  L. — Library  of  Urbana  University,  Urbana,  O. 


The  Sacred  Scripture 

OR  THE  Word  of  the  Lord. 

CONTAINING  ONLY  THOSE  BOOKS  WHICH 
HAVE  AM  INTERNAL  SENSE.    [A.   C.  10325,] 

A  new  edition  of  the  Word,  6ic^}i  inches,  has  just  been  prepared  by 
our  London  Branch.  Bound  in  three  styles,  all  with  round  corners  and 
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Words  for  the  New  Church. 

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loth,  $1.50  (6s),  each  vol, 

o  promote  a  rational  knowledge  and 
aciviio>».^   ^  in  life,  that  the    Heavenly    Doctrine 

revealed  by  the  Uut^j^  .  .igs  of  Emanuel  vSwedenborg  are  Holy 

and  Divine,  and  that  they  consiiLL.te  the  Second  Advent  of  the  Lord  and 
His  perpetual  Presence  in  His  Church. 

The  leading  article  in  the  first  part  is  on  the  Advent  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  number  is  occupied  in  the  illustration  of  this  subject. 

The  magnitude  and  the  importance  of  the  theme  will  be  more  evident  to 
every  New  Church  man  after  having  read  this  article. 

Every  one  of  the  thirteen  parts  contains  treatises  on  subjects  of  vital 
interest  to  members  of  the  New  Church. 

Complete  table  of  each  part  and  of  the  entire  work  will  be  sent  on 
application. 


A  Book  of  Doctrine. 

CONTAINING  SUMMARIES  OF  DOCTRINE 
FROM  THE    WRITINGS  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

SK^yM  "iches.     316  pages.     Cloth,  75  cents,  (3s). 
Flexible  morocco,  round  corners  and  gilt  edges,  |2.oo,  (8s), 

In  this  work  the  entire  Doctrine  and  Theology  of  the  New  Church  have 
been  put  together  in  a  summar}-  form,  for  the  vises  of  reading,  stud\^,  instruc- 
tion, and  worship.  For  missionary  purposes  it  will  also  be  well  adapted,  as 
it  gives  in  a  compact  form  all  the  Doctrines  of  the  Church.  An  index  of 
16  pages  has  been  prepared  especially  with  aview  to  a  comparison  of 
passages  for  the  sake  of  study  and  meditation. 


.  II 8FM  iflew  D[  me  Heavema  DoclrlDes . 

Revealed  in  the  Theological  Writings 

of  Emanuel  Swedenborg. 

By  C.  TH.  ODHNER. 

6x7;^  inches.      106  pages.     Paper,  12  cts.;  Cloth,  25  cts. 

"In  the  'Brief  View'  we  have  probably  the  most  practical  work  yet 
published  for  answering  briefly,  yet  thoroughly,  the  needs  of  the  inquiring 
but  over-busy  and  time-limited  men  with  whom  we  not  infrequently  come 
in  contact." — A^ew  CJnirch  Life. 

"We  have  here  a  concise  and  definite  simimary  of  the  leading  doctrines 
of  the  New  Church.  The  book  contains  four  general  chapters  which  bear  the 
respective  headings  :  'The  Lord,'  'The  Word  of  God,'  'Life,'  and  'Faith.' 
Each  of  these  subjects  is  treated  under  its  own  appropriate  sub-headings,  and 
a  supplementary  chapter  is  added  on  'The  Progress  of  the  New  Church, ' 
wherein  a  brief  history  is  given  of  the  New  Church  as  an  external  organization 
We  note  in  this  little  volume  some  excellent  statements  and  definitions." — 
New  Church  Review. 

"Mr.  Odhner  has  given  a  very  good  presentation  of  the  general  doctrines 
of  the  Church  in  form  remarkably  compact  and  clear.  As  a  whole,  we 
regard  *A  Brief  View  of  the  Heavenly  Doctrines'  an  able  production." — 
New  Church  Messenger. 

"This  work  contains  a  very  useful  and  interesting  presentation  of  the 
Doctrines  of  the  New  Church  in  a  condensed  form.  We  know  no  other  so 
concise  a  work,  in  English,  which  we  would  prefer  to  place  in  the  hands  of 
persons  not  yet  acquainted  with  the  Doctrines.  The  book  will  be  useful  also 
to  those  who  are  not  yet  very  well  posted  in  the  Doctrines,  since  it  shows  by 
contrast  the  I^Tew^  Church  Doctrines  compared  with  the  Old,  strengthening 
this  with  most  striking  passages  from  the  Letter  of  the  Word.  We  hope  the 
work  will  have  a  large  circulation  and  perform  a  great  use." — Neukirchen- 
blatt.     (Translated  from  the  German.) 

Our  catalogue,  containing  a  complete  list  of  the 
Writings  of  the  New  Church  and  Standard 
Collateral   Literature,    will  be   sent   free  on   ap- 


plication. 


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ACADEMY  BOOK  ROOM, 

HUNTINGDON  VALLEY,  PA. 


DATE  DUE 


IN  U.SA 


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